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Over the past year, the housing conversation in Canada has started to shift. While concern about affordability is still high, the focus has moved beyond prices alone. Increasingly, Canadians are questioning whether there is a credible path forward. Our latest research with the Canadian Home Builders’ Association points to something more than frustration. It suggests […]

The results below are from Physician Pulse, a joint initiative of Abacus Data and the Canadian Medical Association surveying physicians across the country. The survey was completed by 645 practicing physicians between April 6th-13th 2026. A new wave of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Abacus Data’s Physician Pulse survey finds that nearly all physicians

I’ve spent the past few years asking Canadians about housing. Not just whether it’s affordable, but whether it still feels like something they can realistically move toward. For a long time, the answers felt familiar. Frustration. Concern. A sense that things were getting harder. Lately, something has shifted. Housing is no longer sitting in the

Boards Are Flying Blind. It’s Time to Bring the Outside In. Earlier today, I spoke to corporate directors in Winnipeg. These are people tasked with seeing around corners, anticipating risk, and guiding organizations through uncertainty. My message was simple: most boards have a blind spot. And in today’s environment, it’s a dangerous one. That blind

Between April 2 and 8, 2026, Abacus Data surveyed 1,680 Canadian adults to explore public reaction to a proposal for “sovereignty bonds”, a special type of government bond that would allow individual Canadians, local investors, and international investors to directly fund Canadian priorities like infrastructure, defence, and economic development. The results suggest the idea has

When Canadians are asked what most threatens their quality of life and the future of the country right now, one answer stands above all others: Donald Trump and U.S. trade and economic policy. In a new national Abacus Data survey completed last week, Canadians were asked to identify the top three threats from a list

This latest wave of research finds a political environment that remains largely unchanged from late March, even as the political context becomes more dynamic. With the Liberal Party meeting in Montreal for its national convention, three federal by-elections approaching, and ongoing global instability, including conflict in Iran and rising oil prices, the underlying structure of

For the last three years we have been tracking Canadian public opinion on public education on behalf of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF/FCE). The latest results, from a national survey conducted March 17 to 23, 2026 among 2,000 Canadian adults, show that concern about violence and aggression in public schools remains widespread — and is