Few Remember Air India Tragedy: POLL

Published 06/22/2023 · Updated 06/23/2023

This is a release from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute:

On June 23, 1985, 329 people, 280 of them Canadian citizens, died when an explosion brought down Air India Flight 182 on its way to London, England. The flight originated in Canada and crashed off the coast of Ireland. No one on board survived. 38 years later, few Canadians remember this, the deadliest terrorist incident in Canada’s history.

Here’s What Ottawans Are Concerned About

A new Angus Reid Institute study finds that nine-in-ten Canadians say they have little (61%) or no (28%) knowledge of the worst single instance of the mass killing of their fellow citizens, with three-in-five (58%) of those younger than 35 saying they have never even heard of it. In British Columbia, where the conspiracy to commit the bombings was hatched, and Ontario, where many of the victims lived, awareness is higher, but fewer than one-in-six in each province say they know a lot about the attack.

As some Canadians – evidently few – reflect on the 38th anniversary of Canada’s worst terrorist tragedy, the sense among many is that more should be done to remember the victims. Among those who are most aware, more than two-in-five (42%) say that Canada has not done enough. This is perhaps reflected in the low levels of awareness among the population.

Link to the poll here: www.angusreid.org/

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sisco farraro says:
06/23/2023 at 9:21 PM
Ken. I do remember the “Air India Disaster” but not the details. Thanks for the reminder. I would bet most people my age who do or don’t remember this event remember where they were when they found out JFK had been assassinated and when they first heard that Elvis was dead. I wonder what it is that “tweaks” our memories. Maybe US-related news stories contain some sort of magic within.