Most Canadians Are Happy: POLL

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

Is it the best, or the worst of times for Canadians? In answering this weighty question, one may look to Dickens, and data.

In the Hard Times of the post-pandemic period, Canadians have had to contend with inflation, health care challenges, and political polarization within their Mutual Friend and family groups. It’s led to diminished quality of relationships and life outlooks for many.

New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Canadians telling a Tale of Two Cities when it comes to their happiness and satisfaction levels. For three-in-five (61%), the story is largely one of personal happiness. This group, led by Canadians over the age of 54, are largely happy in their lives. For more than one-in-three (36%) their current emotional state is one described as either “not too happy” (26%) or “not happy at all” (10%). This “not happy” group has doubled in size since 2015.

Another notable datapoint is found when comparing the happiness levels of white and non-white Canadians. Happiness among that latter is 13-points lower (52%) than the former (65%), with those who have been in Canada less two decades most likely to profess unhappiness.

Additionally, positive measures of life satisfaction have fallen. These include the proportion who say they’re very satisfied with their overall quality of life (30% to 21% from 2015 to 2024), their outlook on life (29% to 19%), the number of friends they have (36% to 24%) and their relationship with family (42% to 33%). Some of this may be driven by stress levels, which have risen by 14 points among 18-to-34-year-old men and 19 points among 35-to-54-year-old women.

Despite this, 85 per cent of Canadians say they are at least “satisfied” with their familial relationships, while close to four-in-five are satisfied with the place that they live (81%) and the number of friends they have (77%).

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