Canadian’s Attitudes toward the Federation, 2010

From 1996-2005, The Centre for Research and Information on Canada asked a series of survey questions designed to measure attitudes relevant to regional dissatisfaction. The Mowat Centre re-asked the key questions again, from January 21st to 25th, 2010 to a representative sample of 2,967 Canadians, including a special over-sample of 1,482 Ontarians.

Together, this data identifies patterns of both continuity and change in Ontarians' views of the federation. Ontarians' were investigated for the following four major domains: Degree to which Ontarians feel their province is respected in the federation Ontario’s influence in national politics, including trends in the nature and magnitude of the province’s influence Evaluations of the fairness of federal spending in Ontario Ontarians’ sense of provincial and national identity