2022 Ontario General Election Poll, Wave 1

Respondents earned a nominal incentive for their participation. Respondents are geographically identified by province, census division, region of Canada, and region of Ontario. Respondents provided information regarding government and party preferences, voting intentions, party leadership, the federal budget, inflation, and the cost of living.

This included questions on party preference, the premiership of Doug Ford, and the leadership potential of all provincial party leaders. Weighting was employed to ensure the sample’s composition reflected the adult population according to 2016 Census data. To maintain respondent anonymity, a number of variables were not collected or have been removed by the panel software and appear as missing within the dataset.

This includes ethno-cultural identity variables and postal codes of respondents. This dataset includes microdata in SPSS .SAV format, a script, supplemental information on weighting factors, and aggregated statistical tables The statistical tables enable a simple analysis of the polling data based on variables such as sex, age, education, location, household income, and composition.