Views on Aboriginals In canada

Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the

Methodology
The findings were collected from a survey of 1800 Canadians which included an oversample of 500 respondents born outside of Canada. It was conducted by the firm Leger Marketing for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Association for Canadian Studies during the week of March, 2013. Done via web panel, the probabilistic margin of error is 2.9 percent 19 times out of 20

Contact with Aboriginals and Trends in Opinion

Amongst Several Groups Canadians least likely to report contact with aborignals; Immigrants Least likely to report having such contact

Have Contact in percentage

Total

Non-Immigrant

Immigrant

Aboriginals

Often Occasionally Often Occasionally Often Occasionally Often Occasionally Often Occasionally Often Occasionally

12 26 40 34 73 14 32 19 20 25 20 28

14 29 36 34 74 13 34 20 20 23 15 27

7 17 50 32 68 19 28 16 21 30 32 32

Immigrants

English Canadians

French Quebecers

Jews

Muslims

Between 2012 and 2013 slight decline in favorable view of aboriginals which is most pronounced in English Canada and mistrust also rises amongst same group

Aboriginals March 2013

Total Very Positive Opinion Somewhat Positive Opinion Total Positive

French English Other 12.8% 8.9% 13.6% 14.8% 47.5% 54.1% 44.6% 48.8%

March 2012

Total Positive Very Positive Opinion Somewhat Positive Low Trust Low Trust

60.3% 63% 58.2% 63.3% 64.9% 61.2% 67.9% 62.3% 19.7% 45.2% 35.1% 36.4% 14.2% 47.0% 29.6% 47.6% 21.6% 46.3% 37.3% 29.8% 20.9% 41.4% 35.5% 41.4%

March 2013 March 2012

Six in Ten Canadians have a Positive opinion of aboriginals

Net Positive OPINION OF Aboriginals 60% Muslims Jews Immigrants Catholics Protestants Atheists 50% 70% 75% 71% 75% 60% 59% 47% 73% 71% 71% 77% 62% 63% 58% 64% 85% 74% 70% 54% Total Non-Immigrant Immigrant

Relations between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals and Trust

Canadians divided when assessing whether relations between aboriginals and non-aboriginals are positive

The relations Total between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals

Non-Immigrant

Immigrant

NET POSITIVE Very positive Somewhat positive NET NEGATIVE Somewhat negative Very negative I prefer not answering

44% 8% 36% 47% 38% 9% 9%

43% 8% 35% 48% 38% 10% 9%

46% 7% 38% 46% 38% 8% 9%

Immigrants most concerned about relations between aboriginals and nonAboriginals and Muslims and non-Muslims

Total Positive The relations between Aboriginals and nonAboriginals The relations Between Muslims and nonMuslims The relations between Religious and Secular The relations between Immigrants and nonImmigrants

Total

NonImmigrant 44% 43%

Immigrant

46%

37%

34%

46%

43%

41%

48%

65%

63%

71%

One in Four Canadians say they lack Trust in Aboriginals

Low Trust Of Total Non-Immigrant Immigrant

Aboriginals Catholics Protestants Jews Muslims Immigrants

27 18 18 20 35 21

28 18 17 19 38 23

25 18 19 25 25 13

Principal Factors Canadians attribute to aboriginal Challenges

Canadians divided around factors they attribute to social and economic problems encountered by aboriginals

Please rank in order the Total factors contributing to the social and economic problems currently confronted by aboriginals in Canada.

Non-Immigrant

Immigrant

The Role of the Federal Government Aboriginal Leaders Historic and Societal Prejudice The areas of Canada they reside Our legislative and constitutional framework

27% 24% 26% 10% 12%

26% 25% 26% 11% 11%

30% 21% 25% 10% 14%

Eastern Canada more likely to blame government for problems while prairies and BC more likely to hold leaders responsible

Please rank in order the factors contributing to the social and economic problems currently confronted by aboriginals in Canada. The Role of the Federal Government Aboriginal Leaders Historic and Societal Prejudice The areas of Canada they reside Our legislative and constitutional framework

ATLANTIC 35% 20% 26% 13% 6%

QC 30% 16% 29% 8% 17%

ON 28% 23% 26% 12% 11%

MB/SK 13% 41% 21% 16% 10%

AB 28% 24% 25% 10% 13%

BC 25% 36% 22% 6% 11%

Aboriginal Protest:Opinion on Idle No More

Nearly Seven in Ten Canadians report knowledge of idle no more

I am aware of the Aboriginal Movement Idle No More NET AGREE Strongly agree Somewhat agree NET DISAGREE Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree I don't know I prefer not to answer Total Non-Immigrant Immigrant

68% 28% 40% 14% 8% 7% 16% 2%

70% 30% 40% 14% 7% 7% 14% 1%

63% 22% 41% 15% 8% 8% 20% 2%

Western Canada more familiar with aboriginal protest movement

I am aware of the Aboriginal Movement Idle No More ATLANTIC 71% 34% 37% 12% 6% 5% 14% 3% QC 55% 22% 34% 19% 9% 10% 24% 1% ON 69% 29% 40% 13% 6% 7% 16% 2% MB/SK 78% 35% 43% 13% 10% 3% 8% 1% AB 76% 32% 44% 15% 11% 4% 7% 1% BC 77% 27% 51% 10% 6% 4% 12% 1%

NET AGREE Strongly agree Somewhat agree NET DISAGREE Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree I don't know I prefer not to answer

Impact of Contact with Aboriginals

Greater Contact with Aboriginals results in more positive views

Very positive, somewhat positive, somewhat negative or very negative opinion of Aboriginals Very positive Somewhat positive Somewhat negative Very negative I prefer not answering had contact with Aboriginals of Canada Often Occasionally Rarely Never

30.3% 43.6% 16.1% 6.0% 4.1%

14.4% 55.1% 20.3% 4.7% 5.5%

10.5% 46.4% 28.8% 7.1% 7.1%

6.7% 46.3% 25.8% 9.8% 11.4%

Those reporting greater contact with aboriginals have higher degree of trust

Aboriginals Trusted a lot Somewhat trusted Trusted a little Not trusted at all

Had contact with Aboriginals of Canada Often 34.9% 44.0% Occasionally 21.4% 58.5% Rarely 18.2% 54.0% Never 10.6% 53.3%

12.4%

15.5%

21.4%

23.6%

8.7%

4.7%

6.4%

12.6%

Those reporting greater contact with Aboriginals more likely to hold a favorable view of relations

Relations between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals Very positive Somewhat positive Somewhat negative Very negative I prefer not answering

had contact with Aboriginals of Canada Often Occasionally Rarely Never

17.5% 41.0% 27.2% 10.1% 4.1%

7.8% 44.3% 35.6% 5.9% 6.4%

5.4% 36.1% 43.0% 9.1% 6.4%

5.5% 28.0% 41.3% 13.2% 12.0%

Those who often have contact with aboriginals more sympathetic to protest movement

The Aboriginal had contact with Aboriginals of Canada protest Often Occasionally Rarely movement Idle No More Very positive Somewhat positive Somewhat negative Very negative I prefer not answering 17.0% 29.4% 22.9% 15.6% 15.1% 10.6% 36.2% 25.2% 17.2% 10.8% 8.0% 30.5% 28.0% 20.0% 13.4%

Never

5.9% 22.6% 26.0% 21.7% 23.8%

Contact with Aboriginals has little impact on assessment of factors influencing social and economic challenges

Rank in order the factors contributing to the social and economic problems currently encountered by aboriginals in Canada. The Role of the Federal Government Aboriginal Leaders Historic and Societal Prejudice The areas of Canada Our legislative and constitutional framework

Had contact with Aboriginals of Canada Often Occasionally Rarely Never

27.9% 24.2% 25.6% 9.1% 13.2%

26.7% 22.7% 30.1% 8.1% 12.5%

25.5% 28.4% 25.9% 10.2% 10.0%

29.2% 22.9% 23.7% 11.8% 12.4%