VIEWS ON WINNIPEG

TRANSIT
JUNE 2018

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Between June 5 and 19, 2018, Probe Research surveyed a
random and representative sampling of 600 adults residing in
Winnipeg.
With a sample of 600, one can say with 95 percent
certainty that the results are within ± 4.0 percentage
points of what they would have been if the entire adult
population of Winnipeg had been surveyed. The margin
of error is higher within each of the survey’s population
sub-groups.
Modified random digit dialing, including both landline and
wireless numbers, ensured all Winnipeg adults had an
equal opportunity to participate in this Probe Research
survey. A CATI-to-web approach was employed whereby
a live-voice operator or interactive system randomly
recruited respondents by telephone, inviting them to
complete the survey via a secure online questionnaire.
In addition, 115 randomly recruited Probe Research
panel members were included in this general population
adult sampling.
Minor statistical weighting has been applied to this
sample to ensure that age and gender characteristics
properly reflect known attributes of the city’s population.
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INFORMATION:

• There is substantial support for 50-50 provincial funding for Winnipeg

Transit. Nearly eight-in-ten believe shared funding is important. More than
four-in-ten believe a 50-50 model is very important.

MARY AGNES
WELCH
SENIOR RESEARCHER
• Not surprisingly, core residents, supporters of the provincial New
Democrats and regular transit riders are most likely to say shared provincial
funding of Winnipeg’s bus system is very important.

211 – 10 Fort St.

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79%
PROVINCIAL
FUNDING FOR
TRANSIT
34%

Q7. “For decades, the Somewhat

provincial government shared Very
the operating costs of
Winnipeg Transit with the city.
Last year, the provincial 21%
government scaled back this 45%
50-50 funding deal in order to
help balance the provincial 15%
budget. How important or
unimportant is it for you that 6%
the provincial government
split the cost of transit with Important Unimportant
Winnipeg?” (N=600)

Most likely to say provincial transit funding is very important are…

█ Residents of the core (55% vs. 38% in the northeast and northwest).
Base: Winnipeg adults
█ Regular transit users (62% vs. 31% who never use transit).

█ NDP supporters (65% vs. 21% among PC supporters).

 Regularly Occasionally Never
PREVALENCE OF (daily to a few (a few times a month
TRANSPORTATION times a week) to once a year)
MODES
86%

57%
ATU/CAA1. “There are
various ways Winnipeggers 39% 39% 41%
37%
get around the city every day. 31%
Please indicate how often you
22% 20%
use each mode of
transportation as part of your 9% 10%
day-to-day commute to work 5%
or school, to run errands or
visit friends and family. Here, Driving Walking Biking Taking the bus
we’re thinking about your (especially in
daily transportation, not good weather)
recreational activities.”
(N=600) Most likely to be regular Most likely to be regular Most likely to be regular
walkers are… cyclists are… transit users are…

█ Younger adults (64%
among those 18-34 vs. 52%
among those 55+).
█ Lower-income people (73%
Base: Winnipeg adults
among those earning
<$30K vs. 55% among
those in $100K+
households).
█ Core-area residents (33% vs.
13% in the northwest).
█ Younger adults (34% vs.
12% among those 55+).
█ Core-are residents (32% vs.
16% in the northwest).
█ Lower-income people (57%
among those earning <$30K
vs. 10% among those in
$100K+ households).