Nearly 70 per cent of Canadians support their country’s ties to the monarchy, a new Nanos Research poll has found.
The survey, conducted for CTV, also found that more than half of Canadians believe that having Queen Elizabeth as Canada’s head of state has had a positive impact.
This week, the U.K. and other Commonwealth countries are marking Queen Elizabeth’s birthday with public events and celebrations. The Queen, who turned 90 in April, acceded the throne 64 years ago. A ceremony held at Rideau Hall on Saturday was one of a series of tributes celebrating her birthday milestone. Also on Saturday, Buckingham Palace released rare photographs of the Queen as a
In the survey, 7 in 10 Canadians said that they either support (45 per cent) or somewhat support (24 per cent) Canada maintaining its connection with the monarchy. Alternately, 29 per cent of those surveyed are opposed or somewhat opposed to Canada keeping its connection with the monarchy.
Fifty-seven per cent of those surveyed believe the Queen’s position as head of state has had a positive impact on Canada’s standing in the world, while nine per cent believe it has had a negative or somewhat negative impact. Thirty-three per cent said the Queen’s position has had a neutral impact on Canada.
Birthday celebrations in the Queen’s honour will continue into June, including a special event Sunday at Windsor Castle with a gift from Canada – a performance by the RCMP’s Musical Ride.
Nanos conducted a hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,000 Canadians between April 28-May 3 as part of an omnibus survey. The margin of error for the survey is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
