A Maru Public Opinion poll released today on behalf of the Canadian Women’s Foundation finds a majority of parents are concerned about their student children/youth (and especially female) offspring aged 9 to 19 with perceived gaps in vital social and healthy relationship skills caused by a lack of peer interaction during the pandemic.

A Maru Public Opinion poll released today finds a majority (70%) of Canadians want a provincially issued vaccine status card (not a passport) or app for domestic use.

A Maru Public Opinion poll released today finds that the top issues currently shaping Canadian's ballot box choice in the federal election called by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last Sunday, are to make the cost of living and affordability better for themselves and/or their family (28%), to preserve the environment, reduce greenhouse gasses, and reverse climate change (23%), to curtail federal government spending so the deficit does not grow (19%), and to create jobs and grow the economy (17%).

A Maru Public Opinion poll released today finds that no single dominant policy issue appears to be driving the ballot box choice of Canadian voters as the country is likely headed into a federal election that is widely expected to be called this weekend by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

A Yahoo/Maru Public Opinion poll released today finds a vast majority (77%--strongly 51%/somewhat 26%) of Canadians in favour of having some form of identification that shows whether they or someone is fully vaccinated (even with boosters), have one dose, or no dose at all.

A Yahoo/Maru Public Opinion survey was released today that sheds some light on whether and where Canadians intend to travel and vacation over the next year. And while there should be nothing surprising in the findings, there’s something better: enlightenment and opportunity.

The results of a new survey released today by Maru Public Opinion commissioned by Cronos Group finds that of the four in ten (41%) Canadians who admit to having consumed cannabis, almost half (46%) single out cannabis gummies as their favourite form of edibles, one in five (21%) would say yes to a cannabis edible on a first date, and four in ten (38%) would prefer receiving cannabis edible gummies to wine if given the choice. The study also found that of those who consumed cannabis during the pandemic, one in 7 (15%) tried it for the first time.

In the wake of Toronto City Council having decided to change the name of Dundas Street and Dundas Square because of the past travesties of its name’s sake, the findings of a survey released today by Maru Public Opinion demonstrates that while a majority of Torontonians are initially supportive of the renaming (55%), opposition (61%) to doing so grows significantly when Toronto residents consider both the city costs and the personal and business administrative requirements that will follow due to the changes.

A study released by Maru Public Opinion today conducted for Salesforce Canada reveals that as the pandemic recedes and business start opening for Canadian consumers, company values and product sustainability could well be key ingredients for making purchase decisions—especially for those who are the youngest shoppers.

A study released by Maru Public Opinion today conducted for DoorDash Quebec reveals that the vast majority (85%) of those in Quebec changing a residence on the July 1, 2021, provincially designated “Moving Day” will be ordering in or picking up food after the boxes are in their new abode—and it’s most likely to be pizza (62%), or burgers and fries (9%), or sushi (4%) that are served up the most as they unwind and relax—and reflect on the food selection and availability that was key to the selection of their new neighbourhood (84%).

A new survey released today by Maru Public Opinion finds a relative split in public opinion on the Ford Government’s recent third-party ad-limiting election reform package and its subsequent invocation of the Constitution’s not-withstanding-clause to override an Ontario Superior Court that ruled the new 12-month pre-election restriction was unnecessary and infringed on rights set out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

A new Yahoo/Maru Public Opinion poll released today finds Canadians at their highest level of confidence that the economy is moving in the right direction since measurements began in February 2021—but when it comes to their own personal pocketbook it’s a different story of underperformance.