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75% say governments should do more to recognize legacy of residential schools, rising to 86% among adults under 35

75% say governments should do more to recognize legacy of residential schools, rising to 86% among adults under 35

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Over seven in ten (75%) say the government should do more to recognize the legacy of residential schools.

30 September 2024

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Sean Simpson SVP, Canada, Public Affairs

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RESPONSIBILITY LIES INCREASINGLY WITH GOVERNMENTS TO RECOGNIZE LEGACY

Over seven in ten (75%) say the government should do more to recognize the legacy of residential schools, while 70% believe individuals and 64% believe employers should do more, respectively.

78% believe more can be done to teach students about residential schools in their province. 70% think the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation should be marked via a statutory holiday by all provinces. 68% say it should be recognized by all employers. 59% believe there will be meaningful reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in their lifetime. 45% support changing the national anthem lyrics from 'Our home and native land' to 'Our home on native land.

IMPORTANCE OF DAY OF TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION HIGHER AMONG YOUNG CANADIANS

58% Of Canadians think it is important to have a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. 30% think it’s not important.

Almost 6 in 10 (58%) think it is important to have a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, rising to 7 in 10 (73%) among Canadians aged 18-34 compared to just over half (55%) of those aged 35-54 and just under half (49%) of those aged 55+.
Three in ten (30%) do not think it is important, higher among those without children (33% vs 23% with children) and males (36% vs 26% females), and 12% don’t know if it is important or not.

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between September 20 and 23, 2024, on behalf of Global News. For this survey, a sample of 1,000 Canadians aged 18+ was interviewed online. Quotas and weighting were employed to ensure that the sample’s composition reflects that of the Canadian population according to census parameters. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ± 3.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, had all Canadians aged 18+ been polled. The credibility interval will be wider among subsets of the population. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error.

For more information on this news release, please contact:
Sean Simpson
Senior Vice President, Ipsos Public Affairs Canada
+1 416 324 2002
[email protected]

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