Canadians Mildly Optimistic Regarding Canadian Chances at Winter Olympics
- British Columbians (39%) and Albertans (39%) are the most optimistic regarding Canada's potential medal results at the games, while those in Quebec (24%) are the least optimistic. Residents of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (15%) are more likely than those in other regions to say that Canadian athletes will do worse than during previous Winter Games.
- Women (34% versus 30% of men) are more likely to feel that the Canadian team will do better than in past Winter Games, while men (12% versus 7% of women) are more likely to say that Canadian athletes will do worse.
These are the findings of an Ipsos-Reid/Globe and Mail/CTV poll conducted between January 15th and 17th, 2002. The poll is based on a randomly selected sample of 1,000 adult Canadians. With a sample of this size, the results are considered accurate to within 177 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, of what they would have been had the entire adult Canadian population been polled. The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. These data were statistically weighted to ensure the sample's regional and age/sex composition reflects that of the actual Canadian population according to the 1996 Census data.
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For more information on this news release, please contact:
John Wright
Senior Vice-President
Public Affairs
Ipsos-Reid
(416) 324-2900
