Canadians See Oilers Win as National Symbol of Resilience, Say Winning the Cup Is Especially Important This Year

With the 2025 Stanley Cup finals set to begin, 63% of Canadians say they are cheering on the Edmonton Oilers, up six points from last year’s matchup, according to Ipsos polling for Global News. Nearly six in ten (56%) think the Oilers will defeat the Florida Panthers (+7 pts vs. 2024). This increase compared to last year comes at a time when strong majorities of Canadians agree a win for the Oilers would be symbolic and a show of national pride and identity.

Just over half of Canadians say they have been following the NHL playoffs closely (+4 pts vs. 2024), while 48% say they have not been following the playoffs closely (-4 pts). Nearly six in ten (56%) say they will pay more attention to the Stanley Cup final this year than in the past.

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between May 30th and June 2nd, 2025, on behalf of Global News. For this survey, a sample of 1,001 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.

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