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Crime In Canada: Canadians Speak Up On The Causes

Crime In Canada: Canadians Speak Up On The Causes

4 January 2006

Toronto, ON - According to the latest Ipsos Reid survey, conducted for CanWest News Service/Global News from December 30th, 2005 to January 2nd, 2006, Canadians offer up three main conditions that they see as the top factors causing gun violence in Canada's cities, "gangs" (88%), "drugs and drug trafficking" (84%), and "judges that are too lenient with criminals convicted of gun crimes" (78%).

And within the city that has been most affected by gun crime in the past year, Torontonians emphasize the same factors as being the top causes of gun violence as do Canadians as a whole.

These are the findings of an Ipsos Reid poll conducted for CanWest News Service/Global News from December 30th, 2005 to January 2nd, 2006. A total of 8336 Canadian voters were surveyed via the internet, yielding results which are accurate to within 177 1.1% (19 times out of 20). The margin of error will be larger within regions and for other sub-groupings of the survey population. The data were statistically weighted to ensure that the sample's age, sex, regional and party support composition reflects that of the actual Canadian voter population. The sample was drawn from a pre-recruited panel of over 12,000 voters drawn from Ipsos Reid's internet panel.

Please open the attached PDF to view the factum and detailed tables.