Six in Ten (59%) Canadians Think Children Should be Required to Get the Measles Vaccination, Even If Their Parents Object

Toronto, ON - Seven in ten Canadians think all children should be required to get the measles vaccination unless they are prohibited for medical reasons and six in ten think children should be required even if their parents personally object to vaccinations. 

OLDER CANADIANS MOST LIKELY TO THINK CHILDREN SHOULD BE VACCINATED

Two thirds of adults say they are vaccinated against the measles, and two thirds of parents say their children are vaccinated against the measles. One in ten do not know if their children are vaccinated. Two in ten say their children are not vaccinated and while 15% plan to get them vaccinated, 6% do not.

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between March 15 and 18, 2024, on behalf of Global News. For this survey, a sample of 1,000 Canadians aged 18+ was interviewed. 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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Sean Simpson
Senior Vice President, Ipsos Public Affairs Canada 
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