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Education Monitor 2026: Can education still unlock opportunity?
Education Survey

Education Monitor 2026: Can education still unlock opportunity?

In this year’s Ipsos Education Monitor, we look at evolving attitudes towards social media and AI, the role universities play in shaping success, and expectations for the next generation.
Canadian Mothers' Mental Load Peaks During Back-to-School Season
Society Survey

Canadian Mothers' Mental Load Peaks During Back-to-School Season

92% Feel Responsible for Keeping Track of Most Family-Related Tasks
Half (52%) of Canadians Believe Government Should Place “High Priority” on Helping Children Transitioning from Child Welfare System into School or Workforce
Education Survey

Half (52%) of Canadians Believe Government Should Place “High Priority” on Helping Children Transitioning from Child Welfare System into School or Workforce

Nine in ten (93%) believe youth in government care should receive equal access to educational opportunities; only 69% think they do.
Most (70%) in the Sandwich Generation
Parents Survey

Financial and emotional strain anticipated among the “Sandwich Generation”

Sandwich Generation feels their careers are or will be impacted by caregiving responsibilities.
Canadians Increasingly Believe (88%, +3) that Children Around the World Face a More Frightening Future than when They Were a Child
Public Opinion Survey

Canadians Increasingly Believe (88%, +3) that Children Around the World Face a More Frightening Future than when They Were a Child

Nine in Ten (89%, + 7 pts) Canadian Parents Fear for their Children’s Future
Nine in ten (91%) Canadians agree that we should be doing more to help kids continue to live at home and not enter the child welfare system.
Public Opinion Survey

Nine in ten (91%) Canadians agree that we should be doing more to help kids continue to live at home and not enter the child welfare system.

Less than six in ten agree that there are adequate resources in their community to help families at risk, demonstrating a gap in the aid that can be provided to families
Canadians Prioritize Food Security for Children around the World, Support Canadian Government Intervention to Improve Lives of Children Globally
Public Opinion Survey

Canadians Prioritize Food Security for Children around the World, Support Canadian Government Intervention to Improve Lives of Children Globally

8 in 10 (85%) agree that children around the world face more frightening future than their generation did.
Nearly Half of Parents Say Their Child is Playing No Sports Due to the Pandemic
Sports Survey

Nearly Half of Parents Say Their Child is Playing No Sports Due to the Pandemic

Lower income households more likely to have kids out of sport
father and son
Public Opinion Publication

Are you better off than your parents were? That depends on money

The No. 1 thing people feel worse off than their parents about is retirement.
Children Drawing
Healthcare Survey

Nine in Ten (88%) Canadians Approve of Legislation that Would Mandate All School-Aged Children Be Up-To-Date on Their Vaccinations

Over Eight in Ten (85%) Believe Vaccination Compliance Rates Should be Posted Publicly in Schools and Daycares
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