Most Americans view Canada favorably

Politico Canada/Ipsos polling finds most Americans also view Canada as a key ally and important economic partner

The author(s)
  • Clifford Young President, US, Public Affairs
  • Chris Jackson Senior Vice President, US, Public Affairs
  • Bernard Mendez Data Journalist, US, Public Affairs
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Washington DC, October 25, 2024—A new Politico Canada/Ipsos poll finds that a majority of Americans view Canada favorably, ranking as the highest country out of those polled, including the United Kingdom, Japan, and Germany. The poll also finds that Americans rank Canada second as the U.S.’ strongest ally behind the U.K., and second as the U.S.’ most important economic partner behind China. 

Detailed findings

  1. A majority of Americans (87%) have a favorable view of Canada, the best rating of the nine countries tested.
    1. Views of Mexico are more mixed, with 59% of Americans viewing Mexico favorably and 41% responding unfavorably.
    2. The U.K. is viewed somewhat similarly to Canada, with 84% viewing the country favorably.
  2. Americans rank Canada strongly when it comes to being a U.S. ally and trading partner.
    1. Most Americans view the U.K. as the U.S.’ strongest ally (53%), followed by Canada (29%).
    2. China is seen as the U.S.’ most important economic partner by a plurality (38%), followed by Canada (27%), the U.K. (21%), and Mexico (20%).
  3. Most Americans support investing in manufacturing and new business startups but are more split on tariffs.
    1. A strong majority of Americans support investing in manufacturing (85%) and new business startups (82%).
    2. Americans are split on tariffs, with 52% supporting 10-20% tariffs on imported goods across the board and 53% supporting 60% tariffs on goods from China.
    3. Support for tariffs is strongly partisan, with a majority of Republicans supporting both tariffs and a majority of Democrats opposing both tariffs.

About the Study
These are the findings of an Ipsos poll was conducted October 17-18, 2024. For this survey, a sample of 1,004 adults age 18 or older from the continental U.S., Alaska, and Hawaii was interviewed online in English.

The sample was randomly drawn from Ipsos’ online panelpartner online panel sources, and “river” sampling and does not rely on a population frame in the traditional sense. Ipsos uses fixed sample targets, unique to each study, in drawing a sample. After a sample has been obtained from the Ipsos panel, Ipsos calibrates respondent characteristics to be representative of the U.S. Population using standard procedures such as raking-ratio adjustments. The source of these population targets is U.S. Census 2023 March Supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS). Party ID benchmarks are

from the 2024 NPORS annual survey. The sample drawn for this study reflects fixed sample targets on demographics. Post-hoc weights were made to the population characteristics on gender, age, race/ethnicity, region, metropolitan status, education, household income, and political party affiliation.  

Statistical margins of error are not applicable to online non-probability polls. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error and measurement error. Where figures do not sum to 100, this is due to the effects of rounding. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll has a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.8 percentage points for all respondents. Ipsos calculates a design effect (DEFF) for each study based on the variation of the weights, following the formula of Kish (1965). This study had a credibility interval adjusted for design effect of the following (n=1,004, DEFF=1.5, adjusted Confidence Interval=+/- 5.3 percentage points).

For more information on this news release, please contact:

Chris Jackson
Senior Vice President, US
Public Affairs
+1 202 420-2025
[email protected]

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The author(s)
  • Clifford Young President, US, Public Affairs
  • Chris Jackson Senior Vice President, US, Public Affairs
  • Bernard Mendez Data Journalist, US, Public Affairs

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