Cover page for Focus Canada 2010 featuring a red maple leaf, title text, and a subtitle about public opinion research. Along the bottom are images symbolizing Canada: a naval ship, totem pole, lake with mountains, and people.

Focus Canada 2010

Public opinion matters – in all countries, but especially in democracies like ours. Public opinion research in the public interest makes an essential contribution to good governance and meeting societal challenges.

Stylized Indigenous art of a bird with cityscape elements on a red background, highlighting the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study at the bottom.

Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study

The Environics Institute conducted the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study (UAPS) as a landmark national study focusing on Aboriginal Peoples living in Canada’s major urban centres.

Logo with the text Canadas WORLD Canada MONDE above a red square featuring a circular design, and below, the words THE CANADA’S WORLD SURVEY POLL appear on a light background.

Canada’s World Survey

The Institute co-sponsored a national survey of Canadians’ engagement and involvement with the world outside our borders, as part of the Canada’s World initiative.

A person wearing a backpack walks among gravestones at sunset, with mountains and an orange sky in the background—a somber, silhouetted scene that echoes the solitude found in stories from the 2007 Survey of Afghans.

2007 Survey of Afghans

The Institute sponsored the first-ever Canadian-initiated public opinion survey of the people of Afghanistan on issues related to quality of life, reconstruction, and Canadian military presence in the country.

A diverse group of people hold signs supporting refugees at an outdoor rally in a city. Signs read “#Stand With Refugees,” “Canada Welcomes Refugees!” and “We’re no bigots—Canada is a home for refugees.”.

Survey of Canadian Muslims

The Institute’s first project was a national survey to examine the relationship between Canadian Muslims and Canadian society at large. This research was conducted as part of Environics Research FOCUS CANADA, and built upon an earlier study conducted by the US-based Pew Research Center with Muslims and non-Muslims that covered 13 countries (but not Canada).

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