Since 2019, the Environics Institute for Survey Research has partnered with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) to conduct a series of national surveys on race relations in Canada. This landmark research establishes critical benchmark indicators of perspectives and experiences across the country’s diverse population, that document the current reality and progress over time.
The purpose of this research is to generate credible, independent, empirically-derived evidence that will be widely referenced and used across Canadian sectors and communities. Such information can serve as point of common ground that brings different stakeholders together, and also provide a means for measuring progress (or the lack of progress) over time. This research is intended to provide information metrics to organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors who are working to reduce racism both internally and in broader society.
This latest survey updates the data collected in 2019 and 2021, and expands to address two new themes:
- Experience with hate incidents and hate crimes – the first national survey to address this issue in depth, both in terms of personal and indirect experiences; and
- Attitudes, perceptions and experiences with respect to discrimination against Muslims and Jewish people in Canada.
About the Survey
The research consisted of a main survey conducted online between February 12 and March 13, 2024 with 4,470 Canadians (ages 18+), and a supplementary survey conducted online between November 18 and 25, 2024 with 616 Canadians who identify as Jewish (by religion, ethnicity and/or culture). The sample for the main survey was stratified to ensure representation by province, age, education and gender, and also included over-samples of individuals who self-identify as Chinese, Black, South Asian or Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) (the four largest racialized populations in Canada).
In 2019, the Environics Institute for Survey Research partnered with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) to conduct the first-ever national survey on race relations in Canada. This landmark research established new benchmark indicators across the country from the perspective of its citizens, and provides the foundation for monitoring progress over time.
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