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September 4th-6th, 2015. A mixture of landlines and cell phones were surveyed.
Margin of error: +/- 1.96%, 19 times out of 20. Results were weighed by
language, geography, age and gender based on the 2011 Canadian Census.
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How closely have you been following stories involving Syrias refugee crisis?
3%
13%
33%
15%
37%
Very Closely
Somewhat Closely
VERY CLOSELY
SOMEWHAT CLOSELY
NOT TOO CLOSELY
NOT AT ALL CLOSELY
NOT AWARE
SAMPLE
18-34
30%
26%
13%
28%
3%
303
VERY CLOSELY
SOMEWHAT CLOSELY
NOT TOO CLOSELY
NOT AT ALL CLOSELY
NOT AWARE
SAMPLE
BC
AB Prairies
27% 41%
35%
35% 37%
34%
22% 12%
19%
13% 7%
10%
2%
3%
3%
275 346
303
35-49
31%
40%
16%
9%
4%
404
50-64
32%
44%
18%
5%
1%
886
Not Aware
ON
38%
36%
8%
14%
5%
667
QC
25%
39%
21%
14%
1%
621
Atlantic
29%
38%
18%
12%
3%
294
A4
From everything you have seen, heard or read, who would you say is most
responsible for the present refugee crisis in Syria? The Islamic State, also known as
ISIS, the Syrian Government Led by Bashar Al-Assad or Someone Else?
29%
32%
8%
31%
Islamic State
Syrian Government
Someone Else
Not Sure
ISLAMIC STATE
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
SOMEONE ELSE
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
18-34
24%
31%
7%
38%
303
ISLAMIC STATE
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
SOMEONE ELSE
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
BC
AB Prairies
33% 41%
32%
29% 33%
30%
6%
6%
7%
31% 21%
32%
275 346
303
35-49
30%
34%
9%
28%
404
50-64
40%
27%
9%
24%
886
ON
31%
29%
10%
30%
667
QC
29%
32%
8%
30%
621
Atlantic
30%
31%
9%
30%
294
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17%
35%
48%
STRONGLY APPROVE
SOMEWHAT APPROVE
SOMEWHAT DISAPPROVE
STRONGLY DISAPPROVE
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
18-34
24%
5%
19%
26%
25%
303
STRONGLY APPROVE
SOMEWHAT APPROVE
SOMEWHAT DISAPPROVE
STRONGLY DISAPPROVE
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
BC
25%
13%
23%
23%
17%
275
35-49
16%
15%
15%
32%
21%
404
50-64
22%
15%
22%
29%
12%
886
AB Prairies
32%
29%
16%
13%
12%
15%
23%
27%
17%
16%
346
303
65+
21%
23%
25%
21%
9%
913
ON
18%
15%
21%
28%
18%
667
Male Female
25%
17%
15%
13%
16%
25%
29%
27%
16%
19%
1182 1324
QC
16%
12%
22%
31%
18%
621
Atlantic
21%
15%
20%
29%
16%
294
A6
Canada has resettled refugees in the past including 37,00 Hungarian refugees in
1956, 7,000 refugees from Uganda in 1972, 65,00 refugees from Vietnam in 1975
and 6,000 refugees from Kosovo in 1999. In your opinion, how many total
refugees do you think Canada should resettle from Syria?
13%
15%
11%
13%
48%
10,000 Or Less
10,000-20,000
20,000-30,000
10,000 OR LESS
BETWEEN 10,000 & 20,000
BETWEEN 20,000 & 30,000
OVER 30,000
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
18-34
14%
7%
15%
51%
13%
303
10,000 OR LESS
BETWEEN 10,000 & 20,000
BETWEEN 20,000 & 30,000
OVER 30,000
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
BC
17%
11%
11%
50%
11%
275
30,000 Or More
35-49
11%
10%
11%
51%
17%
404
Not Sure
50-64
12%
13%
13%
47%
16%
886
AB Prairies
15%
18%
4%
10%
11%
13%
57%
45%
13%
14%
346
303
ON
7%
10%
11%
56%
15%
667
QC
18%
15%
20%
29%
18%
621
Atlantic
10%
11%
10%
55%
14%
294
A7
And in your opinion how can Canada best contribute to the Syrian Refugee
Crisis? Is it, Military Force, Humanitarian Aid, the Resettlement of Refugees in
Canada or something else?
15%
18%
9%
27%
31%
Deploy Military
Humanitarian Aid
Refugees in Canada
MILITARY FORCE
HUMANITARIAN AID
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
SOMETHING ELSE
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
18-34
17%
33%
32%
8%
10%
303
MILITARY FORCE
HUMANITARIAN AID
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
SOMETHING ELSE
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
BC
17%
34%
29%
9%
11%
275
35-49
18%
28%
26%
10%
18%
404
Something Else
50-64
20%
25%
30%
11%
14%
886
AB Prairies
26%
21%
24%
27%
23%
27%
9%
11%
18%
14%
346
303
65+
15%
22%
38%
8%
17%
913
ON
16%
28%
32%
10%
15%
667
Not Sure
Male Female
24%
12%
28%
26%
27%
35%
9%
10%
11%
18%
1182 1324
QC
16%
25%
36%
8%
15%
621
Atlantic
18%
27%
31%
10%
14%
294
A8
And which Federal Leader do you think would be most effective in addressing
the Syrian Refugee Crisis?
21%
24%
2%
3%
26%
24%
Harper
Mulcair
Trudeau
May
STEPHEN HARPER
TOM MULCAIR
JUSTIN TRUDEAU
ELIZABETH MAY
GILLES DUCEPPE
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
18-34
15%
27%
21%
3%
1%
34%
303
STEPHEN HARPER
TOM MULCAIR
JUSTIN TRUDEAU
ELIZABETH MAY
GILLES DUCEPPE
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
BC
18%
30%
15%
10%
0%
26%
275
Duceppe
35-49
23%
25%
18%
4%
2%
26%
404
Not Sure
50-64
21%
25%
29%
3%
3%
20%
886
AB Prairies
47%
35%
14%
18%
14%
20%
2%
2%
0%
0%
22%
25%
346
303
65+
27%
27%
29%
2%
2%
14%
913
ON
21%
22%
29%
2%
0%
25%
667
Male Female
25%
17%
26%
27%
25%
24%
4%
2%
2%
2%
19%
29%
1182 1324
QC
11%
35%
22%
1%
9%
22%
621
Atlantic
7%
22%
43%
2%
0%
26%
294
A9
From everything you have seen, heard or read, is Europe doing its fair share to
address the Syrian Refugee Crisis, or not?
22%
39%
39%
18-34
15%
45%
39%
303
BC
23%
38%
39%
275
35-49
21%
40%
38%
404
Not Sure
50-64
27%
38%
35%
886
AB Prairies
33%
27%
33%
35%
34%
38%
346
303
ON
20%
38%
42%
667
QC
19%
42%
39%
621
Atlantic
24%
39%
37%
294
A10
From everything you have seen, heard or read, is Canada doing its fair share to
address the Syrian Refugee Crisis, or not?
25%
27%
48%
18-34
25%
46%
29%
303
BC
25%
49%
25%
275
35-49
20%
53%
28%
404
Not Sure
50-64
31%
46%
23%
886
AB Prairies
39%
30%
36%
44%
24%
26%
346
303
ON
25%
46%
29%
667
QC
17%
57%
26%
621
Atlantic
23%
50%
27%
294
A11
In the last week, the news media have reported extensively on a refugee family
whose two young boys drowned as their family fled from Turkey to Greece. The
family had hoped to come to Canada. Do you think the Canadian government
acted appropriately in their case, or not?
27%
30%
44%
Acted Appropriately
ACTED APPROPRIATELY
DID NOT ACT APPROPRIATELY
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
18-34
39%
39%
22%
303
ACTED APPROPRIATELY
DID NOT ACT APPROPRIATELY
NOT SURE
SAMPLE
BC
30%
41%
29%
275
35-49
22%
46%
32%
404
Not Sure
50-64
32%
42%
26%
886
AB Prairies
49%
41%
33%
33%
18%
26%
346
303
ON
29%
43%
27%
667
QC
18%
54%
28%
621
Atlantic
25%
47%
28%
294
A12
SCRIPT
How closely have you been following stories involving Syrias refugee crisis?
Very Closely
Somewhat Closely
Not Too Closely
Not At All Closely
Not Aware of These Stories
From everything you have seen, heard or read, who would you say is most responsible for the present
refugee crisis in Syria? The Islamic State, otherwise known as ISIS, the Syrian Government Led by
Bashar Al-Assad or Someone Else?
The Islamic State otherwise known as ISIS
The Syrian Government Led by Bashar Al-Assad
Someone Else
Not sure
Do you approve or disapprove of the Canadian Governments response to the refugee crisis in Syria?
Strongly Approve
Somewhat Approve
Somewhat Disapprove
Strongly Disapprove
Not Sure
Canada has resettled refugees in the past including 37,00 Hungarian refugees in 1956, 7,000 refugees
from Uganda in 1972, 65,00 refugees from Vietnam in 1975 and 6,000 refugees from Kosovo in 1999. In
your opinion, how many total refugees do you think Canada should resettle from Syria?
10,000 refugees or less
Between 10,000 and 20,000 refugees
Between 20,000 and 30,000 refugees
Over 30,000 refugees
Not sure
And in your opinion how can Canada best contribute to the Syrian Refugee Crisis? Is it, Military Force,
Humanitarian Aid, the Resettlement of Refugees in Canada or something else?
Military Force
Humanitarian aid
Resettlement of Refugees in Canada
Something else
Not sure
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