Region

Total

Sample Sizes
T

1412

BC

AB

198

SK

133

MB
90

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

Outstanding
Above Average
Average
Below Average
Poor
Don't know
Top2Box
Bottom2Box

5%
18%
29%
18%
25%
5%
22%
43%

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

99

Age

Female

690

722

18-34
409

35-54
493

Education
55+
511

College/
Tech
school
594
477

HS or
less

BC
4%
14%
23%
22%
30%
8%
18%
51%

AB
6%
34%
27%
12%
17%
4%
40%
29%

SK
5%
18%
33%
12%
24%
8%
23%
36%

MB
6%
31%
20%
10%
22%
11%
37%
32%

Gender
ON
6%
16%
31%
18%
24%
4%
22%
42%

QC
2%
15%
33%
22%
24%
4%
17%
46%

ATL
2%
15%
22%
17%
39%
6%
17%
56%

Male

Age

Female

5%
20%
27%
18%
26%
3%
25%
44%

4%
16%
31%
18%
24%
7%
20%
43%

18-34
3%
18%
23%
19%
30%
6%
21%
49%

35-54

HH_Income
Univ+
371

<$50K
485

4%
16%
32%
16%
26%
6%
21%
41%

Education
55+
6%
20%
30%
19%
21%
4%
26%
40%

HS or
less
5%
16%
29%
20%
23%
7%
21%
43%

Age

College/
Tech
school
4%
22%
28%
15%
26%
4%
26%
42%

$50-99K

Vote 2015

$100K+

454

261

No
answer
212

CPC
358

36%
24%
24%

35%
22%
27%

32%
37%
14%

33%
25%
23%

36%
26%
21%

37%
26%
23%

40%
21%
27%

33%
16%
32%

33%
22%
23%

39%
27%
26%

34%
22%
22%

40%
25%
26%

35%
26%
24%

13%

13%

14%

23%

16%

14%

9%

18%

11%

15%

15%

12%

12%

12%

12%

10%

20%

15%

7%

13%

10%

3%

14%

9%

14%

8%

14%

9%
8%
7%

10%
6%
6%

7%
10%
10%

13%
6%
4%

5%
5%
14%

9%
8%
7%

9%
8%
6%

18%
9%
7%

12%
11%
8%

7%
5%
7%

8%
6%
9%

9%
8%
7%

11%
10%
6%

Involving Canada in a combat mission against ISIS

7%

5%

10%

4%

7%

7%

7%

9%

7%

6%

7%

6%

Passing Bill C-51

Moving the country to the right, politically
Pulling Canada out of the Kyoto Accord on climate
change
Other, specify
Continuing Canada's combat role in Afghanistan
Making the long-form census optional, rather than
mandatory
Conducting a public inquiry into the 1985 Air India
bombing

5%
3%

4%
3%

7%
2%

5%
7%

12%
10%

5%
4%

6%
3%

2%
2%

4%
4%

6%
3%

7%
4%

4%
2%

3%

3%

4%

3%

3%

4%

2%

2%

4%

2%

1%

3%
2%

2%
2%

5%
1%

1%

4%

3%
2%

3%
5%

3%
1%

4%
3%

3%
2%

4%
2%

2%

3%

2%

1%

1%

3%

2%

1%

3%

2%

1%

2%

1%

2%

3%

1%

2%

2%

2%

2%

1%

1%

1%

1%

3%

2%

2%

1%

Reducing the GST from 7% to 5%

Balancing budgets in 2006 - 08 and in 2015
None of these actions was an accomplishment
Establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
and apologizing to First Nations for the residential
schools policy
Negotiating trade deals with Europe (CETA) and the AsiaPacific region (TPP)
Moving to exert Canadian power in the Arctic
Shrinking the size of government
Lowering corporate tax rates from 21% to 15%

Prohibiting scientists receiving government funding

from speaking publicly about their research

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

ATL

Male

Female

18-34

35-54

HH_Income
Univ+
4%
17%
30%
19%
28%
3%
21%
46%

<$50K
4%
14%
27%
19%
30%
6%
18%
49%

Education
College/
Tech
school
39%
37%
25%
28%
23%
26%

Total

SP

352

Male

Q3.Which of the following actions of the Conservative government between 2006 and 2015 would you say were its two biggest accomplishments?
Region
Gender

HE

SP

453

ATL

Region
Total

HE

SP

87

QC

Liberal

NDP

481

262

No Vote
187

Q2.How do you think Stephen Harper - as a prime minister - will go down in history?

SP

Gender
ON

55+

HS or
less

$50-99K
5%
21%
26%
20%
23%
5%
26%
43%

Vote 2015

$100K+
6%
17%
38%
16%
22%
1%
23%
38%

No
answer
5%
20%
28%
15%
24%
8%
25%
39%

CPC
16%
47%
29%
6%
1%
2%
62%
7%

HH_Income
Univ+

<$50K

$50-99K

Liberal

NDP

0%
6%
29%
23%
39%
3%
6%
62%

5%
26%
26%
38%
6%
5%
64%

No Vote
2%
16%
35%
16%
15%
15%
18%
31%

Vote 2015

$100K+

No
answer

CPC

Liberal

NDP

No Vote

32%
19%
23%

37%
21%
25%

39%
28%
21%

29%
25%
25%

38%
26%
28%

46%
50%
3%

32%
15%
32%

31%
13%
32%

37%
18%
31%

10%

18%

14%

12%

14%

12%

6%

16%

18%

10%

10%

11%

15%

7%

14%

17%

9%

21%

12%

5%

8%

8%
8%
9%

8%
8%
5%

14%
8%
7%

9%
8%
7%

11%
8%
9%

10%
8%
8%

7%
9%
4%

6%
13%
9%

11%
4%
8%

13%
7%
5%

7%
11%
8%

7%

8%

7%

5%

8%

7%

6%

4%

12%

5%

4%

5%

4%
4%

6%
3%

4%
4%

5%
4%

5%
2%

5%
3%

5%
5%

6%
6%

5%
8%

5%
1%

5%
4%

4%
2%

5%

3%

4%

4%

2%

3%

3%

5%

2%

7%

2%

1%

4%

2%
2%

4%
2%

3%
3%

4%
2%

3%
3%

4%
4%

3%
2%

3%
2%

3%
1%

4%
2%

1%
2%

5%
2%

4%
2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

3%

1%

2%

2%

2%

3%

1%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%

1%

2%

4%

1%

2%

3%

2%

2%

1%

1%

1%

1%

2%

2%

2%

1%

1%

0%

3%

2%

0%

Q4.Which of the following actions of the Conservative government between 2006 and 2015 would you say were its two biggest failures?
Region
Total

HE

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

SP

ON

QC

Gender

ATL

Male

Age

Female

18-34

35-54

Education
55+

HS or
less

College/
Tech
school

HH_Income
Univ+

<$50K

$50-99K

Vote 2015

$100K+

No
answer

CPC

Liberal

NDP

No Vote

27%

18%

20%

23%

24%

40%

19%

28%

26%

31%

23%

28%

23%

27%

34%

29%

30%

19%

27%

15%

32%

35%

19%

26%

26%

36%

25%

29%

25%

21%

30%

26%

26%

31%

23%

25%

22%

25%

33%

24%

27%

28%

25%

25%

29%

26%

22%

Passing Bill C-51

20%

29%

16%

25%

23%

21%

11%

24%

25%

14%

20%

18%

21%

16%

21%

24%

17%

19%

22%

23%

8%

25%

30%

14%

Involving Canada in a combat mission against ISIS

16%

15%

11%

12%

14%

17%

16%

15%

12%

19%

16%

14%

17%

20%

12%

13%

16%

15%

14%

17%

8%

18%

16%

20%

Continuing Canada's combat role in Afghanistan

Lowering corporate tax rates from 21% to 15%
None of these actions was a failure
Making the long-form census optional, rather than
mandatory
Moving the country to the right, politically
Negotiating trade deals with Europe (CETA) and the AsiaPacific region (TPP)
Establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
and apologizing to First Nations for the residential
schools policy
Other, specify
Shrinking the size of government
Balancing budgets in 2006 - 08 and in 2015
Reducing the GST from 7% to 5%
Conducting a public inquiry into the 1985 Air India
bombing
Moving to exert Canadian power in the Arctic

14%
13%
11%

7%
19%
10%

11%
13%
22%

6%
11%
21%

8%
7%
12%

14%
13%
11%

20%
9%
8%

11%
22%
8%

10%
14%
10%

17%
13%
12%

14%
12%
8%

13%
16%
11%

14%
12%
14%

15%
16%
12%

16%
14%
12%

9%
9%
10%

16%
15%
10%

11%
13%
13%

13%
16%
10%

14%
6%
13%

10%
8%
33%

17%
15%
2%

14%
16%
3%

12%
16%
12%

11%

9%

8%

8%

13%

13%

9%

11%

14%

8%

9%

11%

12%

9%

9%

15%

10%

9%

16%

12%

15%

12%

7%

8%

10%

8%

8%

7%

5%

10%

12%

15%

11%

9%

9%

12%

9%

8%

10%

14%

11%

8%

11%

9%

5%

14%

11%

7%

6%

6%

3%

3%

6%

9%

4%

7%

7%

5%

4%

7%

7%

7%

7%

4%

6%

6%

4%

9%

3%

6%

10%

7%

5%

5%

7%

8%

8%

4%

5%

2%

6%

4%

3%

4%

7%

5%

6%

4%

4%

5%

6%

5%

8%

3%

6%

5%

4%
4%
4%
3%

6%
1%
3%
4%

4%
5%
0%

7%
1%
4%
3%

3%
4%
1%

2%
4%
3%
3%

4%
5%
7%
6%

6%
3%
2%
2%

4%
3%
2%
3%

4%
5%
5%
4%

3%
3%
4%
5%

6%
4%
5%
4%

3%
3%
2%
2%

5%
5%
4%
3%

3%
3%
5%
3%

4%
3%
1%
3%

4%
4%
5%
4%

3%
4%
3%
4%

4%
3%
3%
4%

5%
2%
3%
0%

4%
3%
2%
2%

3%
4%
4%
3%

2%
4%
4%
4%

9%
3%
5%
7%

3%

1%

4%

3%

3%

3%

2%

3%

3%

2%

3%

2%

3%

3%

3%

1%

1%

3%

4%

3%

4%

2%

2%

3%

2%

2%

0%

1%

5%

2%

3%

2%

3%

1%

3%

2%

2%

2%

2%

3%

1%

2%

2%

3%

1%

4%

2%

Q5.Do you think the accomplishments of the Conservative Government under Stephen Harper will outweigh its failures, or will the failures outweigh the accomplishments?
Region
Gender
Age

Accomplishments will outweigh failures

Failures will outweigh accomplishments
Too soon to tell
Don't know

25%
39%
28%
7%

BC
19%
43%
32%
7%

AB
44%
24%
24%
8%

SK
31%
37%
24%
9%

MB
36%
23%
30%
11%

ON
28%
40%
26%
6%

QC
17%
43%
30%
10%

ATL
19%
50%
25%
5%

Male

Female

30%
42%
23%
4%

21%
37%
32%
10%

18-34
19%
43%
28%
10%

Q6.Take a moment to think about the biggest problems facing Canada today. What do you think Stephen Harper's impact was on those problems?
Region
Gender
Total

SP

MB

27%

HE

SP

SK

Prohibiting scientists receiving government funding

from speaking publicly about their research

Total

SP

AB

Pulling Canada out of the Kyoto Accord on climate

change

HE

SP

BC

Made progress solving these problems

Tried to solve these problems but failed
Didn't address these problems at all
Made the problems worse

28%
26%
25%
21%

BC
19%
25%
31%
25%

AB
46%
26%
14%
14%

SK
34%
27%
21%
18%

MB
33%
30%
20%
17%

ON
32%
22%
25%
20%

QC
22%
33%
24%
21%

ATL
16%
25%
32%
26%

Male
32%
26%
21%
22%

35-54
24%
38%
29%
9%

Education
55+
31%
39%
26%
4%

HS or
less
25%
35%
32%
8%

Age

Female
25%
27%
29%
19%

18-34
23%
32%
21%
24%

35-54
29%
24%
27%
21%

College/
Tech
school
29%
37%
26%
8%

HH_Income
Univ+
23%
49%
23%
6%

<$50K
20%
42%
28%
10%

Education
55+
32%
24%
26%
18%

HS or
less
27%
30%
26%
16%

College/
Tech
school
31%
25%
24%
20%

$50-99K
28%
40%
27%
5%

$100K+
29%
38%
27%
6%

Vote 2015
No
answer
27%
33%
31%
9%

CPC
75%
3%
18%
4%

HH_Income
Univ+
28%
21%
24%
28%

<$50K
22%
29%
24%
25%

$50-99K
30%
27%
24%
19%

$100K+
36%
21%
25%
18%

Liberal

NDP

7%
61%
26%
6%

4%
61%
29%
5%

No Vote
18%
18%
42%
21%

Vote 2015
No
answer
30%
24%
29%
17%

CPC
78%
17%
4%
1%

Liberal
9%
29%
32%
29%

NDP
9%
22%
35%
34%

No Vote
22%
36%
28%
14%