The following survey was conducted by Abacus Data on behalf of the Canadian Teachers’ Federation. The survey was conducted from August 16th to 19th with a sample of n=2,000 general population adults in Canada.
A random sample of panelists were invited to complete the survey online from a set of partner panels based on the Lucid exchange platform. These partners are typically double opt-in survey panels, blended to manage out potential skews in the data from a single source.
2,505 panelists who were invited to complete the survey entered the survey. We are unable to determine how many were initially invited. Of the 2,505 who started the survey, 2,000 or 79.8% completed it, 317 or 12.6% qualified but did not complete the survey, and 188 individuals or 7.5% were disqualified. The survey was live from August 16th at 3pm EST to August 19th at 7:30pm EST.
Only respondents who had completed the full set of questions were used in the analysis of data, all partial responses were removed in the data analysis.
The data were weighted according to census data to ensure that the sample matched Canada’s population according to age, gender, educational attainment, and region. Totals may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
CTF/FCE: 2490 Don Reid Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 1E1
Abacus Data: 71 Bank St #6, Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5N2
Topline Results
How concerned, if at all, are you about the following issues in Canada?
Equitable access to quality education for all children and youth across Canada
Very concerned
36%
Somewhat concerned
47%
Not that concerned
13%
Not at all concerned
4%
Ensuring all children and youth across Canada have access to support for their mental health and wellbeing
Very concerned
41%
Somewhat concerned
45%
Not that concerned
10%
Not at all concerned
3%
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Providing all children and youth in Canada with equitable access to quality K-12 public education can help reduce poverty in Canada over the long-term
Strongly Agree
43%
Somewhat Agree
48%
Somewhat Disagree
7%
Strongly Disagree
2%
The following are certain features of an education system. For each, do you think they are better offered by a publicly funded public education system, privatized education system, or there is no difference either way?
Providing students with additional supports beyond education such as access to extra-curriculars and nutritious meals, i.e. breakfast programs for low-income students
Publicly funded public education system
50%
There is no difference either way
30%
Privatized education system
20%
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
High quality publicly funded education is part of our Canadian identity
Strongly Agree
48%
Somewhat Agree
41%
Somewhat Disagree
8%
Strongly Disagree
2%
High quality publicly funded education is important for our quality of life
Strongly Agree
56%
Somewhat Agree
38%
Somewhat Disagree
4%
Strongly Disagree
2%
Regardless of whether or not you think there is equal access, how important, if at all, do you think it is that every child and youth across Canada has equal access to high-quality publicly funded education through national guidelines for public education?
Very important
62%
Somewhat important
32%
Not that important
4%
Not at all important
2%
And what about the following? Do you agree or disagree?
Equitable access to public education for all children and youth provides crucial access to support for social development
Strongly Agree
55%
Somewhat Agree
38%
Somewhat Disagree
5%
Strongly Disagree
2%
The following are some possible solutions for ensuring equitable access for high-quality publicly funded public education for all children and youth across Canada. To ensure equitable access, do you think implementing the following is…
National breakfast or lunch program available in all schools
Very important
47%
Somewhat important
41%
Not that important
9%
Not at all important
3%
Equitable access to high-speed internet for all families with school-aged children
Very important
51%
Somewhat important
39%
Not that important
7%
Not at all important
2%
Measures to ensure the safe and healthy continuation of in-person teaching and learning in times of crisis (such as the COVID-19 pandemic)
Very important
60%
Somewhat important
33%
Not that important
4%
Not at all important
2%
Which of the following do you agree with most?
The role of the federal government should be an active participant in creating a set of national education guidelines with the provinces/territories for quality teaching, quality environments and quality resources
40%
The role of the federal government should be to bring the provinces/territories together so the provinces and territories can create a set of education guidelines for quality teaching, quality environments and quality resources
50%
I don’t think the federal government should have a role in public education guidelines in Canada
