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Confederation of Tomorrow

Updated June 26, 2024 Published September 10, 2020

The Confederation of Tomorrow is an annual survey of public opinion exploring the views of Canadians towards the future of the federation and their political communities. This survey serves as an important resource to academics, journalists, and researchers seeking public opinion data on federalism.

The 2024 study consists of a survey of 6,036 adults, conducted between January 13 and April 13, 2024 (82% of the responses were collected between January 17 and February 1); 94% of the responses were collected online. The remaining responses were collected by telephone from respondents living in the North or on First Nations reserves.

This page will be updated as reports are published. You can find 2024 Confederation of Tomorrow results below:

Report 1 – Trusting federal and provincial government decision-making on key issues

Report 2 – Affordable housing: Approval of federal, provincial and local governments

Report 3 – Addressing climate change in the Canadian Federation

Report 4 – Reconciliation and Relations with Indigenous Peoples


For those interested in using the data in their own research, data is available upon request, please contact us at centre@irpp.org.

The Confederation of Tomorrow surveys are conducted by an association of the country’s leading public policy and socio-economic research organizations: the Environics Institute for Survey Research, the Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation, the Canada West Foundation, the Centre D’Analyse Politique – Constitution et Fédéralisme, the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government and the First Nations Financial Management Board.

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About the Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation

The Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation is a permanent research body within the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Its mission is to build a deeper understanding of Canada as a federal community.

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