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Bordering on US: Canadian Views on Relations with their neighbor

Bordering on US: Canadian Views on Relations with their neighbor. September 15 th , 2009 International Association for the Study of Canada (a division of the Association for Canadian Studies).

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Bordering on US: Canadian Views on Relations with their neighbor

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  1. Bordering on US: Canadian Views on Relations with their neighbor September 15th, 2009 International Association for the Study of Canada (a division of the Association for Canadian Studies)

  2. On September 16th Prime Minister Stephen Harper made his first official visit to the White House since President Obama took office. To mark the occasion to the International Association for the Study of Canada commissioned the firm Leger Marketing to conduct a survey on how Canadians see their relationship with the United States. • Administered by web panel to 1,366 Canadians during the week of August 24 the probabilistic random sample of same size would yield maximum margin of error of 3.9 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

  3. Highlights from the Survey • A narrow majority of Canadians (54%) agreed that the US was Canada’s best friend in the world. • One in four Canadians support getting rid of the border with the United States this is unchanged from 2007. • 35% would like to live in the United States part time 17% of Canadians say they have recently considered purchasing real estate in the U.S. • 68% of Canadians agree that it is a good thing that our dollar rises against the US dollar

  4. Atlantic Canadians most likely to travel to US; Prairie and Alta most likely to have considered move

  5. Albertans most favorable to getting rid of border; Most likely to agree US is our best friend, Bcers least likely to agree; Ontarians least favorable to increase in $

  6. Older U get the more U support no border; older Canadians more likely to agree US is our best friend

  7. More u think US is our best friend more u consider move, more u support no border and more you’ve gone to the other side

  8. More u’ve travelled to US more u’ve considered move, more supportive of no border and more u have considered real estate purchase

  9. 17% of Canadians say they have recently considered purchasing real estate in the U.S.; 38% of Canadians say they frequently traveled to the U.S.

  10. A narrow majority of Canadians agree that the U.S. is our best friend in the world

  11. One in four Canadians agree with getting rid of the border with the U.S.; seven in ten say it is a good thing

  12. 25% of Canadians say they have considered moving to the United States…35% said they would like to live there part of the year

  13. Percentage of Canada’s non-francophones who have considered moving to the U.S. has risen since 2007

  14. Younger Canadians more likely to have considered move to the U.S.

  15. Lower income Canadian’s percentage considering move to the U.S. has risen since 2007

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