Canadians overwhelmingly view China in a negative light, according to a recent survey conducted by Nanos Research.
The online survey asked Canadians to provide their opinions on several countries and whether each would make a valuable trading partner for Canada. Nearly three in four (73 percent) of the 1,080 Canadian adults surveyed say they have a negative (41 percent) or somewhat negative (32 percent) view of China.
Notably, the percentage of Canadians holding negative views of China has increased by over 10 percent compared with a similar poll conducted by the same company in 2019, where only 25 percent of respondents held negative views. Conversely, about 10 percent of Canadians hold positive or somewhat positive views of China….