What do Canadian people think about labor unions?
Economic axis · 🇨🇦 Canada · measured continuously, published only above 100 responses.
70% of Canadian respondents take the position “Workers should have seats on the board of every large firm.”, against 13% for “A firm should be run by the people who own it and the bosses they pick.”, with 16% choosing neither. n = 113, margin of error ±9.4, weighted to Canada's adult population.
Where Canada sits on economic
What is measured about Canada on this axis. These are facts about the country, not what its people think about them — that is the part of this page waiting on a sample.
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Unemployment
ILO modelled estimate · 2025
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6.9% |
somewhat above the middle
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Income inequality (Gini)
World Bank PovcalNet/PIP · 2022
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31.5 0–100 |
somewhat below the middle
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Ranked against every country with a published figure for the same series. Sources: World Bank World Development Indicators, which republish UN, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, SIPRI, IISS and UNODC data.
The questions that bear on labor unions
Asked as a forced choice between two written positions, in randomised order, with the sides flipped for half of respondents.
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A · A firm should be run by the people who own it and the bosses they pick.
B · Workers should have seats on the board of every large firm.
World, unweighted: 23% A ·
22% neither ·
55% B · n = 4761
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70% B 🇨🇦 n=113 |
A national figure appears only once that nation clears 100 responses on the question. The world column is a raw count of every answer received and is not post-stratified — it is shown because withholding it would say less, not more.
Asked another way
The same question, as people put it.
- Canada public opinion on labor unions
- Labor unions poll canada
- What do canadian people think about labor unions
- What percentage of canadian people support labor unions
Each has one answer on this page, and it is the same answer.