A new Ipsos Reid survey shows 3 in 10 Canadians will attend a Remembrance Day service tomorrow. Thats 23 percent more than last year and the killings last month of Corporal Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent appear to have sparked the increased interest in attending a cenotaph ceremony. There is a bill before Parliament right now that would make Remembrance Day a national stat holiday. This morning’s poll shows most Canadians (82 percent) would support November 11th being made a holiday while just 18% would not. While most Canadians won’t be attending an official service this year, eight in ten (77%) say they will observe two minutes of silence at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning. An equal proportion (77%) say they’ve been wearing a poppy in the lead up to Remembrance Day.
The data shows that some Canadians are more likely than others to remember Canada’s fallen in various ways:
- Those in Alberta (41%) and Atlantic Canada (39%) are most likely to say they will attend an official ceremony, followed by those living in British Columbia (31%), Ontario (31%), Saskatchewan and Manitoba (20%) and Quebec (9%).
- Atlantic Canadians (94%) and Ontarians (90%) are most likely to say they will observe two minutes of silence at 11 o’clock on November 11th, followed by those in British Columbia (76%), Saskatchewan and Manitoba (74%), Alberta (71%) and Quebec (55%).
- Atlantic Canadians (94%) and British Columbians (90%) are most likely to say they’re wearing a poppy in the lead up to November 11th, followed by those living in Ontario (87%), Alberta (83%), Saskatchewan and Manitoba (79%) and Quebec (43%).
- Atlantic Canadians (94%) and residents of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (94%) are most likely to support Remembrance Day being made a national holiday, followed by a majority of those in British Columbia (88%), Ontario (84%), Alberta (81%) and Quebec (71%).
