Leger: Polls: Canadian Attitudes About Mandatory Face Masks + Tourism After COVID-19

As part of our goal to provide you with helpful information throughout these difficult times, we’re sharing the results of our most recent survey on COVID-19 (the coronavirus), conducted in partnership with the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) and published in The Canadian Press.

Our May 26, 2020 edition also reveals that…

• Canadians are equally split on whether governments are telling the whole truth about COVID-19 (50%) or deliberately withholding information (50%).
• 86% of Canadians are concerned about a second wave of COVID-19 in the fall.
• 34% of Canadians think their provincial government should slow down the pace at which it is relaxing social distancing/self-isolation measures, up 7% from last week.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism industry has been effectively shut down, resulting in a deep and direct hit to airlines, hotels, tour operators, restaurants, and many other tourism-related businesses.

We recently conducted a survey focused on travel and tourism among over 1,500 Canadians to understand: