More than seven-in-ten Canadians have a positive opinion of the United Kingdom, Japan and Italy.
Vancouver, BC [May 1, 2025] – Favourable views of the United States among Canadians have dropped to the lowest level recorded in the past seven years, a new Research Co. poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample, only 26% of Canadians have a positive opinion of the United States, down 28 points since a similar Research Co. poll conducted in July 2024.
Only three other countries currently have a lower proportion of favourable views from Canadians: Russia (19%, +2), Iran (17%, +5) and North Korea (also 17%, +6).
“For the first time since January 2019, fewer than a third of Canadians hold a positive opinion of the United States,” says Mario Canseco, President of Research Co. “The previous low was 32% in July 2020, while the previous high was 64% in February 2024.”
Favourable views of the United States are lowest in Atlantic Canada (17%, -30), followed by Quebec (25%, -27), British Columbia (26%, -24), Ontario (also 26%, -31), Alberta (29%, -24) and Saskatchewan and Manitoba (30%, -30).
At least three-in-ten Canadians have a positive opinion of China (30%, +8), Saudi Arabia (31%, +6), India (33%, +3) and Venezuela (34%, +8).
More than half of Canadians hold favourable views of South Korea (57%, =) and Mexico (59%, +15).
Canadians aged 55 and over are more likely to express positive opinions of Mexico (65%) than their counterparts aged 35-to-54 (58%) and aged 18-to-34 (56%).
Five G-7 nations continue to garner the highest proportion of favourable views from Canadians: the United Kingdom (72%, +2), Italy (72%, +4), Japan (71%, =), France (67%, +2) and Germany (66%, -1).
Methodology: Results are based on an online survey conducted from April 7 to April 9, 2025, among 1,002 adults in Canada. The data has been statistically weighted according to census figures for age, gender and region in Canada. The margin of error—which measures sample variability—is +/- 3.1 percentage points, nineteen times out of twenty.
Find our data tables here and download the press release here.
For more information on this poll, please contact:
Mario Canseco, President, Research Co.
778.929.0490
[e] mario.canseco@researchco.ca