A majority of Canadians still believe human beings evolved from less advanced life forms over millions of years.
Vancouver, BC [November 20, 2025] – The proportion of Canadians who think there is a place for creationism in their province’s classrooms has increased over the past year and a half, a new Research Co. poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample, 48% of Canadians (+7 since a similar Research Co. poll conducted in April 2024) think creationism—the belief that the universe and life originated from specific acts of divine creation—should be part of the school curriculum in their province.
More than a third of Canadians (35%, -7) disagree with teaching creationism to school children, while 18% (+1) are not sure.
“The increase in support for discussing creationism in schools is being driven by Canadians aged 18-to-34 (58%, +10),” says Mario Canseco, President of Research Co. “Fewer than half of their counterparts aged 35-to-54 (48%, +4) and aged 55 and over (38%, +5) favour this course of action.”
Men (51%, +7) are still more likely than women (44%, +10) to endorse creationism in the classroom. On a regional basis, support for this idea is highest in Ontario (54%, +10), followed by Atlantic Canada (50%, +2) Saskatchewan and Manitoba (50%, +8), Alberta (46%, +3), Quebec (43%, +8) and British Columbia (41%, +4).
More than half of Canadians who voted for the Liberal Party (53%, +16) or the Conservative Party (52%, +6) in this year’s federal election agree with teaching creationism in schools. The proportion is lower among Canadians who cast ballots for the New Democratic Party (NDP) (38%, -5).
Majorities of Canadians whose origins are South Asian (73%, +11) or Indigenous (57%, +7) support discussing creationism in the classroom. Fewer Canadians whose heritage is East Asian (45%, -11) or European (35%, +1) concur.
The year-to-year fluctuations are not as pronounced on the other question included in the survey. Just over three-in-five Canadians (61%, -3) say human beings evolved from less advanced life forms over millions of years, while just under one-in-four (23%, +2) believe God created human beings in their present form within the last 10,000 years.
More than one-in-four Canadians aged 55 and over (26%, +1) side with divine creation, along with more than one-in-five Canadians aged 35-to-54 (22%, +1) and aged 18-to-34 (21%, +1).
Fewer than one-in-four Canadians of four different ethnicities assert that God created human beings: European (22%, +3), East Asian (21%, -3), Indigenous (19%, +10) and South Asian (17%, -2%).
Almost three-in-ten Canadians who supported the Conservatives in this year’s federal election (29%, +3) are also believers in divine creation, compared to about one-in-five Liberals (21%, +4) and New Democrats (19%, -1).
Methodology: Results are based on an online survey conducted from October 24 to October 26, 2025, among 1,002 adults in Canada. The data has been statistically weighted according to Canadian 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