In 2001, Alliance for Life Ontario commissioned a poll in which respondents were read information about unplanned pregnancies and abortions.  For each item read, respondents were asked to state if the information read to them made them more likely to support or oppose abortion.  See chart below or click on the link under Provincial Polls for results.

NATIONAL POLLS

Click on the links below to see the poll results
Angus Reid, 2010
Environics Research, November 2009
Environics Research, November 2008
Angus Reid, 2008
Environics Research, October 2007
Environics Research, October 2006
Environic Research, October 2005
Environics Research, October 2004
Leger Marketing, October 2003

PROVINCIAL POLLS

Click on the links below to see where Ontarians stand
Baselice & Associates, July 2001
Pre- & Post-poll, Ontario 2007

Canadians are Uninformed

In January 2010, Angus Reid found that most Canadians are misinformed about the legal status of abortion. Results indicated that four-in-five Canadians (80%) are unaware of the current legal status of abortion in the country: women being able to have an abortion at any time during their pregnancy, with no legal restrictions whatsoever.

A significant proportion of respondents (43%) wrongly assume that an abortion can only be performed in the first trimester of pregnancy.

The poll also found that just one-in-four Canadian women (26%) endorse the current legal status, and two-thirds call for different approaches to regulate abortion in Canada.

Four-in-five Canadians (79%) back an initiative that would make it mandatory for health care workers to offer information to pregnant women about alternatives to abortion.