Opinion polling for the 2011 Canadian federal election

This article provides a list of scientific, nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted leading up to the 2011 Canadian federal election.

Graphical summary

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  Graph of polling from the 2008 election to the 2011 election
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  Graph of polling during the 2011 election showing trends by polling firm and party
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  Graph of polling during the 2011 election showing average trend line and margin of error

Campaign period

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	CPC	LPC	NDP	BQ	GPC	Other	Type	ME	Lead
Election results	May 2, 2011	[1]	39.6	18.9	30.6	6.0	3.9	0.9	—	—	9
Forum Research	May 1, 2011	[2]	36	19	33	5	6		Phone (IVR)	±1.6	3
EKOS Research Associates[a]	May 1, 2011	[3]	33.9	21.0	31.2	6.4	6.0	1.5	Phone (IVR)	±1.8	2.7
Nanos Research[a]	May 1, 2011	[4]	37.1	20.5	31.6	5.7	3.8	1.4	Phone	±3.0	5.5
Harris-Decima	May 1, 2011	[5]	36	19	30	6	6		Phone	±3.1	6.1
EKOS Research Associates[a]	April 30, 2011	[6]	34.6	20.4	31.4	5.4	6.3	1.8	Phone (IVR)	±1.8	3.2
Forum Research	April 30, 2011	[7] 2	35	19	33	5	7		Phone (IVR)	±1.6	2
Nanos Research[a]	April 30, 2011	[8]	37.0	22.7	30.6	5.5	3.2		Phone	±3.0	6.4
Abacus Data	April 29, 2011	[9]	37	18	32	7	7		Online	±3.2	5
COMPAS	April 29, 2011	[10]	46	17	26	7	4		Phone	±3.6	20
Nanos Research[a]	April 29, 2011	[11]	38.0	23.3	29.6	5.2	3.1		Phone	±3.0	8.4
Angus Reid Public Opinion	April 29, 2011	[12]	37	19	33	6	4		Online	±2.2	4
Leger Marketing	April 28, 2011	[13]	36	21	31	7	4		Online	±1.7	5
Ipsos Reid	April 28, 2011	[14]	38	18	33	6	4		Phone	±3.1	5
EKOS Research Associates[a]	April 28, 2011	[15]	34.5	20.0	29.7	6.3	6.9	2.7	Phone (IVR)	±1.8	4.8
Nanos Research[a]	April 28, 2011	[16]	36.4	22.0	31.2	5.7	4.0		Phone	±3.1	5.2
Harris-Decima	April 27, 2011	[17]	35	22	30	5	7		Phone	±3.1	5
EKOS Research Associates[a]	April 27, 2011	[18]	34.8	22.3	27.5	6.1	6.8	2.5	Phone (IVR)	±1.9	7.3
Nanos Research[a]	April 27, 2011	[19]	36.6	21.9	30.4	6.0	4.1		Phone	±3.1	6.2
EKOS Research Associates[a]	April 26, 2011	[20]	34.0	22.9	28.1	6.6	6.5	1.9	Phone (IVR)	±1.9	5.9
Forum Research	April 26, 2011	[21]	34	22	31	6	7		Phone (IVR)	±1.8	3
Nanos Research[a]	April 26, 2011	[22]	37.8	22.9	27.8	5.8	4.7		Phone	±3.1	10
Angus Reid Public Opinion	April 26, 2011	[23]	35	22	30	7	5	1	Online	±2.2	5
EKOS Research Associates[a]	April 25, 2011	[24]	33.9	24.0	27.9	6.0	6.8	1.4	Phone (IVR)	±2.0	6
Innovative Research Group	April 25, 2011	[25]	38.4	24.9	23.9	6.4	5.3		Phone	±2.49	13.5
EKOS Research Associates	April 24, 2011	[26]	33.7	23.7	28.0	6.2	7.2	1.2	Phone (IVR)	±1.9	5
Nanos Research[a]	April 24, 2011	[27]	39.2	25.6	23.6	6.5	3.6		Phone	±3.1	13.6
Nanos Research[a]	April 23, 2011	[28]	38.6	25.9	23.2	7.2	3.7		Phone	±3.1	12.7
Environics	April 21, 2011	[29]	39	22	25	7	6	1	Phone	±3.2	14
Nanos Research[a]	April 21, 2011	[30]	37.8	26.1	23.7	7.4	3.5		Phone	±3.1	11.7
Ipsos Reid	April 20, 2011	[31]	43	21	24	6	4		Phone	±3.1	19
Forum Research	April 20, 2011	[32]	36	23	25	6	6		Phone (IVR)	±2.2	11
Nanos Research[a]	April 20, 2011	[33]	39.0	26.7	22.1	7.5	3.4		Phone	±3.1	12.3
EKOS Research Associates	April 20, 2011	[34]	34.4	24.7	24.7	6.5	7.8	1.9	Phone (IVR)	±2.2	9.7
Nanos Research[a]	April 19, 2011	[35]	39.1	28.4	19.8	7.7	3.9		Phone	±3.1	10.7
Nanos Research[a]	April 18, 2011	[36]	39.8	30.2	17.3	8.6	3.1		Phone	±3.1	9.6
Innovative Research Group	April 17, 2011	[37]	39	28	17	9	6	1	Phone	±2.25	11
Environics	April 17, 2011	[38]	39	24	22	9	6	1	Phone	±3.2	15
EKOS Research Associates	April 17, 2011	[39]	37.4	24.9	20.0	7.8	8.4	1.5	Phone (IVR)	±2.2	12.5
Harris-Decima	April 17, 2011	[40]	36	28	19	8	7		Phone	±3.1	8
Nanos Research[a]	April 17, 2011	[41]	39.8	29.8	17.4	8.6	3.4		Phone	±3.1	10
Leger Marketing	April 17, 2011	[42]	38	26	22	8	5		Online	±1.7	12
Angus Reid Public Opinion	April 16, 2011	[43]	36	25	25	9	5		Online	±2.2	11
Nanos Research[a]	April 16, 2011	[44]	39.0	28.3	18.4	9.6	3.6		Phone	±3.1	10.7
Abacus Data	April 15, 2011	[45]	37	29	20	8	5		Online	±3.2	8
Nanos Research[a]	April 15, 2011	[46]	38.8	28.8	19.2	8.5	3.4		Phone	±3.1	10
Forum Research	April 14, 2011	[47]	36	25	22	7	8		Phone	±2.2	11
EKOS Research Associates	April 14, 2011	[48]	35.3	27.8	18.0	7.1	9.6	2.1	Phone (IVR)	±2.8	7.5
Nanos Research[a]	April 14, 2011	[49]	38.7	28.8	18.6	9.0	3.7		Phone	±3.1	9.9
Nanos Research[a]	April 13, 2011	[50]	38.9	31.1	18.3	7.5	3.1		Phone	±3.1	7.8
EKOS Research Associates	April 12, 2011	[51]	33.8	28.8	19.1	7.8	9.0	1.5	Phone (IVR)	±2.9	5
Nanos Research[a]	April 12, 2011	[52]	39.9	30.4	16.3	9.1	3.8		Phone	±3.1	9.5
COMPAS	April 11, 2011	[53]	45	24	16	8	7		Phone	±2.1	21
Innovative Research Group	April 11, 2011	[54]	39	28	17	9	7		Online	±2.16	11
Nanos Research[a]	April 11, 2011	[55]	39.7	31.2	16.8	7.8	4.0		Phone	±3.1	8.5
Harris-Decima	April 10, 2011	[56]	40	28	15	8	8		Phone	±3.1	12
Nanos Research[a]	April 10, 2011	[57]	41.2	30.4	15.2	7.8	4.6		Phone	±3.1	10.8
Nanos Research[a]	April 9, 2011	[58]	39.5	31.6	14.7	8.1	4.8		Phone	±3.1	7.9
TNS Canada	April 8, 2011	[59]	36	25	18	9	9		Phone	±3.1	11
Nanos Research[a]	April 8, 2011	[60]	40.5	31.7	13.2	9.2	4.0		Phone	±3.1	8.8
Ipsos Reid	April 7, 2011	[61]	41	26	19	9	4		Phone	±3.1	15
EKOS Research Associates	April 7, 2011	[62]	36.2	27.7	16.6	8.3	8.5	2.8	Phone (IVR)	±2.1	8.5
Nanos Research[a]	April 7, 2011	[63]	40.6	31.1	14.7	8.7	3.4		Phone	±3.1	9.5
Forum Research	April 6, 2011	[64]	38	26	20	8	9		Phone	±2.2	12
Nanos Research[a]	April 6, 2011	[65]	39.6	30.4	17.2	8.3	3.2		Phone	±3.1	9.2
Environics	April 5, 2011	[66]	38	25	20	8	8		Phone	±3.1	13
Angus Reid Public Opinion	April 5, 2011	[67]	38	27	21	8	6		Online	±2.2	11
EKOS Research Associates	April 5, 2011	[68]	37.0	27.8	16.1	6.9	9.3	2.9	Phone (IVR)	±3.0	9.2
Nanos Research[a]	April 5, 2011	[69]	39.7	29.9	17.4	8.3	3.8		Phone	±3.1	9.8
Nanos Research[a]	April 4, 2011	[70]	39.8	30.2	16.5	8.3	4.0		Phone	±3.1	9.6
Harris-Decima	April 3, 2011	[71]	35	28	17	10	8		Phone	±3.1	7
Nanos Research[a]	April 3, 2011	[72]	42.3	28.4	16.4	8.0	3.8		Phone	±3.1	13.9
Leger Marketing	April 2, 2011	[73]	37	26	18	10	8		Online	±1.7	11
Nanos Research[a]	April 2, 2011	[74]	40.7	29.4	16.9	8.0	4.0		Phone	±3.1	11.3
Nanos Research[a]	April 1, 2011	[75]	41.3	30.3	16.0	8.5	3.7		Phone	±3.1	11
EKOS Research Associates	March 31, 2011	[76]	36.9	26.2	17.2	8.5	8.7	2.5	Phone (IVR)	±1.9	10.7
Nanos Research[a]	March 31, 2011	[77]	39.4	31.7	16.1	8.5	4.4		Phone	±3.2	7.7
Nanos Research[a]	March 30, 2011	[78]	39.1	32.7	15.9	8.7	3.7		Phone	±3.2	6.4
Nanos Research[a]	March 29, 2011	[79]	38.4	28.7	19.6	9.1	4.1		Phone	±3.2	9.7
Abacus Data	March 28, 2011	[80]	36	27	20	9	8		Online	±3.2	9
Harris-Decima	March 27, 2011	[81]	38	24	19	10	7		Phone	±3.1	14
Forum Research	March 27, 2011	[82]	41	24	19	10	6		Phone	±2.2	17

Pre-campaign period

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	CPC	LPC	NDP	BQ	GPC	ME
Angus Reid Public Opinion	March 24, 2011	[83]	39	25	19	10	7	±2 pp
Leger Marketing	March 24, 2011	[84]	39	23	19	9	7	±1.7 pp
EKOS Research Associates	March 24, 2011	[85]	35.3	28.1	14.2	9.7	10.6	±2.0 pp (c-95%)
Ipsos Reid	March 23, 2011	[86]	43	24	16	10	6	±3.1 pp (c-95%)
Harris-Decima	March 20, 2011	[87]	34	28	17	10	9	±2.2 pp (c-95%)
EKOS Research Associates	March 16, 2011	[88]	34.1	25.7	16.4	10.2	10.4	±2.8 pp
Nanos Research	March 15, 2011	[89]	38.6	27.6	19.9	10.1	3.8	±3.2 pp
Leger Marketing	March 10, 2011	[90]	36	23	18	10	10	±2.1 pp
Ipsos Reid	March 9, 2011	[91]	40	27	16	11	5	±3.1 pp (c-95%)
Angus Reid Public Opinion	March 9, 2011	[92]	39	23	17	9	9	±3.1 pp
EKOS Research Associates	March 8, 2011	[93]	35.2	27.8	14.9	8.8	10.1	±2.0 pp
Harris-Decima	February 27, 2011	[94]	36	28	15	9	9	±2.2 pp (c-95%)
Ipsos Reid	February 27, 2011	[95]	43	27	13	10	5	±3.1 pp (c-95%)
Abacus Data	February 23, 2011	[96]	38	23	19	11	8	±3.1 pp (c-95%)
EKOS Research Associates	February 22, 2011	[97]	32.4	27.3	14.8	10.5	11.9	±2.0 pp
Angus Reid Public Opinion	February 18, 2011	[98]	39	26	18	9	6	±1.2 pp
Nanos Research	February 14, 2011	[99]	39.7	26.6	18.9	9.9	4.9	±3.4 pp
Harris-Decima	February 13, 2011	[100]	37	27	14	10	10	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
Ipsos Reid	February 10, 2011	[101]	39	25	18	9	10	±3.1 pp
EKOS Research Associates	February 9, 2011	[102]	37.3	24.8	14.2	9.9	10.7	±2.4 pp
Ipsos Reid	February 2, 2011	[103]	34	29	16	11	10	±3.1 pp
EKOS Research Associates	January 26, 2011	[104]	35.4	27.9	14.8	9.7	9.8	±1.4 pp (c=95%)
Abacus Data	January 24, 2011	[105]	35	27	18	10	9	±3.0 pp (c=95%)
Pollara	January 24, 2011	[106]	35	28	19	10	8	not stated
Harris-Decima	January 16, 2011	[107]	36	28	15	9	9	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	January 12, 2011	[108]	34.5	27.3	14.8	9.8	10.3	±1.7 pp (c=95%)
Angus Reid Public Opinion	January 9, 2011	[109]	34	28	17	11	8	±3.1 pp
EKOS Research Associates	December 15, 2010	[110]	32.0	26.5	17.1	10.6	10.9	±2.0 pp (c=95%)
Harris-Decima	December 13, 2010	[111]	31	29	15	9	11	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
Ipsos Reid	December 9, 2010	[112]	39	29	12	10	9	±3.1 pp
Angus Reid Public Opinion	December 7, 2010	[113]	38	26	18	10	7	±3.1 pp
EKOS Research Associates	December 7, 2010	[114]	33.7	29.2	14.4	9.8	10.4	±2.7 pp (c=95%)
Abacus Data	December 6, 2010	[115]	35	24	20	10	10	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
Nanos Research	December 5, 2010	[116]	38.1	31.2	17.2	10.2	3.2	±3.6 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	November 30, 2010	[117]	32.6	27.4	15.8	9.9	10.9	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	November 23, 2010	[118]	33.3	27.1	16.6	9.5	9.5	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	November 16, 2010	[119]	32.4	28.7	16.3	9.9	9.8	±2.5 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	November 9, 2010	[120]	29.4	28.6	19.3	9.3	10.7	±2.3 pp (c=95%)
Nanos Research	November 5, 2010	[121]	37.1	31.6	15.4	10.8	5.2	±3.4 pp (c=95%)
Ipsos Reid	November 4, 2010	[122]	35	29	16	8	11	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
Abacus Data	November 1, 2010	[123]	33	25	21	10	10	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
Harris-Decima	October 31, 2010	[124]	33	28	17	9	10	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
Angus Reid Public Opinion	October 26, 2010	[125]	37	26	19	10	6	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	October 26, 2010	[126]	33.9	27.8	15.1	9.3	11.6	±3.0 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	October 19, 2010	[127]	30.9	29.4	13.9	11.2	11.6	±2.5 pp (c=95%)
Harris-Decima	October 17, 2010	[128]	32	30	14	10	10	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	October 12, 2010	[129]	34.4	27.8	15.8	9.3	10.4	±2.5 pp (c=95%)
Nanos Research	October 6, 2010	[130]	36.6	32.4	16.3	9.8	4.9	±3.4 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	October 5, 2010	[131]	31.8	27.6	16.5	9.7	11.2	±2.0 pp (c=95%)
Angus Reid Public Opinion	September 28, 2010	[132]	34	26	18	10	11	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	September 28, 2010	[133]	33.1	29.9	13.5	10.1	10.9	±2.3 pp (c=95%)
Ipsos Reid	September 23, 2010	[134]	35	29	12	11	12	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	September 21, 2010	[133]	31.7	29.3	14.6	9.7	11.8	±2.5 pp (c=95%)
Harris-Decima	September 19, 2010	[135]	33	30	14	10	11	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	September 14, 2010	[136]	32.4	28.9	16.6	8.9	10.7	±2.3 pp (c=95%)
Ipsos Reid	September 12, 2010	[137]	34	31	16	10	9	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
Environics	September 10, 2010	[138]	35	31	16	9	7	±2.3 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	September 7, 2010	[136]	32.1	28.5	15.2	9.5	12.5	±2.3 pp (c=95%)
Nanos Research	September 3, 2010	[139]	33.3	32.8	15.6	12.1	6.2	±3.4 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	August 31, 2010	[140]	29.4	29.1	15.7	10.9	13	±2.7 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	August 24, 2010	[141]	31.1	27.6	16.9	11.2	10.7	±2.5 pp (c=95%)
Harris-Decima	August 22, 2010	[142]	33	30	16	9	10	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	August 17, 2010	[143]	32.5	27.9	17.4	9.2	10.3	±1.8 pp (c=95%)
Angus Reid Public Opinion	August 11, 2010	[144]	33	29	19	10	9	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	August 10, 2010	[145]	32.2	27.7	15.4	9.5	12.3	±2.1 pp (c=95%)
Ipsos Reid	August 9, 2010	[146]	34	31	15	9	9	payment required
Harris-Decima	August 9, 2010	[147]	34	28	15	9	12	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
Leger Marketing	August 4, 2010	[148]	37	28	16	9	8	±2.5 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	August 3, 2010	[149]	29.7	28.5	17.4	10.4	11.1	±2.5 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	July 27, 2010	[150]	33.2	25.2	17.4	10.1	11.1	±2.6 pp (c=95%)
Harris-Decima	July 25, 2010	[151]	31	26	18	10	12	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	July 20, 2010	[152]	32.4	25.5	18.4	10.0	10.1	±3.1 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	July 13, 2010	[153]	31.6	27.5	14.7	10.1	13.3	±2.6 pp (c=95%)
Angus Reid Public Opinion	July 8, 2010	[154]	36	27	20	10	7	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
Ipsos Reid	July 8, 2010	[155]	35	29	15	11	10	payment required
Environics	July 8, 2010	[156]	35	32	15	9	6	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	July 6, 2010	[157]	32.1	25.8	17.5	9.7	12.2	±1.7 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	June 21, 2010	[158]	31	27.7	16.5	9.3	13	±2.4 pp (c=95%)
Harris-Decima	June 20, 2010	[159]	34	27	17	11	10	±2.2 pp (c=95%)
EKOS Research Associates	June 15, 2010	[160]	30.5	26.3	17.4	10.5	12.3	±2.4 pp (c=95%)
Ipsos Reid	June 10, 2010	[161]	35	27	16	10	11	±3.1 pp
EKOS Research Associates	June 8, 2010	[162]	31.4	26.8	16.6	8.9	12.6	2.3
Nanos Research	June 3, 2010	[163]	35.6	29.2	20.7	9.4	5.1	3.6
EKOS Research Associates	June 1, 2010	[164]	31.7	26.2	17.4	10.3	11.5	2.0
Leger Marketing	May 27, 2010	[165]	37	25	17	11	8	2.7
Angus Reid Public Opinion	May 27, 2010	[166]	35	27	19	9	8	2.2
Environics	May 26, 2010	[167]	36	30	15	10	7	2.2
EKOS Research Associates	May 25, 2010	[168]	33.9	25.7	16.4	9.4	11.9	2.1
Harris-Decima	May 23, 2010	[169]	36	27	16	8	11	2.2
EKOS Research Associates	May 18, 2010	[170]	34.4	25.1	15.3	10.6	12	1.9
Harris-Decima	May 16, 2010	[171]	32	28	17	10	11	2.2
EKOS Research Associates	May 11, 2010	[172]	33.6	27.1	16.9	9.3	10.6	1.9
Ipsos Reid	May 6, 2010	[173]	35	29	16	10	9	payment required
EKOS Research Associates	May 4, 2010	[174]	33.1	26.1	16	10.2	11.5	2.1
Nanos Research	May 3, 2010	[175]	37.2	33.2	16.2	9.6	3.8	3.1
Angus Reid Public Opinion	April 29, 2010	[176]	35	28	19	11	7	3.1
Leger Marketing	April 29, 2010	[177]	36	25	20	9	8	2.5
EKOS Research Associates	April 27, 2010	[178]	31.9	26.6	17.6	9.7	10.9	2.2
Harris-Decima	April 25, 2010	[179]	29	27	20	11	12	2.2
Ipsos Reid	April 22, 2010	[180]	35	29	16	9	10	payment required
EKOS Research Associates	April 20, 2010	[181]	31.7	27.1	16.3	9.5	12.6	2.3
EKOS Research Associates	April 13, 2010	[182]	31.4	29	16.4	8.8	11.1	2.7
Ipsos Reid	April 8, 2010	[183]	37	27	15	10	10	3.1
EKOS Research Associates	April 6, 2010	[184]	33.6	27.3	15.9	9.6	11.7	3.3
Harris-Decima	April 5, 2010	[185]	32	29	17	9	11
EKOS Research Associates	March 30, 2010	[186]	32.2	27	16	9	12.7	2.1
Angus Reid Public Opinion	March 26, 2010	[187]	35	29	20	9	7	3.1
EKOS Research Associates	March 23, 2010	[188]	33.3	27.7	15.9	9.8	10.4	1.8
Ipsos Reid	March 18, 2010	[189]	34	28	18	9	10
EKOS Research Associates	March 16, 2010	[190]	33.1	28.9	15.7	9.2	10.8	2.0
Nanos Research	March 11, 2010	[191]	34.7	34.6	17.8	7.7	5.2	3.5
EKOS Research Associates	March 9, 2010	[192]	31.9	29.6	16	9.1	11	2.0
Harris-Decima	March 7, 2010	[193]	33	29	16	10	11
EKOS Research Associates	March 2, 2010	[194]	32.4	29.4	15.2	9.4	10.5	1.9
Harris-Decima	February 28, 2010	[195]	31	31	16	8	12	2.2
Angus Reid Public Opinion	February 26, 2010	[196]	33	29	20	9	9	3.1
Environics	February 24, 2010	[197]	31	30	16	9	13	3.1
EKOS Research Associates	February 23, 2010	[198]	33.4	30.3	15.8	8.2	10.4	1.8
Ipsos Reid	February 22, 2010	[199]	37	29	16	9	7
EKOS Research Associates	February 16, 2010	[200]	31.2	29.0	16.5	8.8	11.8	1.6
Harris-Decima	February 14, 2010	[201]	32	30	16	10	10
Angus Reid Public Opinion	February 13, 2010	[202]	34	30	18	9	8	2.2
Environics	February 9, 2010	[203]	33	37	13	8	9	3.2
EKOS Research Associates	February 9, 2010	[204]	31.0	29.0	15.5	10.3	11.3	1.8
Nanos Research	February 4, 2010	[205]	35.6	33.9	16.4	8.5	5.6	3.5
EKOS Research Associates	February 2, 2010	[206]	31.0	31.9	15.4	8.4	10.9	1.68
Harris-Decima	January 31, 2010	[207]	32	32	15	10	9
Angus Reid Public Opinion	January 26, 2010	[208]	33	29	19	10	7	3.1
EKOS Research Associates	January 26, 2010	[209]	31.1	31.6	14.6	9.1	11	1.7
Harris-Decima	January 24, 2010	[210]	32	31	15	10	10	3.1
Ipsos Reid	January 21, 2010	[211]	34	31	17	9	8
EKOS Research Associates	January 19, 2010	[212]	31.5	30.9	14.9	9.1	11.5	1.8
Angus Reid Public Opinion	January 13, 2010	[213]	34	28	19	9	8	3.0
EKOS Research Associates	January 12, 2010	[214]	30.9	29.3	15.3	10.2	11.9	1.6
Harris-Decima	January 10, 2010	[215]	34	30	16	9	9
Strategic Counsel	January 8, 2010	[216]	31	30	18	9	10
Angus Reid Public Opinion	January 6, 2010	[217]	36	29	17	10	8
EKOS Research Associates	January 5, 2010	[218]	33.1	27.8	16.0	9.8	13.4
EKOS Research Associates	December 15, 2009	[219]	35.9	26.7	17.0	9.2	11.2
Nanos Research	December 13, 2009	[220]	39.5	30.2	18.7	7.7	4
Angus Reid Public Opinion	December 10, 2009	[221]	36	29	16	11	6
EKOS Research Associates	December 8, 2009	[222]	35.6	26.5	16.7	9.9	11.3
EKOS Research Associates	November 24, 2009	[223]	36.9	27.1	15.3	9.4	11.4
Ipsos Reid	November 19, 2009	[224]	37	24	19	9	10
Angus Reid Public Opinion	November 16, 2009	[225]	38	23	17	11	10
Nanos Research	November 10, 2009	[226]	38	28.8	17.9	9.3	5.9
EKOS Research Associates	November 10, 2009	[227]	36.6	26.6	16.8	8.8	11.2
EKOS Research Associates	November 3, 2009	[228]	37.4	26.8	16.3	9.4	10.0
EKOS Research Associates	October 27, 2009	[229]	38.4	26.8	16.7	8.2	9.9
Angus Reid Strategies	October 24, 2009	[230]	40	26	17	9	7
Ipsos Reid	October 22, 2009	[231]	40	25	13	11	11
Environics	October 21, 2009	[232]	38	26	16	8	10
EKOS Research Associates	October 20, 2009	[233]	38.3	27.1	14.5	9.0	11.0
Nanos Research	October 18, 2009	[234]	39.8	30	16.6	8.9	4.6
Angus Reid Strategies	October 14, 2009	[235]	41	27	16	8	6
EKOS Research Associates	October 13, 2009	[236]	40.7	25.5	14.3	9.1	10.5
Harris-Decima	October 12, 2009	[237]	35	28	15	10	10
Ipsos Reid	October 8, 2009	[238]	39	29	13	10	8
EKOS Research Associates	October 6, 2009	[239]	39.7	25.7	15.2	9.7	9.7
Strategic Counsel	October 4, 2009	[240]	41	28	14	9	9
Angus Reid Strategies	September 30, 2009	[241]	37	27	17	11	6
EKOS Research Associates	September 29, 2009	[242]	36.0	29.7	13.9	9.8	10.5
Angus Reid Strategies	September 24, 2009	[243]	37	29	16	9	8
EKOS Research Associates	September 22, 2009	[244]	37.0	29.9	13.8	9.1	10.2
EKOS Research Associates	September 15, 2009	[245]	35.1	29.9	16.5	9.6	9.0
Angus Reid Strategies	September 13, 2009	[246]	36	29	17	10	7
Harris-Decima	September 13, 2009	[247]	34	30	15	9	10
Ipsos Reid	September 13, 2009	[248]	39	30	12	9	8
EKOS Research Associates	September 8, 2009	[249]	34.2	30.8	14.8	10	10.1
Harris-Decima	September 6, 2009	[250]	34	31	15	8	10
Strategic Counsel	September 6, 2009	[251]	35	30	14	12	9
Nanos Research	September 2, 2009	[252]	37.5	33.4	14.8	9.7	4.6
Angus Reid Strategies	September 2, 2009	[253]	33	32	19	9	7
EKOS Research Associates	September 1, 2009	[254]	32.6	32.6	16.5	8.3	9.9
Pollara	September 1, 2009	[255]	36	36	16	8	3
Angus Reid Strategies	August 26, 2009	[256]	34	30	18	8	9
EKOS Research Associates	August 25, 2009	[257]	32.6	30.9	15.7	9.5	11.3
Harris-Decima	August 24, 2009	[258]	31	32	16	9	11
Ipsos Reid	August 24, 2009	[259]	39	28	14	8	10
EKOS Research Associates	August 18, 2009	[260]	32.0	30.2	17.3	8.7	11.0
EKOS Research Associates	August 11, 2009	[261]	32.7	31.0	16.5	9.0	10.1
EKOS Research Associates	August 4, 2009	[262]	34.9	31.9	13.8	8.6	10.8
Nanos Research	August 2, 2009	[263]	31.3	33.8	18.7	9.2	7.0
Angus Reid Strategies	July 28, 2009	[264]	33	34	16	10	7
EKOS Research Associates	July 28, 2009	[265]	32.5	34.1	14.5	8.6	10.4
EKOS Research Associates	July 21, 2009	[266]	32.8	32.5	14.8	8.4	11.5
Angus Reid Strategies	July 17, 2009	[267]	33	30	18	11	6
EKOS Research Associates	July 14, 2009	[268]	34.1	32.4	15.2	8.7	9.6
EKOS Research Associates	July 7, 2009	[269]	31.8	32.2	16.0	9.3	10.7
Angus Reid Strategies	July 3, 2009	[270]	36	30	16	10	7
EKOS Research Associates	June 29, 2009	[271]	31.0	32.2	16.2	9.0	11.5
EKOS Research Associates	June 23, 2009	[272]	34.8	32.6	14.3	9.0	9.3
Nanos Research	June 21, 2009	[273]	32.2	36.3	16.8	9.8	4.8
Angus Reid Strategies	June 18, 2009	[274]	32	31	18	11	7
EKOS Research Associates	June 16, 2009	[275]	32.4	33.7	16.3	8.4	9.0
EKOS Research Associates	June 9, 2009	[276]	30.3	35.0	15.1	9.2	10.4
Harris-Decima	June 8, 2009	[277]	31	35	15	9	8
Strategic Counsel	June 7, 2009	[278]	30	34	16	9	11
Ipsos Reid	June 4, 2009	[279]	33	36	12	9	9
Nanos Research	June 1, 2009	[280]	31.8	37.2	15.7	8.0	7.4
Angus Reid Strategies	May 29, 2009	[281]	31	33	17	9	7
EKOS Research Associates	May 28, 2009	[282]	32.3	33.5	15.1	8.7	10.4
Ipsos Reid	May 24, 2009	[283]	35	33	14	9	8
Strategic Counsel	May 10, 2009	[284]	30	35	16	9	11
Harris-Decima	May 3, 2009	[285]	29	34	15	9	11
Nanos Research	April 30, 2009	[286]	33	36	15	9	7
Ipsos Reid	April 30, 2009	[287]	33	36	13	9	8
Angus Reid Strategies	April 22, 2009	[288]	33	33	15	10	6
Harris-Decima	April 19, 2009	[289]	29	32	16	9	11
EKOS Research Associates	April 13, 2009	[290]	30.2	36.7	15.5	9.4	8.1
Strategic Counsel	April 5, 2009	[291]	32	34	15	10	9
Leger Marketing	March 23, 2009	[292]	34	35	14	9	6
Nanos Research	March 18, 2009	[293]	33	36	13	10	8
Angus Reid Strategies	March 11, 2009	[294]	35	31	16	10	7
Harris-Decima	March 8, 2009	[295]	32	33	14	9	10
Strategic Counsel	March 8, 2009	[296]	35	31	16	9	10
Ipsos Reid	March 5, 2009	[297]	37	33	12	10	8
Harris-Decima	February 15, 2009	[295]	33	33	15	10	7
Strategic Counsel	February 8, 2009	[298]	32	33	17	5	13
Harris-Decima	February 8, 2009	[299]	33	31	15	10	10
Ipsos Reid	February 7, 2009	[300]	37	31	14	10	7
Nanos Research	February 3, 2009	[301]	34	33	16	10	7
Angus Reid Strategies	January 27, 2009	[302]	38	29	18	8	6
EKOS Research Associates	January 17, 2009	[303]	36.2	32.6	14.3	7.9	9.1
Angus Reid Strategies	January 15, 2009	[304]	39	30	17	9	5
Strategic Counsel	January 14, 2009	[305]	36	29	18	8	8
Ipsos Reid	January 8, 2009	[306]	39	28	15	9	9
Nanos Research	January 7, 2009	[307]	33	34	19	7	7
COMPAS	December 23, 2008	[308]	43	30	13	6	8
Angus Reid Strategies	December 12, 2008	[309]	37	31	15	9	8
Ipsos Reid	December 11, 2008	[310]	45	26	12	10	7
Angus Reid Strategies	December 6, 2008	[311]	42	22	18	10	7
Praxicus Public Strategies	December 4, 2008	[312]	47	24	14	8	8
COMPAS	December 4, 2008	[313]	51	20	10	8	6
EKOS Research Associates	December 4, 2008	[314]	42.2	23.6	15.0	10.2	9.0
Strategic Counsel	December 3, 2008	[315]	45	24	14	10	8
Ipsos Reid	December 3, 2008	[316]	46	23	13	9	8
EKOS Research Associates	December 3, 2008	[317]	44.0	24.1	14.5	9.2	8.1
Nanos Research	November 15, 2008	[318]	32	30	20	9	10
Election 2008	October 14, 2008	[319]	37.6	26.2	18.2	10.0	6.8

Leadership polls

Aside from conducting the usual opinion surveys on general party preferences, polling firms also survey public opinion on who would make the best prime minister:

Polling firm	Last day of survey	Source	Stephen Harper	Michael Ignatieff	Jack Layton	Gilles Duceppe	Elizabeth May
Angus Reid Public Opinion	April 29, 2011	[320]	31	11	29	3	1
Ipsos Reid	April 28, 2011	[321]	42	13	45	-	-
Angus Reid Public Opinion	April 16, 2011	[43]	28	13	27	3	3
Angus Reid Public Opinion	April 5, 2011	[67]	30	14	21	3	3
Ipsos Reid	March 26, 2011	[322]	49	17	34	-	-

See also

• Opinion polling in the Canadian federal election, 2006
• Opinion polling in the Canadian federal election, 2008
• Opinion polling in the Canadian federal election, 2015

Notes

1. Based on a three-day rolling sample. To update the tracking, a new day of interviewing is added and the oldest day dropped.