Canadians’ Support for COVID-19 Mandates Plunges Despite Warnings of New Wave: Poll

An elderly couple wearing masks wait to cross Ossington St. next to two unmasked younger women, Toronto, on Oct. 28, 2021. The Canadian Press/Eduardo Lima

Canadians now have a much smaller appetite for COVID-19 public health measures compared to just months ago, despite warnings of a resurgence of cases fuelled by the Omicron BA.5 variant, says a recent Angus Reid poll.

The survey, published on July 20, shows just a quarter of Canadians would now support the reimplementation of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in their province, compared to when support for this measure reached its peak of 70 percent in September 2021.