Inflation Top Concern for Canadians: Survey

People shop for produce at the Granville Island Market in Vancouver, on July 20, 2022. Canada's inflation rate was up 8.1 percent in June compared with a year ago, its largest yearly change since January 1983. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Inflation is now the number one concern for Canadians, surpassing that of the COVID-19 pandemic, crime, and terrorism, according to a survey conducted by the finance department.

“The main economic issue of concern was clearly inflation and prices,” according to the report, titled “Research on the State of the Economy,” obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.