1. Launch of Canada Barometer International Association for the Study of Canada Jack Jedwab November 6, 2008

2. The Survey commissioned by the Association for Canadian Studies and conducted by the firm Leger Marketing between September 9 th and 11 th, 2008 via web panel. Most questions were the same as those conducted for Eurobarometer in its survey Discrimination in the European Union: Perceptions, Experiences and Attitudes Fieldwork February – March 2008 Publication July 2008

3. The launch of the survey results is designed to introduce a new series of surveys that the ACS will be conducting in partnership with Leger Marketing under the title the Canada Barometor that will be issued four times per year beginning this week and where possible will include international comparative data and analysis. The results will also be employed under the auspices of a second new initiative launched this week, the creation of the International Association for the Study of Canada (IASC)

4. A division of the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS), the International Association for the Study of Canada (IASC) is a think-tank that will promote bilateral and multilateral exchange of knowledge between Canada and other countries on issue of mutual concern and interest. It will pursue its mandate by organizing forums, generating publications and engaging in partnerships on social research

5. The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) measures policies to integrate migrants in 25 EU Member States and 3 non-EU countries. It uses over 100 policy indicators to create a rich, multi-dimensional picture of migrants' opportunities to participate in European societies. MIPEX covers six policy areas which shape a migrant's journey to full citizenship. Results for Canada were provided by the ACS. Overall Canada ranked 6 th on the index

6. Canada's anti-discrimination framework ranks third after Portugal and Sweden. It would attain best practice on definitions and concepts if the law forbade religious- and racially-motivated public insults. Canada reaches best practice on fields of application like 9 other MIPEX countries. The law protects victims from racial, ethnic, religious or nationality discrimination in employment, education, social protection, health, housing and other areas. Although enforcement mechanisms protect complainants from victimization and provide a wide range of sanctions, NGOs (specifically, legal entities with a legitimate interest in promoting equality) cannot bring forward a case without a specific victim, even for cases of systemic discrimination. Canada and SE are the only MIPEX country where equality policies have achieved best practice (see box).

7. % Widespread TotalMaleFemaleGender47%3856 Language57%5460 Age474053 Disability524459 Religion605368 Sexual Orientation 676272 Ethnic Origin 726876 Skin Color 706673

9. % Widespread Canada EU 27 Gender47%36 Language57%- Age4742 Disability5245 Religion6042 Sexual Orientation 6751 Ethnic Origin 7262 Skin Color 70-

10. % Widespread FrenchEnglishOtherGender544836 Language665652 Age435237 Disability585731 Religion745657 Sexual Orientation 786853 Ethnic Origin 827166 Skin Color 846860

11. Ethnic Discrimination Netherlands79 Greece76 France76 Italy76 Sweden76 Denmark75 Canada72 Lithuania28 Latvia27 Poland23

12. Sexual Orientation Greece73 Cyprus72 Italy72 Canada67 Portugal65 France62 United Kingdom50 Finland49 Spain48 Slovenia46 Netherlands45 Hungary45 Romania45

13. Age Hungary67 Czech Republic58 Latvia52 Portugal51 Slovenia49 United Kingdom48 Greece47 Canada47 France46 Italy46

14. Religion Denmark62 Canada60 France57 United Kingdom56 Italy55 Netherlands55 Belgium53 Sweden51 Greece48 EU42 Spain41 Austria41 Poland27 Ireland19

15. Gender Spain54 Sweden50 Italy49 Canada47 France46 Greece44 Portugal43 Hungary38 United Kingdom36 Czech Republic36 EU 2734

17. In the past 12 months I have personally experienced discrimination TotalFrenchEnglishOther TOTAL Agree29392721 Strongly Agree101796 Somewhat Agree18221815 Total Disagree65%536869 Somewhat Disagree21%281715 Strongly Disagree44%265145

18. In the past 12 months, I have witnessed someone being discriminated against or harassed TotalFrenchEnglishOther TOTAL Agree41%454333 Strongly Agree18%201913 Somewhat Agree24%25 20 Total Disagree50%465054 Somewhat Disagree20%271723 Strongly Disagree29%193331

20. In the past 12 months I have personally experienced discrimination Total18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+ TOTAL 1-229%42%32%33%30%24%14% Strongly agree 10%11% 13%12%9%4% Somewhat agree 18%31%21%20%18%15%10% TOTAL 3-465%50%62%59%67%70%80% I don't know 5%7%6%7%3%5%4%

21. Very widespread ReligionSexual OrientationEthnic OriginRacial IdentificationAgeGenderDisability 18 to 24 26,4%27,0%25,4%35,4%12,4%10,1%27,7% 25 to 29 28,1%31,5%35,6%33,7%16,9%15,9%17,0% 30 to 34 30,3%27,6%36,3%32,7%14,1%14,6%14,7% 35 to 39 14,7%26,9%24,6%26,7%10,4%16,5%14,8% 40 to 44 18,1%18,8%16,9%17,4%8,1%8,8%9,4% 45 to 49 17,9%13,3%16,6%17,1%7,0% 9,6% 50 to 54 18,2%22,4%21,1%27,0%12,8%15,0%18,4% 55 to 59 25,2%16,1%22,0%20,3%12,6%9,3%13,4% 60 to 64 18,9%17,8%18,9%17,0%12,3%7,5%5,7% 65 years or older 14,7%19,3%15,9%16,5%11,3%5,3%6,4% Total 20,6%21,7%22,5%23,8%11,5%10,4%13,5%

22. In the past 12 months, I have witnessed someone being discriminated against or harassed Strongly agree Very Widespread Fairly wide- spreadFairly RareVery Rare Gender 19393011 Age 21422412 Religion 3043.5186 Sexual Orientation 3846122.5 Ethnic Origin 35 52 9.5 1.5 Racial Origin 434.58.5 1.5

23. I have friends or acquaintances that are of a different cultural or language background than mine AgeLanguage Total18-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465+FrenchEnglishOther TOT 1-2 83%90%78%86%83%82% 67%87%89% Strong agree- ment 59%70%60%59%58%55%53%39%61%73% Some- What agree 25%19%18%27%25%27%29%28%26%15%

24. I am part of a linguistic, ethnic or racial minority In the past 12 months I have personally experienced discrimination Strongly agreeSomewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Strongly agree 12,8%8,7%10,5% Somewhat agree 22,4%28,3%23,5%15,4% Somewhat disagree 23,0%29,7%36,6%19,0% Strongly disagree 37,2%29,0%22,9%53,2% I don't know 3,1%3,6%5,9%1,8% I prefer not to answer 1,5%,7%,2% Total 100,0%

25. I have friends or acquaintances that are of a different cultural or language background than mine In the past 12 months I have personally experienced discrimination Strongly agreeSomewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Strongly agree 13,8%4,9%4,4%5,6% Somewhat agree 19,4%21,6%13,2%13,9% Somewhat disagree 16,7%29,7%35,1%18,1% Strongly disagree 46,2%38,1%45,6%55,6% I don't know 2,9%5,1%1,8%4,2% I prefer not to answer 1,0%,5%2,8% Total 100,0%

26. I am part of a linguistic, ethnic or racial minority In the past 12 months, I have witnessed someone being discriminated against or harassed Strongly agreeSomewhat agree Somewhat disagreeStrongly disagree Strongly agree 20,3%14,4%21,7%17,2% Somewhat agree 28,4%28,1%25,0%23,9% Somewhat disagree 15,2%28,8%28,9%20,9% Strongly disagree 30,5%18,7%19,1%33,3% I don't know 5,1%7,9%5,3%4,8% I prefer not to answer,5%2,2%,0% Total 100,0%

27. I have friends or acquaintances that are of a different cultural or language background than mine In the past 12 months, I have witnessed someone being discriminated against or harassed Strongly agreeSomewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Strongly agree 24,7%8,1%5,3%12,7% Somewhat agree 24,0%29,6%17,7%19,7% Somewhat disagree 15,9%28,3%39,8%18,3% Strongly disagree 29,0%26,4%31,9%43,7% I don't know 6,0%7,3%3,5%2,8% I prefer not to answer,3% 1,8%2,8% Total 100,0%

28. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? / I am part of a linguistic, ethnic or racial minority English In the past 12 months I have personally experienced discrimination Strongly agreeSomewhat agree Somewhat disagreeStrongly disagree Strongly agree 18,9%11,9%8,8%8,3% Somewhat agree 34,0%32,8%25,0%14,2% Somewhat disagree 15,1%20,9%35,0%15,9% Strongly disagree 22,6%28,4%28,8%60,8% I don't know 3,8%4,5%1,2%,5% I prefer not to answer 5,7%1,5%1,2%,3% Total 100,0%

29. I have friends or acquaintances that are of a different cultural or language background than mine In the past 12 months I have personally experienced discrimination French Strongly agree Somewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Strongly agree 29,9%8,7%6,4%4,5% Somewhat agree 28,3%23,9%8,5%20,5% Somewhat disagree 18,1%34,8%51,1%22,7% Strongly disagree 21,3%21,7%29,8%40,9% I don't know 2,4%10,9%4,3%6,8% Francophones with other friends more likely to have Experienced discrimination

30. I have friends or acquaintances that are of a different cultural or language background than mine English In the past 12 months I have personally experienc ed discrimina tionStrongly agreeSomewhat agreeSomewhat disagreeStrongly disagree Strongly agree 12,5%4,4%3,7% --------------- Somewhat agree 18,5%22,3%14,8%3,8% Somewhat disagree 15,1%21,8%25,9%11,5% Strongly disagree 51,1%48,9%55,6%84,6%

31. Strongly and SomewhatAgree … Following do a good job of protecting human rights TotalFrenchEnglishOther The government of Canada 625066 My provincial government 62606459 The Human Rights Commission 59635956 The Police do a good job protecting our rights 66%63%66%68%

32. In the past 12 months, I have witnessed someone being discriminated against or harassed The government of Canada does a good job of protecting human rights Strongly agreeSomewhat agree Somewhat disagreeStrongly disagree Strongly agree 10,5%8,3%6,8%17,1% Somewhat agree 38,6%56,1%57,3%55,9% Somewhat disagree 31,8%26,1%23,0%14,0% Strongly disagree 14,6%5,0%6,8%7,7% I don't know 4,1%4,2%4,9%4,1% I prefer not to answer,4%,3%1,3%1,4% Total 100,0%

33. In the past 12 months I have personally experienced discrimination The government of Canada does a good job of protecting human rights Strongly agreeSomewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Strongly agree 6,5%8,3%6,6%15,3% Somewhat agree 37,3%47,5%59,0%55,6% Somewhat disagree 31,4%32,0%24,6%16,1% Strongly disagree 18,3%9,0%6,0%5,9% I don't know 5,9%2,9%3,5%5,7% I prefer not to answer,7%,4%,3%1,4% Total 100,0%