Only a Third of Canadians ‘Very Proud’ of Country, Down From 80% in 1980s

Canadian’s sense of national pride is on the decline, according to a new survey.

Only 34 percent of the country’s citizens say they are “very proud” to be Canadian, dropping 44 percent over the past four decades, the Angus Reid survey found.

Seventy-eight percent of those polled by Angus Reid in 1985 said they were “very proud” to be Canadian. This dipped to 52 percent in 2016 and has now fallen another 18 points to 34 percent.

“The proportion who say they are either proud or very proud of their nationality has dropped precipitously from 79 percent to 58 percent over the past eight years,” the report on the survey’s findings said.

While the majority of Canadians continue to have a “deep attachment” to Canada and what it stands for, that majority has also dwindled significantly, according to the survey.

While there was little change in this sentiment between 1991 and 2016, feelings of attachment to Canada have fallen sharply in the past eight years…