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"Over the past few weeks, with the war in Iraq, there have been concerns that levels of intolerance might rise. Assessing the level of prejudice amongst the population is no simple task. It is fully expected that many respondents will modify their answers to conceal feelings of prejudice largely viewed as unacceptable in Canadian society. Our attention is thus directed at the extent to which intolerance towards groups is viewed as a problem and the degree to which certain communities are currently regarded as projecting either a positive or negative image.

As observed below, for each of the groups identified a majority of Canadians are concerned with prejudicial attitudes. The concern over anti-immigrant sentiment is highest followed by anti-Arab and anti-Native sentiment. There are important regional variations in the extent to which such concerns are expressed. Ontario and Quebec express higher levels concern with anti-Arab sentiment than is the case elsewhere in the country. In Western Canada concerns are highest in regard to anti-immigrant and anti-Native sentiment. Indeed the majority of respondents in the region do not regard either anti-Black or anti-Jewish sentiment as a serious problem. Concerns over anti-Black sentiment are highest in Quebec."

Posted Document	ACS-Tolerance(Apr03)_e.pdf 70.31 KB
Creator(s)	Association for Canadian Studies
Source Location	Canada
Publisher	Association for Canadian Studies
Date Published	2003-03-15
Language	Bilingual

Copyright Holder	Department of Canadian Heritage