Profile of Survey Respondents, Survey of electors following the June 19, 2023, by-election in the districts of Winnipeg South Centre, Portage-Lisgar, Oxford, and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount and the July 24, 2023, by-election in the district of Calgary Heritage

Eighty-nine percent of the surveys were completed in English and 11% were completed in French. All surveys in the ridings of Oxford, Portage-Lisgar, Winnipeg South Centre, and Calgary Heritage were completed in English. In the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, 45% of the surveys were completed in English and 55% in French.

Age, Weighted, Unweighted
Age Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
18 to 34 years 577 29% 405 20%
35 to 54 years 578 29% 530 26%
55 years of age and older 857 43% 1,077 54%
Gender, Weighted, Unweighted
Gender Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Man 1,028 51% 928 53%
Woman 963 48% 1,063 46%

*Other: n=9/prefer not to say: n=12 (unweighted)

Employment, Weighted, Unweighted
Employment Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Employed 1,215 60% 1,090 54%
Retired 523 26% 694 34%
Student 56 3% 41 2%
Unemployed and looking for work 85 4% 68 3%
Homemaker 54 3% 50 2%
Other 74 4% 65 3%

*Prefer not to say: n=4 (unweighted)

Education, Weighted, Unweighted
Education Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Some high school or less 83 4% 84 4%
Completed high school 342 17% 334 17%
Some college 101 5% 95 5%
Completed college 403 20% 389 19%
Some university 109 5% 114 6%
Completed university 628 31% 630 31%
Post-graduate university 330 16% 348 17%
Other 5 <1% 6 <1%

*Don't know: n=1/prefer not to say: n=11 (unweighted)

Household size, Weighted, Unweighted
Household size Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Single-person household 441 22% 503 25%
Two people 690 34% 736 37%
Three to four 659 33% 578 29%
Five or more 212 11% 183 9%

*Prefer not to say: n=12 (unweighted)

Disability [Self-Identification], Weighted, Unweighted
Disability [Self-Identification] Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Identify as having a disability 265 13% 274 14%
Do not identify as having a disability 1,735 86% 1726 86%

*Don't know: n=6/prefer not to say: n=6 (unweighted)

Disability [Functional], Weighted, Unweighted
Disability [Functional] Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Often or always limit daily activities 179 9% 191 9%
Sometimes limit daily activities 520 26% 530 26%
Never limit daily activities 1,294 64% 1,269 63%

*Don't know: n=7/prefer not to say: n=15 (unweighted)

First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit), Weighted, Unweighted
First Nations, Métis or Inuk (Inuit) Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Non-Indigenous 1,936 96% 1,944 97%
Indigenous 64 3% 55 3%

*Prefer not to say: n=13 (unweighted)

Born in Canada, Weighted, Unweighted
Born in Canada
Base: those who are not Indigenous.
Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Born in Canada 1,574 78% 1,574 78%
Born outside Canada 361 18% 369 18%

*Prefer not to say: n=1 (unweighted)

Visible Minority, Weighted, Unweighted
Visible Minority Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Not a visible minority 1,620 80% 1,642 82%
Visible minority 309 15% 289 14%
Voted in the 2021 Federal Election
Voted in the 2021 Federal Election Weighted Unweighted
n % n %
Voted 1751 87% 1,780 88%
Non-voter but eligible 157 8% 143 7%
Not eligible to vote in 2021 15 1% 11 1%

*Don't know: n=27 (unweighted)