Canada: opinion on actions to support Ukraine 2022

In light of the Russia-Ukraine war, Canadians were questioned about the role their country should play. The first action they would like to see to support Ukraine is to send food, as well as medical supplies and personnel, with 59 percent of respondents supporting this. In addition to the humanitarian aspect, almost half also thought that Canada should provide intelligence and cybersecurity support to Ukraine.

What actions do you think Canada should take to support Ukraine?

Proposed actions	Share of respondents
Send humanitarian aid to Ukraine (medicine, food aid, medical personnel, etc...)	59%
Provide intelligence and cybersecurity support	49%
Extend Canada’s military training mission to Ukraine past March	44%
Use targeted economic sanctions: Russian individuals can’t do business or access their money in Canada	40%
Apply broad economic sanctions: no imports or exports between Canada and Russia	36%
Provide defensive weapons and gear (night goggles, helmets, armor, radios, etc...)	35%
Provide more loans or cash to Ukraine to fund its defense	18%
Send more "lethal aid" to Ukraine (guns, tanks, ammunition, etc...)	18%
Send Canadian troops to fight alongside Ukrainian forces	13%
Do nothing more / stay out of it	20%

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Release date

February 2022

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

January 27 to 31, 2022

Number of respondents

1,620 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Canadian adults members of Angus Reid Forum

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: "There are a number of things Canada could do next. Please select all, if any, you think Canada should do:"

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