The statistic presents information on the leading international news stories according to consumers in Canada in 2016. The December poll results show that 60 percent of Canadians focused their attention on Donald Trump's win in the U.S. presidential elections, while 10 percent thought that the terror attacks in Brussels and France were the top international news story of the year.
Leading international news stories according to consumers in Canada in 2016
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Donald Trump wins U.S. Election
60%
Terror attacks in Brussels followed by the attacks in France
10%
Extreme weather events devastate around the globe (wildfires, Hurricanes, floods, heat wave in India)
9%
Brexit: UK votes to leave the European Union
6%
Orlando Shooting: More than 50 killed at gay nightclub in Florida
4%
North Korea nuclear tests test the world
4%
Deaths of people we love like Ali, Howe, Bowie, Prince and Harper Lee
3%
The Panama Papers
2%
More than 200 killed in failed coup attempt in Turkey
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Ipsos. (December 28, 2016). Leading international news stories according to consumers in Canada in 2016 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/498997/leading-international-news-stories-canada/
Ipsos. "Leading international news stories according to consumers in Canada in 2016." Chart. December 28, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/498997/leading-international-news-stories-canada/
Ipsos. (2016). Leading international news stories according to consumers in Canada in 2016. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/498997/leading-international-news-stories-canada/
Ipsos. "Leading International News Stories According to Consumers in Canada in 2016." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Dec 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/498997/leading-international-news-stories-canada/
Ipsos, Leading international news stories according to consumers in Canada in 2016 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/498997/leading-international-news-stories-canada/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Leading international news stories according to consumers in Canada in 2016 [Graph], Ipsos, December 28, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/498997/leading-international-news-stories-canada/
