A new poll released Tuesday by Leger suggests the majority of Canadians would support a general lockdown in their province during the Holiday Season.
Leger interviewed 1,528 Canadians chosen at random from its Leger Opinion Panel between December 11 and December 13.
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Nationwide, 65 per cent of respondents said they either strongly or somewhat supported a lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19 during the Christmas season. Another 29 per cent opposed the idea.
British Columbians and Manitobans were most in favour of a lockdown at 74 per cent.
In Alberta, where new measures were just imposed to control the virus, 69 per cent supported a shutdown. Alberta currently has the highest rate per capita of COVID-19 cases in the country.
The majority of Ontario residents like the idea too. Of those polled, 29 per cent said they strongly supported the idea of a general lockdown in the province, while 34 per cent were somewhat supportive.
Another 16 per cent in Ontario somewhat opposed it, and 12 per cent strongly felt it was the wrong thing to do.
How old you are may be indicative of how supportive you are too. Those aged 55 and up were 69 per cent in favour, but even the majority of those younger liked the idea.
Meanwhile, it appears Canadians are less likely to spend as much time holiday shopping as they were in years past. Three-quarters of respondents in Ontario and across Canada said they would spend less time looking for gifts online or in stores this year.
Only one per cent intended to spend more time, and 18 per cent nationwide said their shopping habits would remain the same.