March 14, 2025

Race Relations in Canada 2024

Four individuals of diverse backgrounds talking at a table - Quatre personnes de diverses ethnicités discutent autour d'une table

Race relations in Canada 2024: A survey of Canadian public opinion and experience, is the third Canada-wide survey conducted by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Environics Institute for Survey Research documents Canada’s progress on issues related to racial discrimination across the country.

The 2024 edition identifies how Canadians’ perspectives and experiences concerning race relations in Canada have changed since 2021, as well as addressing new themes of current relevance.

The inaugural national survey was conducted in 2019, with subsequent waves conducted in 2021 and 2024. Comprehensive reports and data tables for the first two surveys in this series are publicly available at environicsinstitute.org. This report presents the results of the third survey in this series.

The results of a nationwide survey conducted by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) and the Environics Institute for Survey Research and sponsored by Pfizer Canada, confirm the reality and scope of racism in Canada and its effects on Canada’s racialized population.

The survey revisits the following themes from previous waves:

The general state of race relations in Canada and local communities;
Perceptions of the extent and type of racial discrimination, generally and against one’s own group;
Personal experience with discrimination and racism;
The impact of racism on health and well-being; and
Local policing and the need for reform.

New themes in 2024 include:

Experience with hate incidents and hate crimes. This is the first national survey to address this issue in depth, both in terms of personal and indirect experiences; and
Attitudes, perceptions and experiences with respect to discrimination against Muslim and Jewish people in Canada.