Opinion of Canadians on flying under COVID-19 social distancing measures by age 2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 21, 2023

During a 2020 survey, people in Canada were asked how they feel about the new precautionary coronavirus (COVID-19) containment measures. According to the survey results, more than 81 percent of surveyed people over 55 years old stated that they are uncomfortable to fly under COVID-19 social distancing measures.

Stance of Canadian people comfortable to fly given the inflight coronavirus social distancing measures in 2020, by age*

Characteristic	Comfortable	Uncomfortable	Don't know
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Release date

July 2020

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

July 3 to July 5, 2020

Number of respondents

1,517 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

* The original question: "Some Canadian airlines have decided to relax their inflight physical distancing requirements by allowing passengers to be seated next to each other and selling adjacent seats; but they maintain the requirement for passengers to wear a face mask while on board. Are you comfortable or uncomfortable to fly under these new conditions?"

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