Support for carbon taxes Canada 2016

This statistic displays the opinions of the adult population in Canada on carbon taxes in 2016. As of that time, some 28 percent of respondents claimed that they strongly supported putting a price on carbon that would increase the price of gasoline by 2 cents per liter.

Support for carbon taxes among adult respondents in Canada in 2016*

Characteristic	Strongly support	Somewhat support
Putting a price on carbon pollution	38	34
Carbon price at 2 cents per liter	28	32
Carbon price at 11 cents per liter	18	28

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Release date

June 2018

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2016

Number of respondents

417 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Original question phrased as: "There have been a number of ideas proposed for how governments can reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. For each of the following policy options I read please indicate if you strongly support, somewhat support, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose that option.”

(Version A) “Putting a price on carbon pollution.”
(Version B) “Putting a price on carbon pollution that would increase the price of gasoline by [2 cents per liter/8 cents per gallon].”
(Version C) “Putting a price on carbon pollution that would increase the price of gasoline by [11 cents per liter/42 cents per gallon].”

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