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Recent Surveys

September 29, 2005
Consumers Downgrade Views On Future Economic Performance
Consumer spending has fuelled the engine sustaining economic growth over the past several years in Canada, but a new survey suggests that consumers are becoming pessimistic about the future state of the economy. Read more...

Survey findings

September 1, 2005
New Wireless Phone Technologies Making Inroads
Ownership of mobile phones among online Canadian adults has grown only modestly over the past four years, according to TNS Canadian Facts' High Speed and Wireless Technologies study. Read more...

About the High-Speed and Wireless Technologies study

August 16, 2005
Internet Penetrates More Deeply Into Canadians' Daily Lives
The proportion of Canadian households online has plateaued according to TNS Canadian Facts' continuous tracking study of Canadian Internet usage. Almost the same number of Canadians households are online today (73%) as there were two years ago (72% in 2003). Read more...

August 2, 2005
Canadians And Americans Support Biometric Technology In Passports And Drivers' Licences
On both sides of the border, support for including biometric identifiers in government-issued identification documents is high, though slightly higher in Canada, according to a new survey conducted by TNS, the world's largest custom market information company, and TRUSTe, the online privacy leader. Read more...

Survey Report

June 2, 2005
Internet Empowering Travellers
Canadian Internet users are increasingly turning to the Internet to help them make their travel decisions according to an annual marketing research survey conducted by TNS Canadian Facts. Read more...

About the Canadian Travel Trends study

April 11, 2005
Publication Bans Ineffective, Canadians Say
A new survey by TNS Canadian Facts suggests that explosive testimony in the Gomery Inquiry is having a significant impact on the voting intentions of online Canadians, even though few online Canadians are so engaged in the story that they actively sought out the banned information on the Internet. Read more...

Survey Report

January 31, 2005
Internet Banking Entering Mature Stage
For the first time since marketing research firm TNS Canadian Facts began tracking online banking in 1997, the proportion of Canadian adults who do some of their banking over the Internet has not increased over the previous year. Read more...

About the How Canadians Bank study

January 11, 2005
Canadian Institutions Compare Favourably Against G7 Countries
Canada's main economic and political institutions have a good reputation according to a new global study. The global study released today by TNS comprehensively analyses how residents in 41 countries rate the reputation of their institutions, such as healthcare, banking, telecommunications, supermarkets, business locations, mail services and political parties. Read more...

Detailed Findings for Canada
Study Report

To see highlights of the global report using our TNSInfo dashboard please click on the image to the right. When you are finished, press the ESC key on your keyboard or click the Back button on your browser to exit the program. You must have PowerPoint and Macromedia Flash Player installed on your computer to view the dashboard.

For a copy of the full global report and individual reports, please visit the TNS global Web site at:

www.tns-global.com/reputation2005

December 7, 2004
Online Holiday Shopping Growing but Consumers Holding Back
Online shopping continues to rise in Canada, with nearly seven in ten (67%) online Canadians having purchased goods or services from a retail website in the past six months, compared to 61 per cent in 2003 and 55 per cent in 2002, finds a new survey conducted by TNS Canadian Facts. Read more...

October 14, 2004
Players Blamed for Lockout of Canada's Game
Three in five hockey fans expect that there will not be a season at all this year and the NHL lockout could cost the league some casual fans in Canada, suggests a new poll conducted by TNS Canadian Facts. Read more...

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