Toronto Press Releases & Articles


Tory Still Leads Keesmaat

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Toronto, October 9th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 987 Toronto voters, amongst those decided and leaning, Tory sees support from more than half of voters (56%) unchanged from September (September 25: 56%).

Almost Three-Quarters Have Concerns About Public Transit

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Toronto, September 25th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 944 Toronto voters, almost three-quarters (70%) say they have concerns about public transit in Toronto. A third (30%) say they do not have any concerns about public transit.

Affordability in Toronto

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Toronto, September 7th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 811 Toronto voters, 8 in 10 (79%) say Toronto is becoming unaffordable. One-fifth (21%) say Toronto is not becoming unaffordable.

Gap Between Keesmaat and Tory Narrows…slightly

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Toronto, August 28th 2018 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 1242 Toronto voters, amongst those decided and leaning, two-thirds (65%) say they would support John Tory if an election were held today, down five points from last month (July 27: 70%).

Half Now Opposed to Cutting Council Size

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Toronto, August 28th 2018 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 1242 Toronto voters, half (BTM2: 52%) say they are opposed to reducing the size of council, with 4 in 10 (41%) saying they are strongly opposed...

Public Safety to Factor into the Vote of 3 in 4 Torontonians

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Toronto, August 2nd, 2018 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 2144 Toronto voters, three-quarters (TOP2: 74%) say that public safety will be important to their vote, with 4 in 10 (42%) saying it will be very important.

One-quarter of TTC Riders Dissatisfied

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Toronto, July 13th, 2018 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 2521 Toronto voters, about 4 in 10 (37%) say that the downtown relief line should be the TTC’s number priority...

Affordability the Biggest Issue Facing Toronto Right Now

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Toronto, July 5th, 2018 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 2521 Toronto voters, one-quarter (26%) says that overall affordability is the biggest problem facing the city right now. One-fifth said the biggest problems are traffic gridlock (19%) or public transit (18%), respectively.

Half of Those Aware of Vision Zero Say It’s Not Doing Enough

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Toronto, July 5th, 2018 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 2521 Toronto voters, about one-third (32%) say they are aware of the Vision Zero Road Safety plan, which is up 13 points since 2017 (Feb 9, 2017: 19%).

Familiarity with Pilot Close to Unchanged

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Toronto, February 9th – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by The Forum Poll™ among 977 Toronto voters, two-thirds (TOP2: 68%) say they are familiar with the details of Toronto’s transit pilot project on King Street, with almost 4 in 10 (37%) saying they are very familiar. This is a similar proportion to when we last asked the same question (Nov 23: 73%).