Significant number of Canadians experience discrimination because of race, ethnic background, says survey

A significant proportion of the Canadian population experiences discrimination at least occasionally because of their race or ethnic background and has witnessed other people encounter similar treatment, according to a new survey.

The research, conducted by the Environics Institute for Survey Research in partnership with the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, was released on Wednesday. It found discrimination was most widely experienced by Canadians who are Indigenous or Black “although it is by no means uncommon among those with other racialized identities.”