Most Canadians do not think truckers should be forced to vaccinate prior to crossing border

The polling found that just 36 percent said truckers need to be fully vaccinated to enter.

36 percent said that truckers could be unvaccinated, but should require a negative COVID test for entry. 28 percent said that no restrictions should apply to truckers.

"Just over one-third (36%) of Canadians are hard fast that only truckers who are fully vaccinated should be allowed to cross over the US/Canada border to deliver food, goods, and other materials to various Canadian destinations. Those who are most likely to support this measure reside in Manitoba/Saskatchewan (43%), followed by those living in Québec (38%) and British Columbia (38%), Ontario (37%), Atlantic Canada (30%), and Alberta (25%)," the pollster said in its report.

Additionally: "More than one-third (36%) of Canadians believe unvaccinated truckers should only be allowed to cross the US/Canadian border to deliver food, goods, and materials to various Canadian destinations if they show proof of the results of a negative COVID test taken within the previous 72 hours.

"Those most likely to support this measure reside equally in Alberta (40%), Manitoba/Saskatchewan (40%), and Atlantic Canada (40%), followed by those living in British Columbia (37%), Québec (35%), and Ontario (34%)."

This poll was conducted on January 24, 2022, by Maru/Blue of 1519 randomly selected Canadian adults who are Maru Voice Canada online panelists. For comparison purposes, a probability sample of this size has an estimated margin of error (which measures sampling variability) of +/- 2.5%, 19 times out of 20.