Personal experience with discrimination because of race or ethnic background was most widely reported by Canadians who are Black or First Nations in 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.”
“This latest research once again confirms the reality of racism in Canada,” said a report on the research. “A significant proportion of the population experiences discrimination because of their race or ethnic background at least occasionally, if not more often, and has witnessed other people encounter similar treatment.”
It also said discrimination and mistreatment because of one’s race is a common experience in Canada. It said such treatment was felt to a “notable extent” by those who are South Asian, Chinese, East or Southeast Asian, or Métis and by a significant minority of those who identify as white. In 2019, the same organizations conducted research on public attitudes, perceptions and experiences on race relations. This year’s study found there has been a notable change in public perspectives about race in Canada from two years prior that is “undoubtedly the result of high-profile incidents of racial injustice in the U.S. and Canada that have prompted renewed scrutiny of policing, institutional policies and the historical record.
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