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Leger self-commissioned national survey on gender-affirming care and school gender policy · Feb 9–12, 2024 · Canada national with Alberta oversample
Methodology
- Pollster
- Leger commercial
- Sponsor
- Leger
- Fielded
- Feb 9–12, 2024
- Population
- adults
- Sample size
- 2,439
- Sample frame
- online opt-in
- Mode
- online
- Margin of error
- for comparison purposes, a probability sample of the national size yields a margin of error no greater than +/-1.98 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, and less than +/-3.1 points for the Alberta sample
- Weighting
- not disclosed in the news write-up
- Geography
- Canada national with Alberta oversample
- Base notes
- 2,439 Canadians aged 18 or older including 1,002 Albertans; the reported percentages below are the ALBERTA subsample
Sources
Verification note. Fielded days after Premier Danielle Smith announced Alberta's gender identity and education policies (31 January 2024). Percentages, fieldwork dates, sample sizes and the margin-of-error statement are taken from Global News' report of 16 February 2024, which quotes Leger's own methodology paragraph; Leger's own release was not retrieved in this session. All percentages recorded are the ALBERTA subsample (n=1,002), not the national figure - Global News reports the Alberta results 'closely mirrored the rest of the country' but does not give national numbers. Only the trans-athletes item is quoted verbatim by Global News; the other items are the reporter's summary.
Figures below are transcribed from these documents. Where they disagree with the source, the source governs.
Questions asked (5)
transgender athletes in women's sport
Do you believe transgender athletes who were born as males should be allowed to compete in women's sports and athletics?
Wording notes: 'who were born as males' foregrounds birth sex | permission framing ('should be allowed')
tilts_restrictive — 'transgender athletes who were born as males' is a birth-sex descriptor rather than the athletes' own identity, and the permission framing presumes exclusion is the default
Subgroup figures (3)
gender reassignment surgery for minors
Views on whether gender reassignment surgeries should be banned for minors, permitted case-by-case with parental consent, or permitted case-by-case without parental consent.
Wording reconstructed from: summarised in Global News' report; Leger's literal wording was not published there
Wording notes: news paraphrase, not the pollster's wording
unclear — the literal wording was not published, so the item cannot be assessed as written
Subgroup figures (3)
puberty blockers and hormone therapy for those aged 15 and under
Views on access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy for young people aged 15 or younger.
Wording reconstructed from: summarised in Global News' report
Wording notes: age split mirrors Alberta's proposed policy (15 and under vs 16-17)
unclear — literal wording not published
Subgroup figures (3)
puberty blockers and hormone therapy for 'mature teens' aged 16-17
Views on access to puberty blockers and hormone therapy for 'mature teens' aged 16 or 17.
Wording reconstructed from: summarised in Global News' report
Wording notes: 'mature teens' is the survey's own label | option set differs from the under-15 version, so the two are not strictly parallel
unclear — literal wording not published; the phrase 'mature teens' may itself cue greater permissiveness
Subgroup figures (3)
parental notification about gender and sexuality instruction in schools
Whether parents need to be notified about topics related to gender, sexual orientation or human sexuality in schools.
Wording reconstructed from: summarised in Global News' report
Wording notes: only two of the response percentages were reported
unclear — literal wording and the full response distribution were not published
Subgroup figures (2)