Reconciliation and Relations with Indigenous Peoples – Environics Institute

June 18, 2026

The Confederation of Tomorrow studies have been tracking Canadian attitudes towards reconciliation and relations with Indigenous Peoples on an annual basis since 2019. The updated results for 2026 are being released to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21.

The survey shows that a majority continues to feel that individual Canadians have a role to play in efforts to bring about reconciliation; also, a plurality continues to say governments have not gone far enough to advance reconciliation. Canadians are more likely to describe current relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous people in Canada as positive rather than negative, and optimism about the prospects for reconciliation outweighs pessimism.

Read More: https://environicsinstitute.org/reconciliation-and-relations-with-indigenous-peoples-2026/