The poll suggests another 30 per cent still say they consider the U.S. an ally.

Summary

A new Leger poll reveals that 27% of Canadians now consider the U.S. an “enemy” country, while 30% still see it as an ally.

The survey follows escalating tensions, including President Trump’s tariff threats and his suggestion that Canada should become a U.S. state.

Trump remains widely unpopular in Canada, with 74% viewing him unfavorably. Political affiliation influences perceptions, with Conservatives more likely to see the U.S. as an ally.

Liberals, NDP, and Bloc Québécois supporters view the U.S. more negatively.

  • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    5 hours ago

    Surprised it’s that low, before trump I would have thought it would be at around 25%

    There are a lot of maple maga and confederate flag waving trash in Canada though, so it probably balanced out a bit

  • FreakinSteve@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    6 hours ago

    That’s because conservatism is a wildly violent mental disorder that seeks to destroy all positive freedom and oppress everyone in the most ruthless ways possible. They have to be killed, and you had better be arming up. This is not hyperbole; you do not understand who you are dealing with.

    • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 hours ago

      We did have an idea, we saw the gas chambers. Now just like the Israelis, we’re taking a turn at being the bad guy, so yeah arm and practice. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

      Sorry Canada

  • schizolol9@lemy.lolEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    We are cooked. Instead of Trump improving relations with our allies he is making them mad.😭

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    Can’t say I disagree with them. Usually it’s the canucks always saying sorry but this one is on us. Sorry.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    9 hours ago

    They should.

    Our populace is too stupid to vote responsibly, which means the filth will always rise to the top, which means our government will always be corrupt, which means it can’t be trusted.

    Distance yourself from us. Form allegiances with other countries. We cannot be trusted.

    I’m sorry. I’ve voted at every opportunity to prevent this outcome. Many of us have. Just not enough.

  • Wren@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    8 hours ago

    And rightfully so. We currently have a dictator that is threatening to absorb them into the collective shithole that America has become…

    I cannot blame them one bit and I’m surprised the percentage is that low.

  • rainman_104@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    12 hours ago

    What’s more appalling is that 13% of Canadians have a favourable view of Trump. Do better Alberta. Do better.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      7·
      12 hours ago

      That’s not funny. Grocery stores here are filled with people weeding out the American products, too.

  • kandoh@reddthat.comEnglish
    11·
    14 hours ago

    A little less than half of Americans are my enemy. This is also the same percentage of Canadians I consider to be my enemy.

    • twelvegoats@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      10 hours ago

      That’s because most Americans are ignorant to anything that isn’t about them. I am an American, and I would definitely leave if I could. My passport ran out, and I will try to get another one, but I’m not hopeful anymore. I am eligible for a UK passport through ancestral means, but since I’m on disability, I can’t afford the immigration fees. I have always felt like a second citizen in the US. My mother was from England, as well as half of my family. I have been there several times and I absolutely loved my time there. My ex-wife is from there as well. Not everyone in the US is a far-right cultist, some of us are just as pissed about the threats to you guys as you are. By the way, go Blue Jays, keep Vladdy in blue.

    • P1k1e@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      13 hours ago

      You are correct, the only thing I know about Canada is your still part of the empire in some wierd way and you fought hard as fuck during WW2.

      Kinda wierd I know more about Mexican history than yours

      • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        4·
        10 hours ago

        It’s kind of weird, but I’m not surprised. Mexico is exotic and just has a lot more historically going on IIRC.

        Canada’s history goes something like: The French start trading furs with the natives, the colonial British show up, the British take New France from Napoleon the French, they decide to shotgun-marry the two into a new country after the US civil war, and then the country slowly transitions from being in a geopolitics-free bubble run by the British to one run by the Americans (with a period of worrying about the two fighting each other).

        So, the big picture isn’t exactly action-packed - in a way, we’re having the most eventful period in the country’s history now. (Of course, there’s tons of other stuff if you want to look closer, including migrations, minor rebellions, the various schemes the British tried to thwart American expansion, constant flirtation with splitting apart again and Newfoundland joining)

        Edit: Oh shit, I forgot the vikings. Yeah, they came and did viking stuff, and left some house foundations. Then all died out. And I should mention it had stuff happening the whole time before Europeans arrived, just no literate cultures to record it, so it’s prehistory.

        • k_rol@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          10 hours ago

          The British took New France from France at the end of the seven years war with the treaty of Paris in 1763. Napoleon was born 7 years later. Napoleon only sold Louisiana to the US in 1804 just because his plans were not working out with Haiti.

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed. They are connected through their use of the English language and historical-cultural ties. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Commonwealth Secretariat, which focuses on intergovernmental relations, and the Commonwealth Foundation, which focuses on non-governmental relations between member nations. Numerous organisations are associated with and operate within the Commonwealth. It is known colloquially as the British Commonwealth.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations

          • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            10 hours ago

            In name only. Canada is neither beholden or attached to Britain except by tradition,. Same as Australia, the Bahamas, Cameroon and 53 other nation states.

            • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
              2·
              10 hours ago

              De jure means the law as written, de facto means in practice.

              Yes, in practice we’re totally independent, but the fact our constitution says otherwise seems like a bigger deal than the cultural ties or whatever.

              • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                1·
                10 hours ago

                We give them no money, land or resources. We are not beholden to them to fight their wars or be involved in their treaties and our “Canadian Oath of Allegiance is a promise or declaration of fealty to the Canadian monarch—as personification of the Canadian state and its authority, rather than as an individual person”. Source

                We owe them nothing.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      13 hours ago

      I mean, they don’t. Their country is self-contained enough they don’t have to bother. I hear Chinese are the same way, if you can understand their language.

  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    13 hours ago

    Wouldn’t say “enemy” exactly, but I think it’s fair to say there isn’t a Western democracy in the world that views the USA as a reliable ally right now. Because you’re a Russian asset.

    • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      Are they a frenemy then? A rival? A sibling that’s kinda strung out on drugs that you don’t know what to do with but still feel kinda responsible to make sure they don’t fuck up too bad?

      • Ilovemyirishtemper@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        I think it’s more like a sibling that you grew up with who was taught the same moral code as you. They were living a healthy, normal life for a while but got offered a very high paying job that is at odds with those childhood morals. They decided to take it, and at first, they did just a few unethical things. Then, they realized that they could make more money by being more unethical and the people who were supposed to be chastising them were not very good at punishing people with money and were really easy to manipulate, so they leaned in to the lack of ethics.

        They know what their doing is hurting people, and they don’t care because they want to drive their Lamborghini to family Christmas and bring an ostentatiously expensive bottle of wine so that people can praise and fawn over them. But, if you call them on their bad behavior, they become enemies because how dare you?! Now we’re the sibling who is powerful but has completely gone awry due to that same power.

        I’m hoping we gave a nice family reunion someday where my country has learned the error of its ways and can once again be accepted by its lovely Canadian relatives.