The Squamish Chief polled 568 readers and asked the question: What do you think of the idea of changing the name of British Columbia?
Earlier this month, Research Co. published survey results that showed 61% of survey respondents of First Nations origins and 50% among the province's residents aged 18 to 34 supported switching the province’s name to one that acknowledges Indigenous heritage.
Overall, however, 53% of the respondents disagreed with changing the name.
The Squamish Chief poll ran from 11/7/2022 to 11/26/2022. Of the 568 votes, we can determine that 256 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
Results are based on an online study of adult Squamish Chief readers that are located in Squamish. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 4.05%, 19 times out of 20.
The Squamish Chief uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.
