More than eight in 10 Canadians say they support initiatives involving pipelines and export terminals aimed at expanding Canada’s access to overseas energy markets, according to a new Ipsos poll.
The market research firm released the results of a poll it conducted for the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), finding that 81 percent of respondents supported increasing energy exports to more international markets.
The survey also found that 78 percent supported increasing Canada’s energy exports to meet international demand, with 43 percent somewhat supporting the idea and 35 percent strongly supporting it.
Coast-to-Coast Support
“Support for increasing Canada’s energy exports to meet international demand is widespread across all regions,” Ipsos said in the Nov. 10 news release.
Support for increasing energy exports was highest in Western Canada, at 83 percent, followed by Ontario at 82 percent, Quebec at 68 percent and Atlantic Canada at 66 percent.
Support for initiatives involving pipelines and export terminals was highest in Ontario at 84 percent, followed by Western Canada at 83 percent, Atlantic Canada at 77 percent and Quebec at 74 percent.
The online poll surveyed 1,167 Canadian adults from Oct. 16 to 19, including an oversample of 403 Quebec residents. The results were weighted by age, gender and region. Ipsos reported a credibility interval of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
“Across all regions of Canada, we see clear and significant support for increasing our energy exports and building new export pipelines,” Gabriel Giguère, senior policy analyst at the MEI, said in a separate news release.
“In the current situation, Canadians recognize that we can play a key role in securing energy supplies while also growing our economy.”
La Belle Province
“Looking specifically at Quebec, majorities support the development of both oil and natural gas resources within the province,” Ipsos said.
Poll results from the 403 Quebecers surveyed showed that 68 percent supported domestic natural gas production, while 20 percent opposed the initiative and 12 percent were unsure. Also, 62 percent said they believed Quebec should develop its own oil resources, up 8 percentage points from last year.
Meanwhile, 22 percent of respondents said the province should continue to import all the oil it needs, while 17 percent said they were unsure.
Ipsos also asked Quebecers about the proposed Kino Aski LNG project, formerly known as Marinvest, which would export liquefied natural gas to Europe. The results showed that 64 percent supported it, while 17 percent opposed it and 19 percent were unsure.
“Whether it’s pipelines, oil, or gas, Quebecers are far more open to these job-creating projects than a small number of very vocal groups would have us believe,” said Giguère.
“The new provincial government should take this opportunity to reverse the previous government’s bad decisions, such as the total ban on oil and gas development.”
Beyond specific energy projects, survey respondents said they supported changes to Canada’s regulatory review process for major infrastructure development.
The data showed that 71 percent of Canadians supported reforms aimed at “accelerating project assessment timelines and reducing duplication within approval processes.”
“Taken together, support for energy development among Canadians is accompanied by support for measures intended to streamline project approval processes,” Ipsos added.
Previous Views
An October 2025 Leger poll found that nearly three-quarters of Canadians described pipelines as vital for Canada’s economic prospects, while slightly less than half favoured Alberta’s plan to build an oil pipeline to the B.C. coast to export Canadian energy to Asian markets.
The federal government classified the proposed Alberta-B.C. oil pipeline as a project of national interest on Oct. 1, 2026, accelerating federal approvals and regulatory reviews.
The roughly 1,250-kilometre West Coast Oil Pipeline, now known as “Pacific Link,” is meant to transport 1 million barrels per day of crude from Bruderheim, Alta., to a deepwater port near Delta, B.C., where it would be loaded onto tankers for shipment to international markets.
Alberta has said it wants the pipeline completed by 2034.
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