Climate change fears high but vary by region, new poll suggests

OTTAWA — Millions of Canadians in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario will receive their quarterly carbon price rebate payments on Friday.

But a new poll suggests residents of most of those provinces are the least likely in Canada to be worried about climate change or believe it is caused by human activity.

The data is contained in a poll published this week by Leger that is based on an online survey it did last weekend.

It suggests fewer people in Ontario and the Prairies believe climate change is caused by people, compared with respondents in Atlantic Canada and Quebec.