Angus Reid: Great Expectations or Bleak House? Most Canadians are happy, but life outlooks have worsened over past decade

Interesting insight but intuitively makes sense:

Notably, there does appear to be a correlation between one’s time in Canada and levels of satisfaction, which also relates to ethnicity. White Canadians and those born in Canada are more likely to say they’re happy overall. Those who have been in Canada for two decades or less are close to twice as likely as others to say they’re not happy at all:

Income plays a significant role in happiness, with those in the lowest income group twice as likely as those in the highest to say that they’re “not happy at all”. Half of this lower income group are happy (50%), while half are not (47%). Seven-in-10 (69%) in the highest income group say they’re happy, more than twice as many as say they are not (29%)…

Source: Great Expectations or Bleak House? Most Canadians are happy, but life outlooks have worsened over past decade

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