FOCUS GTA
Comprehensive Municipal Insights
FOCUS GTA
Comprehensive Municipal Insights
Comprehensive Municipal Insights
This semi-annual syndicated research study provides comprehensive insight into the most important issues facing municipalities across the GTA. The understanding gained from this recurring study is key to helping public, private, and non-profit sectors accurately understand public opinions across the Greater Toronto Area.
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Reliable Results
Every spring and fall, a representative sample of 1,000 GTA residents are surveyed online. The sample is distributed to be proportional to population size at the lower-tier municipal level and the results of each survey are estimated to be accurate to within plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

A Decision-Maker Must Have
Focus GTA is an essential tool for decision-makers who need to understand the attitudes and priorities of Greater Toronto Area residents. This survey, which has existed for more than 30 years, provides community-level insights, regional benchmarks, and public opinion trends over the past decade regarding a wide range of relevant topics, including:
- Satisfaction with governance
- Service delivery
- Customer service
- Quality of life
- Affordability
- Seniors issues
- Transportation
- Safety
Customizable Insights
In addition to accessing these shared insights, subscribers can choose to ask proprietary questions to their individual constituencies. Results from these questions are the exclusive property of subscribers.
Subscribers can also choose to boost the number of interviews in specific municipalities or regions, allowing for more robust comparisons.


Concise Reporting
A subscription can be purchased for a single wave or biannually, and includes
- Detailed reporting
- Trending over the past decade
- Regional comparisons
- An infographic of study data for quick reference
- Data tables with significance testing
Concise Reporting
A subscription can be purchased for a single wave or biannually, and includes
- Detailed reporting
- Trending over the past decade
- Regional comparisons
- An infographic of study data for quick reference
- Data tables with significance testing

Learn more about subscribing to the Fall 2020 wave of Focus GTA
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