Private company

Decima Research

Public opinion and market research company

Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada. In 2007, it became a subsidiary of Harris Insights & Analytics. The Roper Center at Cornell University recognizes it as a "Historically Contributing Data Provider".2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada. In 2007, it became a subsidiary of Harris Insights & Analytics. The Roper Center at Cornell University recognizes it as a "Historically Contributing Data Provider".2

The story

Allan Gregg, the head of the firm, left Decima in 1994 and went into semi-retirement following the electoral disaster for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1993 election. Decima conducts polling of the federal political scene in Canada on a regular basis, whether or not an election campaign is in progress.

Decima Research's field work was conducted by Opinion Search, a call centre.

From Wikipedia’s article on Decima Research, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

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