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Environics

Canadian public opinion research companies based in Toronto1

The Environics brand encompasses several Canadian privately held companies - Environics Research, the Environics Institute for Survey Research, and Proof - that provide public opinion research and strategic communications services.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersToronto1
  • Legal formprivately held company1

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The Environics brand encompasses several Canadian privately held companies - Environics Research, the Environics Institute for Survey Research, and Proof - that provide public opinion research and strategic communications services.2

Products and brands

Environics Research is a Canadian-owned company that provides consulting and market research services for businesses, governments, and non-profit organizations. It offers research, consulting, and communications services. Its areas of market research include Financial Services, Health & Wellness, Corporate & Public Affairs, and Market Strategy.

Environics studies motivations, attitudes, and behaviours in Canada and the United States. Since 1983, the company has conducted annual surveys of Social Values, interviewing more than 5,000 Canadians and 5,000 Americans each year. These surveys allow researchers to track changes in social values longitudinally.

The company was founded in 1970, its founding president was Michael Adams, and its CEO was Barry Watson. The company's opinion polls results have been used by Canadian news media.

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

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