In less than two weeks, the Canadian economy could get hit by a fresh round of sweeping tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump, but despite the mounting threat, new data shows Canadians in seven provinces still don’t want U.S. alcohol back on the shelves.
Nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) of Canadians in British Columbia, Ontario, Manitoba and the four Atlantic provinces said their provincial governments should keep the restrictions on American alcohol in place, a new survey data released by Abacus Data revealed on Thursday.
Only 19 per cent want American products returned to store shelves, while 11 per cent are unsure, the survey of 1,363 adults added.
Last month, Trump decided to impose 50 per cent tariffs on the vast majority of Canadian goods in response to “discriminatory” measures, including provincial boycotts of American booze. Those measures are set to go into effect on Aug. 19.
Trump signed three executive orders, each one using a different justification for the new tariff: the provincial and territorial boycotts on American alcohol products, Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles and auto parts and quotas on American dairy imports under Canada’s supply management system.
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In early 2025, several Canadian provinces removed U.S. alcohol from their shelves in response to Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the “51st state.”
“These results suggest provincial governments have considerable public room to keep American alcohol off their shelves,” said Abacus Data CEO David Coletto.
In British Columbia, an overwhelming 72 per cent said they want the ban to stay in place, Abacus Data said.
In Ontario and Atlantic Canada, that figure was at 69 per cent, while it was 63 per cent in Manitoba.
Opposition to U.S. booze was sharper among Canadians aged 60 and over at 78 per cent, compared to 60 per cent among those between the ages of 30 and 44.
Canadians are also split along political lines, with more than eight in 10 Canadians identifying as Liberal (83 per cent) and NDP (84 per cent) voters supporting the restrictions.
In contrast, 53 per cent of Canadians identifying as Conservative voters said they support the measures.
Overall, more than half (54 per cent) of Canadians want the restrictions to stay in place until the U.S. removes its tariffs, even if it results in further retaliation from the Trump administration.
Another 19 per cent said the restrictions should stay in place permanently. However, 19 per cent also said provinces should lift those restrictions to ease trade tensions and eight per cent were unsure.
“This is not simply about wine, beer or spirits. The results reflect a broader public instinct that Canada should not reward economic pressure with immediate concessions,” Coletto said.
Recent Ipsos polling conducted exclusively for Global News found that Canadian attitudes towards the U.S. have been souring further since the trade war.
Six in 10 Canadians (60 per cent) say they can never trust the Americans the same way ever again, the poll found.
The Ipsos poll found that 71 per cent Canadians feel that these Canada-U.S. disputes will continue for several years and are not going to be resolved soon.
As soon as the majority of Americans step up and get rid of this sick regime and return their country to a position of trust and world leadership Canada will be back to be a trusted partner in democracy but not until then
So they surveyed the elbows up crowd in intrio and quebec? No wonder they got the answer they wanted. Here in Alberta, US booze is welcome on the shelves and its up to the consumer to decide what they want.
Should read, Because donny’s threats, we won’t buy american booze.
By the comments here, it seems my fellow Canadians believe and think whatever the government funded me-dia tells them to. Wake up people.
I do miss my bourbon 😩
Won’t ever buy US BOOZE again. Boycott as much as possible.
Just because I dont like their politics doesnt mean they dont make fine products, the ban only exists as a tool to fight tariffs, consumer desires have nothing to do with it
Not just booze. I won’t buy anything American if I can find a Canadian alternative!
I dont buy anything American if it can be helped. Especially veg and meat and fruit. I will gladly pay the Canadian price for Canadian goods that are not contaminated by Kennedy and his hillbilly brainless ways.
US booze is trash anyways. I haven’t missed it. Don’t buy it!!!
Let it in ,I agree , make our mentally challenged neighbors think they got something on us then just dont buy it…
Remove the restrictions on American alcohol. Just don’t order it!
Just do not buy US alcohol. Power to the people
Even if US alcohol is returned to provincial liquor stores I will not be buying any .. even if it’s cheaper. The idea of drinking US alcohol makes me nauseas.
They polled 1363 people in a country of 41.4M people. Geezus.
A testament to thr power of state-funded media pushing TDS onto vulnerable Canucks too fearful to realize that its Carneyand his sycophants who are caving our fragile economy.🙄
Only the bottom’s up crowd. Thankfully I live in one of the only two provinces being governed by an adult.
At this point I’m not so worried about what kind of country we’re leaving our children, than I am about what kind of children we are leaving the country.
Liberal: A person too brainwashed to know they’re a Marxist.
It seems that Abacus Data failed to capture the opinions of survey non-respondents. A significant number of Canadians who enjoy drinking American alcohol likely refused to participate in the survey.
That’s right. We don’t want ANYTHING from the United States. We sure don’t need their alcohol. We have lots and lots of wineries, breweries, and distilleries right here at home!
Clearly this Country needs to sober up.There are way too many drunks voting Liberal.I mean seriously, you would have to be absolutely plastered to keep these clowns in power after the 10 year debacle we just experienced let alone give them another shot with a Banker in control. Think about the system this guy comes from next time you add up all the interest and service charges you pay to this empire of greed.
Any poll can be steered if the right groups are called. You all know that even those who said they don’t want it back will be the first ones to rush out to buy it, especially if it’s cheaper. These Canadians are nothing but uneducated talk. It embarrasses me.
Better Orange God than canadian returd anyday
@Chris – you forgot the H2SO4 chaser :-)
@Anonymous American – good to know, thank you.
With the high cost of living that we currently have I will purchase what is lower priced and if it is a USA brand so be it. A lot of Canadian brands are owned by American groups anyways! Like TIM HORTONS.
What’s there that’s worth drinking anymore???
I haven’t been in North America for 4 years now
Wish the opposition leader Poilievre would co operate with the government to fight Trump. Why did his MP’s fly first class to meet Trump officials? We need to come together.
Heading down to Tennessee. Cheap whiskey. Cheap gas. Cheap food. Cheap hotel rooms and friendly people.
This forum is a joke. Some can spew whatever garbage they want and others get everything blocked. Boycott global news.
Warren eu be so maga brain washed , dude you need to go back to kindergarten
Governor smith of the seperatists party of the wannabe 51 state continues to support trumps agenda and American booze . Governor smith lied when she said she would take American booze off Alberta shelves , instead she ordered more . Governor smith supports trumps America tariffs by not retaliating by removing USA booze from the shelves .
Boycott as many USA products as you can, until that crazy orange man is gone.
Dear Anonymous American:
Works for us. Might I suggest drinking dilute HNO3 while you’re boycotting?Serve it to your entire family! Mix in some 32% H2O2 to really make it fizzy.
I am boycotting Canada completely. Won’t travel there anymore or buy any Canadian products. I will stay south of the border.
Canada has some childish leaders. There is no reason to ban any product from the USA. In fact more competition is better for Canadians, including dairy. Canada needs an adult, not the liberal cult.
This is getting ridiculous. Canada had unfair tarrifs against US dairy while allowing European dairy like cheese into Canada tariff free. Canada has been subsidizing the auto industry in Canada which takes away jobs from the USA. Canada allows cheap lumber from government forests while the USA forestry and have to purchase lumber from private forest owners. Trump finally calls Canada out for these unfair trading practices and Canadians have a fit because they can’t rip off the USA anymore???
Buy it all the time 🇺🇸
We are shooting in our own foot by taking the US booze off the shelves. We have already paid for it, so why not sell it? BUT we don’t have to order more of that stuff from the Yanks!
If our “leaders” and the El Bozos crowd are so sure nobody wants US alcohol back on the shelves, put it back and it should not sell. But they know that it will sell like wildfire if they put it back on the shelves, and that would show just how wrong they are. Put up or shut up !!!
I swear by Dionysus’ liver – there’s no need for american alcohol in Canada. There is enough homemade booze for anyone to get from tipsy to skunk-drunk.
It seems pathetic (that’s just my opinion) to complain about that. That fat orange bastard is destabilizing the world for what? He doesn’t care about climate change, or canadian steel workers, or whether his own people can afford health care.
Not using american hooch to get drunk is, pretty well, the LEAST thing we can do. Isn’t it?
from the Everyone can get tipsy on booze from the rest of the world
Think it Donald had left NAFTA alone he’d be able to use its provisions to force liquor boards to purchase American liquor.
Oh well, he wanted this.
I too am a donkey. Heeee haaaaaw heeeeee haaaaaaaw
Canada’s booze ban was a choice made by individual provinces and was in response to sweeping illegal tariffs imposed by Donald Trump. He’s lying as usual to suit his purposes. Nothing new here.
I’m a donkey. Elbows up
Put in back on the shelves if Canadians don’t want it they won’t buy it.
Can’t force people too buy product / they don’t want!😞
Why don’t you just not buy it? Why ban it? All you’re doing is causing hardship for Canadians who ABSOLUTELY NEED A TRADE DEAL WITH THE USA.
We can make are own decision if we want to buy it
TDS is treatable. But, enjoying paying more for reduced options. Perhaps Ford can replace all booze with Victory Gin.
US Liquor should go back on the shelves and let Canadians decide if they want to buy or not. My guess is that sales won’t be strong enough to warrant the previous space they occupied on shelves
All of these comments come from fake trollbots
Didn’t global news just run this same article with the same poll about 3 weeks ago?
These polls are made to shape public perception.
Make a poll on X for Canadians with the same question and you will get entirely different results with thousands more people.
Elbozos up ! Half of Carneys family resides in USA and most of his assets are there….but hey keep voting stupid and watching the Canadian peso drop
Elbows Up is so childish. Let people buy what they want. A small cohort of Canadians seem to like to tell everyone else where or how to spend their money.
I refuse to buy any wine from Canada. It is more expensive than Oregon/California and of lower quality.
Fred: American alcohol does not cause cancer. That is a rumour started by MADD.
I boycott American goods. That includes booze and produce. That is my choice. The provinces should not have a choice, but stock what sells. If we do not buy it, they do not stock it. and Trump cannot complain about that.
Sure, bring them back if you want to have cancer. Otherwise, no thanks.
I do, put it back let boomers drink wisers swill
Glad Alberta has American liquor on the shelves. I am still buying Kentucky Bourbon. I never went “Elbows Up”. Think it is a dumb ideology.
Here is a novel concept, if you do not want Yankee booze, then do not buy it. Keep your beliefs off of me. Meddlesome yutz’s
Eby and Ford both at the bottom of the polls. They should think before they use there mouth.
Short sighted and stupid !!! How about some Chinese beer and liquor, or Mongolian wine ? Canada cannot exist if we become insular or if we get angry and stomp our feet at our strongest and most lucrative trading partner, the USA. Negotiation is the key to getting a good deal with the US, not childish antics and threats of going elsewhere. Carney just does not have the ability to negotiate with Trump and so he stirs up anger with his silly elbows up nonsense and many of you fell for it hook line and sinker.
A childish policy
No surprose that intellectually lazy and emotionally unstable Canadians support it
Keep US alcohol off of our liquor store shelves…you don’t reward a country that treats you like dirt…
This is inaccurate. I want good whiskey back.
I want it back I need some good wine & beer I’m tired of all the overpriced local garbage.
Only MAGA traitors wants it back. Leave!
I want it back on the shelves