Canadians may be a fearful bunch but when it comes time to confront our phobias most are willing to do so head-on, according to a new survey.
The Canadian Cancer Society conducted a survey as part of its Fearless Challenge, wherein participants raise money in order to confront their biggest fear, and discovered that 68 per cent of respondents have fears that they worry about.
The survey, however, found that 62 per cent of respondents have taken steps to rid themselves of those fears with those that do enjoying a 72 per cent success rate.
According to the survey, the top fears experienced by Canadians were snakes (40 per cent), heights (34 per cent), public speaking (33 per cent), spiders (31 per cent) and natural disasters (30 per cent).
Of course not every fear experienced by Canadians was so typical.
The survey revealed that an additional 11 per cent of respondents are scared of getting a bad haircut and 6 per cent are worried about ending up face-to-face with a clown. Meanwhile, among female respondents using a public washroom can also be terrifying (12 per cent).
The survey, which was conducted from May 29 to June 1 with the participation of 1500 people across Canada, is considered accurate to within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
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