A new survey has found growing confidence among Canadian consumers about both their own financial well-being and that of the Canadian economy.
The latest Harris/Decima-Investor Group survey, conducted in February, put the overall measure of consumer confidence at 86.2.
That was a 3.4-point improvement over the 82.8 reading on the index in November and much better than the 77.5 level recorded among U.S. consumers.
Overall, 31 per cent of Canadians surveyed believed they would be better off financially a year from now, compared with 13 per cent who thought things might be worse.
Meanwhile, 24 per cent of Canadians saw good things ahead for the Canadian economy in the next 12 months, compared with 14 per cent who expected to see the economy deteriorate.
The telephone survey of 2,000 people carried out between Feb. 17 and Feb. 27 is considered accurate within plus or minus two percentage points 19 times out of 20.
