August 19, 2026 — Pollara’s Trump Tracker shows 9% of Canadians feel positively and 80% feel negatively about President Trump, a record high in negativity since the Trump Tracker launched in January 2024.
As trade talks intensify, Canadians are feeling very positive about Prime Minister Carney, with 59% approving and 32% disapproving of how he’s handling Canada-US relations. This represents a 16-point increase in approval of Carney on this file over the past year.
Approval of provincial premiers’ handling of the Canada-US file is at least 50% in all provinces except Alberta and Saskatchewan. Part of this could be driven by the ban on US alcohol sales, which is supported by 80% of Canadians in the 8 provinces where it is currently in effect.
Though the ban is widely supported, a majority of Canadians (54%) would support lifting it in exchange for President Trump lifting some tariffs on Canadian goods.
For more on this see our full report, including methodology and crosstabs. See additional commentary in the Toronto Star.
