Figure 21: Election-period concerns about the potential impact of electoral interference on the election outcome

This horizontal bar chart depicts how much impact election-period survey respondents thought different forms of electoral interference could have on the outcome of the election – namely, the spread of false information online, foreign hacking of the computer systems that support the election and foreign efforts to influence the political opinions of Canadians. The breakdown is as follows:

• Total
  • The spread of false information online
    • Major impact: 54%
    • Moderate: 27%
    • Minor: 10%
    • No impact: 4%
    • Don't know: 4%
  • Foreign hacking of the computer systems that support the election
    • Major impact: 54%
    • Moderate: 20%
    • Minor: 12%
    • No impact: 7%
    • Don't know: 7%
  • Foreign efforts to influence the political opinions of Canadians
    • Major impact: 46%
    • Moderate: 29%
    • Minor: 14%
    • No impact: 6%
    • Don't know: 5%