Since 2011, the CIRANO Barometer has been tracking the concerns and perceptions of Quebecers regarding 53 societal issues.

In each edition of the CIRANO Barometer, respondents are asked to identify their top two personal and collective concerns from a list of ten major issues, including health, the environment, the economy, industrial risks, innovation, infrastructure, public projects, and security.

For the first time since the first CIRANO Barometer collected in 2011, economic and financial issues have taken the lead among Quebecers' personal concerns, overtaking issues related to the health system.

Although the top three personal concerns remain the same, their ranking is different for the first time this year:

1. 49% of Quebecers chose economic and financial risks in their top two concerns, up 10 points from 2021.
2. Health care risks are next, with 47%, up 5 points.
3. Environmental and energy-related risks are among the top two concerns of 29% of Quebecers, down 4 points from 2021. This relative decline is directly related to the very clear and strong increase in perceived risks for economic and financial issues and for issues related to the health care system.

Collectively, the same three issues top the list, but in this case, risks related to the health care system come before economic and financial issues: 45% of Quebecers chose health care as their top two concerns for Quebec (up 4 points from 2021) and 32% chose the economy (up 14 points).

The increase in concern between 2021 and 2022 for economic issues coincides with a period of significant economic and financial uncertainty for Quebec, manifested in a loss of purchasing power, among other things.

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→ To quote the report: De Marcellis-Warin, N., Peignier, I., & Gleize, T. (2022). BAROMÈTRE CIRANO 2022: La perception des risques au Québec (2022LI-02, CIRANO). https://doi.org/10.54932/QCAW6141