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Do you support the death penalty?

Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death as a punishment for a crime. Canada abolished capital punishment in 1976.

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Response rates from 94.5k Canada voters.

50%
Yes
50%
No
38%
Yes
45%
No
12%
Yes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence
3%
No, spending life in prison is a harsher sentence
1%
Yes, but the victim’s family should decide the punishment
2%
No, too many people are innocently convicted

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 @9GZYG4Jfrom Quebec  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, for Homicide, mass murderer, serial killer, terrorist, rape, crime against children, crime against humanity and act of treason against the peoples of Canada.

 @9KDYD2Wfrom Saskatchewan  answered…2yrs2Y

I believe the victim’s family should decide. However, I also believe that the person found guilty needs to thoroughly be proven guilty.

 @97VCSDTanswered…4yrs4Y

For those who commit sexual crimes upon children.

 @9H8JRFDfrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

I think the victim’s family should have a say on the punishment but I think the death penalty should be replaced with a testing penalty and all serious criminals should be used for product testing instead of animals

 @9KDYHHZfrom Saskatchewan  answered…2yrs2Y

I think it would only be fair if the victims family got to choose but they should be 100% proven guilty. Too many innocent lives were taken due to false sentences

 @9FP3QX2from Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

No, punitive justice is never justified. Each criminal should be afforded comfortable living conditions and rehabilitation if deemed possible.

 @9FDJCNGfrom Manitoba  answered…3yrs3Y

no, i don't think the death penalty should be allowed at all.

 @9F5KMPVfrom Alberta  answered…3yrs3Y

Death penalty is immoral. It's not okay to kill anyone even if they are a bad person. Death penalty is something that should be outlawed. Lots of innocent people end up killed in countries with death penalty.

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iSideWith. (2026). “Do you support the death penalty?” — Public Opinion Poll Results. Retrieved June 26, 2026, from https://canada.isidewith.com/polls/49841143

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