Leger X CTV: Montreal Municipal Election

October 7, 2025

As part of the 2025 municipal election campaign, from September 26 to 30, we conducted a survey on behalf of CTV News to gather Montrealers’ views on municipal politics.

Key Findings from a Survey of Montreal Voters

Voting Intentions

If a municipal election were held today in Montreal, 21% of voters would vote for Soraya Martinez Ferrada of the Ensemble Montréal party, 12% would vote for Luc Rabouin of Projet Montréal, 8% for Craig Sauvé of Transition Montréal, 7% for Gilbert Thibodeau of Action Montréal, and 2% for Jean-François Kacou of Futur Montréal. However, 42% of voters remain undecided.

Public Opinion on Key Issues

Supervised Drug Consumption Sites: 46% of Montrealers think that opening supervised drug consumption centres is a good idea, while 32% think it’s a bad idea.

Bike Lanes: 31% think that it’s a good idea to continue investing and expanding Montreal’s bike lane network, while 56% think it’s a bad idea.

Housing Affordability: 72% believe that property prices or rents in Montreal are unaffordable, while 23% consider them affordable.

Language and Community Rights: 30% of Montrealers believe protecting the French language should be a priority issue during the municipal election, while 38% say the same about protecting the rights of Montreal’s English-speaking community.

Methodology

The results for this wave of research are based on online research conducted from September 26 to September 30, 2025 with a representative sample of 500 Montrealers adults 18 years of age and older who are able to vote in the Montreal municipal election from Leger’s LEO panel.

Results were weighted according to age, gender, mother tongue, region, education and presence of children in the household in order to ensure a representative sample of the Canadian population.

A margin of error cannot be associated with a non-probability sample in a panel survey, but for comparison purposes, a probability sample of this size yields a margin of error no greater than ±4.4%, (19 times out of 20) for the sample.

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