A sign outside a building at Statistics Canada in seen in Ottawa on March 12, 2021. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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Nearly 60 percent of Canadians say they are concerned with misinformation, according to a new Statistics Canada study.
The report released on June 18 found that 59 percent of Canadians said they had a very high or extreme level of concern over online misinformation, while 14 percent said they were not very or not at all concerned. Additionally, 43 percent of Canadians said they found it harder to distinguish between true and false news or information compared to three years earlier.
Matthew Horwood is a reporter based in Ottawa.
