More Canadians Are Financially Stable, Finding New Ways to Save Money in 2020: Poll

A masked worker walks behind a hiring sign on his way into the Dover Cliffs long term care home in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada, on Nov. 13, 2020. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press

While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a sharp increase in the unemployment rate in 2020, more Canadians said they are financially stable compared to the previous year.

Roughly 23 percent of Canadians said they don’t have any barriers to financial stability, which is a 5 percent increase compared to the same period of time in 2019, according to a Global News Ipsos poll.