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Gap between the share of Canadians who say AI products make them nervous (64%) and the share excited (31%), 2025, the widest of 31 countries
What the chart shows
In 2025, 64% of Canadians said products and services using AI make them nervous and 31% said they make them excited, a gap of 33 percentage points, the widest of 31 countries. Australia (67% nervous, 40% excited) and the United States (64%, 38%) follow.
Nervousness outweighs excitement in 15 countries, mostly in Europe and North America; excitement leads in 15, and India is level at 65%. China (84% excited, 40% nervous) and Indonesia (80%, 43%) show the reverse pattern. On Ipsos’s global average the two are close: 53% excited, 52% nervous.
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Canada, nervous | 64% |
| Canada, excited | 31% |
| United States, nervous | 64% |
| United States, excited | 38% |
| China, excited | 83.8% |
| China, nervous | 40% |
How to read it
- Share agreeing with each statement, Ipsos AI Monitor 2025. Countries are sorted by the share nervous. Data for China was provided to the AI Index by Ipsos separately.
- ‘Global average’ is Ipsos’s average across countries: 53.1% excited and 52.1% nervous.
Source: Ipsos, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 9.1.5: Global opinions about products and services using AI by country, 2025. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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