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Would you consider yourself middle class?
Definitely 
37.04%
Used to be 
22.73%
Struggling 
27.82%
Upper class 
4.94%
Not sure 
7.47%
Total Votes:  6825

Poll: are you 'middle class?'

A recent poll conducted by Ekos Research for The Canadian Press suggests fewer than half of all Canadians now identify as members of the middle class — a steep drop from nearly 70 per cent in 2002.

Ekos president Frank Graves said the numbers point to a large shift in what it means to be a member of the middle class in Canada.

"The whole notion of a middle-class dream — 'I work hard, build a better mousetrap, do better than my parents, my kids do better than me, I get a house, a car, retire in comfort' — that has all been shattered," said Graves.

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