Portraits of Canada is an annual survey of public opinion in Canada conducted by the Center for Research and Information on Canada (CRIC). This is the seventh Portraits survey.

The 2003 edition is based on a sample of 3204. Canada's three Northern Territories have been included for the first time.

As in past years, two separate surveys were conducted, one in Québec and one in the rest of Canada. Environics Research Group surveyed 2201 persons in the provinces and Territories outside of Québec between September 16 in October 3, 2003. CROP surveyed 1003 persons in Québec between September 15 in October 2, 2003.

The data from the CROP and the Environics Research Group surveys were combined in order to establish results for the whole of Canada and weighted to reflect the actual proportions of the provinces and Territories of the population. The results of surveys of this size have a margin of error of approximately plus or my 1.7%, 19 times out of 20. The margin of error for smaller subsamples within each survey are larger.

The weighting for the SPSS file for Portraits of Canada 2003 is:

- The national weight is weight2.

- Weight3 is the separate ENV and CROP weights, and is the one that should

be used for Quebec-only analysis.

- Weight (no number) should be the one that keeps the North at 300, and is

the one to use for analysis within the North.