Ekos Research Associates

Canadian research company

Public opinion research
Market research
Economic research^[1]

FoundedMay 1980^[2]FounderFrank GravesHeadquarters359 Kent Street,

Ottawa

Canada^[3]

Key people

Frank Graves (President)Websitewww.ekos.com

EKOS Research Associates Inc. is a Canadian polling firm that specializes in public opinion, market and economic research.^[1] It was founded in 1980 by Frank Graves, with $5,000 he borrowed from his father.^[2] The firm uses interactive voice response for its political polls.^[4]

A Maclean's analysis found EKOS' polling for the 2019 Canadian federal election did not meet the accuracy standard of the top 5 Canadian polling firms (Forum Research, Mainstreet Research, Nanos Research, Ipsos-Reid, and Léger/Innovative).^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ekos Research Associates Inc". Bloomberg.
^ ^a ^b Valpy, Michael (17 June 2011). "A pollster's painful reckoning: 'How could I have screwed up so badly?'". The Globe and Mail.
^ "Survey of Canadians' Views on Statistics Canada" (PDF). Canada.gov. Communications and Dissemination Branch, Statistics Canada. July 2018. ISBN 978-0-660-27242-9.
^ Maher, Stephen; McGregor, Glen (24 April 2012). "Misleading calls aimed at Liberal, NDP, poll shows". Montreal Gazette. p. A11.
^ Fournier, Philippe (20 May 2019). "How accurate are Canadian polls?". Maclean's. Retrieved 12 November 2023. The best final polls were conducted by Forum, Mainstreet, Nanos and Ipsos, all within a two-point radius (Liberal and Conservative numbers only). Both Léger and Innovative also did very well with similar numbers just outside of the two-point radius. Once again, if we zoom out from the centre, we notice EKOS and Angus Reid, which both had the Conservative score within less than a point, but underestimated the Liberals significantly (by four and four and a half points, respectively).