In general, young Canadians have a more positive view of politics and politicians, according to the Samara Centre for Democracy .

60 PER CENT

That’s the percentage of 18-29 year olds who are satisfied with how MPs do their jobs. That’s higher than 30-55 year olds (53%) and 56-plus (50%)

57 PER CENT

That’s the percentage of 18-29 year olds who trust MPs to do what’s right, again a higher rate than older voters (35-plus, 50%)

53 PER CENT

That’s the percentage of 18-29 year olds who trust political parties to do what’s right; more trusting than older voters (30-55, 45%; 56-plus, 42%)

67 PER CENT

That’s the percentage of millennials who use social media as their most common source of news and current events. Television (53%), online news platforms (51%), radio (38%) and newspapers (28%) followed.

35 PER CENT

That’s the percentage of millennials who most closely follow safety and security issues in the news. Next was politics (31%), economy (12%) and social issues (10%).

55 PER CENT

That’s the percentage of millennials who check the news many times per day (25%) or at least once per day (30%). 14% said they rarely or never do.

77 PER CENT

That’s how many millennials have high (43%) or medium (36%) confidence in Canadian institutions. 77% have high or medium confidence in our health care system. At the bottom is major corporations, with just 49%.

“Bring yourself to their level. Talk them to them as they want to be talked to. Bring relevancy, don’t bombard them with facts and figures. Bring a relevant message to them.” — Jordan Brown