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If you want to be respected, pursue a career in nursing.

According to poll results released Thursday, nurses are the most respected professionals in Canada. It is the second consecutive time nurses have topped the list, with the same ranking; 92 per cent of respondents said they regarded nurses positively.

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The annual Insights West survey looks at various career paths and asks Canadians to share whether they respect the profession and how much.

Among those sitting at the top end of respect are nurses (92 per cent), doctors (89 per cent), scientists (89 per cent), and farmers (88 per cent). Some 85 per cent of respondents respected teachers, and 75 per cent saw police officers in a positive light.

Some 62 per cent of respondents respect journalists, just above the 59 per cent that felt priests and ministers were respectable.

On the opposite end, politicians were the winners in the negative perceptions category. Some 72 per cent of respondents had a negative view of politicians, while 66 per cent had a negative take on car salespeople. Pollsters had a 48 per cent negative response, and business executives had 47 per cent.

“As was the case in 2016, politicians and car salespeople are not particularly revered by Canadians,” said Insights West spokesman Mario Canseco. “Still, there are some subtle differences across provinces and age groups when it comes to other professions.”

The survey was conducted online between May 26 to June 2 among a representative sample of 1,257 Canadians. The data has been weighted according to the Census for age, gender and region. The margin of error is +/- 2.8 percentage points.

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