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A majority of Canadians oppose the idea of King Charles III as our head of state, but ousting His Majesty would prove harder than amending the Constitution.

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A majority — 54 per cent — of Canadians don’t want to see the Prince of Wales succeed his mother as monarch. Antipathy toward the heir is strongest among baby boomers, at 60 per cent for those aged 55 to 64, according to a Forum Research poll of 1,429 Canadians. The July 5 survey asked if they agreed or disagreed that “Prince Charles should become Canada’s head of State;” just 17 per cent had no opinion.

However much they dislike the prince, when it comes to the idea of doing away with the monarchy altogether, Canadians are statistically split: 43 per cent said they were in favour of “abolishing the monarchy in Canada upon the death of the current Queen” compared to 40 per cent who were opposed — well within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points, 19 times out of 20. That means about 10 per cent of all respondents support a monarchy, but don’t want to see King Charles III on the British Throne and leading the Commonwealth.