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Canadians are divided over the protests against a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline project in northern B.C., according to a poll.

The Angus Reid Institute poll found two in five Canadians, or 39 per cent, support the demonstrators who back Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs opposed to the pipeline routing in their traditional territory, while 48 per cent oppose their actions.

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Overall, half of Canadians (51 per cent) say they support the Coastal Gasoline project, according to the poll.

Those who support the protesters tend to be younger women, the poll suggests, as well as those with lower incomes and those on the political left.

Supporters of the protesters are also most likely to come from B.C. and Quebec.

In B.C. respondents are almost evenly split inter view of the protests, with 46 per cent of respondents supporting the protesters, compared with 49 per cent who oppose. The rest were unsure.