A recent poll found that Canadians trust the media about as much as they trust lawyers and auto-mechanics.
Released on January 22, the survey (conducted by Ipsos-Reid for Sympatico/MSN) asked 1,000 Canadians who they consider the most trusted professionals.
Firefighters ranked 93%, police officers ranked 69%, chiropractors ranked 49% and plumbers ranked 39%.
Meanwhile, television and radio personalities came in at 29%, journalists at 26%, and other members of the press at an anemic 22%.
To find out where your profession ranks, keep reading below.
Most "Trustworthy" Professions
(From an Ipsos-Reid poll conducted from Dec 21-27th, 2006 via a regionally representative online Canadian sample of 1000 adult Canadians.)
- Firefighters: 93 per cent
- Nurses: 87 per cent
- Pharmacists: 86 per cent
- Airline pilots: 81 per cent
- Doctors: 80 per cent
- Police officers: 69 per cent
- Teachers: 69 per cent
- Armed forces personnel: 65 per cent
- Day care workers: 61 per cent
- Accountants: 54 per cent
- Judges: 52 per cent
- Chiropractors: 49 per cent
- Financial advisers: 47 per cent
- Charitable organization employees: 41 per cent
- Environmentalists: 39 per cent
- Plumbers: 39 per cent
- People who work for religious institutions: 37 per cent
- Judicial system employees: 33 per cent
- Television and radio personalities: 29 per cent
- Real estate agents: 28 per cent
- Journalists: 26 per cent
- Lawyers: 25 per cent
- Auto mechanics: 25 per cent
- New home builders: 23 per cent
- Other members of the press: 22 per cent
- CEOs: 21 per cent
- Union leaders: 19 per cent
- Local politicians: 12 per cent
- National politicians: 7 per cent
- Car salespeople: 7 per cent
