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Pandemic’s Toll On Mental Health At All-Time High: CMHA

Laura Hampshire
Mar 15, 2021 | 9:23 AM
Last Updated: Mar 15, 2021 | 9:50 AM

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Pandemic's Toll On Mental Health At All-Time High: CMHA


A new survey is highlighting alarming trends that indicate the pandemic’s strain on the mental health of Ontarians has reached all-time highs.

The latest polling data commissioned by the Ontario Division of the Canadian Mental Health Association, shows that only a third of Ontarians (35 per cent) consider their current state of mental health as ‘very good’ or ‘excellent,’ which is a significant decrease from 52 per cent as recorded in its first poll last May.

Additionally, almost 80 per cent of Ontarians now believe we’ll be in a serious mental health crisis post-pandemic – up from 66 per cent in CMHA Ontario’s second poll in August.

The latest poll also showed a troubling pattern of loneliness: more than half Ontarians (57 per cent) are lonelier since the start of the pandemic, almost half (47 per cent) wish they had someone to talk to, and more than a third (36 per cent) say they are often, very often or almost always lonely.

Perhaps not surprisingly, rates of stress, anxiety and depression during the pandemic are also worse than ever.

CMHA Ontario says its latest poll shows that people are having more trouble coping with the effects of the pandemic and the need for more support has never been more clear.

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