TWO DIFFERENT TRUST REALITIES Distrust Neutral Trust Per cent trust in Canada NGOs Business Government Media 75 73 80 65 64 70 61 64 66 64 69 64 Informed public All four institutions trusted Jan May Jan Jan May Jan Jan May Jan Jan May Jan 2020 2020 2021 2020 2020 2021 2020 2020 2021 2020 2020 2021 60 60 69 53 53 51 55 58 52 57 53 49 Mass population No institutions trusted Jan May Jan Jan May Jan Jan May Jan Jan May Jan 2020 2020 2021 2020 2020 2021 2020 2020 2021 2020 2020 2021 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. The Trust Index is the average per cent trust in NGOs, business, government and media. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Informed public and mass population, Canada. 6