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A local online research panel

Share your opinions on Salt Spring Island issues

By joining the Salt Spring Insights panel, you’ll be able to participate in online surveys about Salt Spring issues. Have your say, and help shape the debate about where we stand and where we want to go as a community. Share your opinions. Win rewards!

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Our focus

Real conversation

Help us better understand where we want to go as a community

Diversity of thought is essential for any community to thrive. Participating periodically in online surveys can add your perspective to Salt Spring Insights and help inform decisions and actions being taken to improve life here, one issue at a time.

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What to expect

Add your voice

Provide input on the issues affecting our island and your life

Add your voice to ongoing conversations taking place in our community. You can share ideas and provide input on issues affecting our island and your life. Salt Spring Insights will always be as accurate and impartial as possible, providing a scientifically representative snapshot of public opinion here.

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How it works

Build community

Get a clearer picture of local issues on Salt Spring

Once you’ve signed up, you will receive regular invitations to participate in surveys on different topics. You are under no obligation to participate. It’s up to you. The information collected is kept strictly confidential and none of the answers you provide will ever be attributed to you personally.

Our team

Experienced local leadership

With over three decades of hands-on experience

Salt Spring Insights was created by Return On Insight, a locally based market research consultancy seeking to enhance the quality of conversations taking place in our community, by providing a safe, respectful space to express opinions and share insights about local issues.

Bruce CameronPresident, Return On Insight

Bruce has over three decades of experience designing surveys, identifying trends, and helping organizations to harness data.

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Study results

What islanders are telling us

All results
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Times Are Changing and Opinions Matter

Salt Spring Insights has concluded its first year. Here are the highlights revealed by panelists in 2022, from quality of life to the new fire hall and the Local Community Commission.

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Sign up now

Once you’ve signed up, you will receive regular invitations to participate in surveys on a variety of topics.

  • ✓ Online surveys about Salt Spring issues
  • ✓ Participation is always optional
  • ✓ Answers are confidential and never attributed to you
  • ✓ Chances to win rewards