Canadians鈥� views of their southern neighbour and their confidence in the U.S. president are at a 15-year low, according to a major new survey of public attitudes in 37 countries.

According to results of the , just 43 per cent of Canadians now have a positive view of the United States. That鈥檚 the lowest figure since 2002, when 72 per cent of Canadians viewed America favourably.

Only 22 per cent of Canadians said they have confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 leadership on the world stage. At the end of Barack Obama鈥檚 presidency, he had the confidence of 83 per cent of Canadians. At that time, 65 per cent of Canadians also had a positive view of the U.S.

鈥淲e saw a pretty big drop in ratings for the U.S. president over the last two years,鈥� Jacob Poushter of the Pew Research Center told CTV鈥檚 Power Play on Tuesday.

Pew鈥檚 previous surveys show that Canadians鈥� confidence in the U.S. president jumped to 88 per cent at the beginning of Obama鈥檚 presidency in 2009, from a low of 28 per cent near the end of George W. Bush鈥檚 last term in office.

The latest survey results showed that more positive views of the U.S. were expressed by Canadians on the political right. The U.S. is also seen more favourably by Canadian men (52 per cent) than women (35 per cent).

The survey of Canadians鈥� attitudes also found that 93 per cent think Trump is 鈥渁rrogant,鈥� 78 per cent say he鈥檚 鈥渋ntolerant鈥� and 72 per cent called him 鈥渄angerous.鈥�  Still, 38 per cent said he鈥檚 a 鈥渟trong leader鈥� and 37 per cent think he鈥檚 鈥渃haristmatic,鈥� although only 16 per cent think he鈥檚 well-qualified to be president.

鈥淔or the most part, people across the world don鈥檛 like most of Trump鈥檚 proposed policies,鈥� Poushter said.

That includes many Canadians. The survey found that: 

  • 84 per cent disapprove of Trump鈥檚 vows to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico
  • 79 per cent disapprove of his withdrawal from the Paris climate change agreement
  • 78 per cent disapprove of Trump鈥檚 talks of withdrawing from major trade agreements
  • 64 per cent disapprove of Trump鈥檚 travel ban affecting people from majority-Muslim countries, while 31 per cent approve of the ban.

Among other survey highlights:

  • 58 per cent of Canadians said it鈥檚 鈥渂ad鈥� that American ideas and customs are spreading here, while 32 per cent said it鈥檚 a good thing
  • 55 per cent of Canadians said they dislike American ideas about democracy, while 36 per cent said they like them
  • 88 per cent of Canadians said they like American movies, music and television

The global survey also found that slightly more Europeans have a negative view of the U.S. under Trump. Across France, Germany, Poland, Spain and the U.K., a median of 61 per cent of people held a positive opinion of the U.S, compared with 26 per cent who had a negative opinion.

Meanwhile in Mexico, confidence in Trump sits at just five per cent, the lowest rating of any U.S. leader since Pew began surveying people there. Only 30 per cent of Mexicans had a positive view of their northern neighbour.

Across the 37 nations polled, Trump gets higher marks than Obama in only two countries: Russia and Israel.

The survey results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews conducted among 40,447 respondents in 37 countries in all regions of the world between Feb. 16 and May 8.

With files from The Associated Press