According to Statistics Canada, on July 1, 2006 the population size of the province of Quebec was
7,651,531 whereas Nova Scotia was considerably smaller at 934,405. Thus the margin of error for a
Gallup Poll based on a random sample of 1000 Nova Scotians is smaller than that based on a random
sample of 1000 Quebeckers.

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The margin of error in a poll is determined by the sample size and not the population size. Since both samples are of the same size (1000), the margin of error would be the same for both provinces.

According to Statistics Canada, on July 1, 2006 the Population