More trust is put in doctors and pharmacists than any other profession, according to a new poll on honesty and ethics among Canadian professionals.

The Nanos Research poll, released Tuesday, shows more than 77 per cent of respondents said the level of honesty and ethics among doctors was either very high or high.

More than 72 per cent of respondents felt pharmacists fell into the same category.

The Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPA) said the results are critical to their industry, where, like doctors, people’s health is the main concern.

“This reflects the day-to-day engagement that Canadians have with community pharmacists,” said Jeff Poston, executive director of the CPA. “They’re highly accessible health-care professionals that people go to for advice and help on a number of issues, so we’re pleased to see pharmacists ranked so high.”

High school teachers, police officers and clergy rounded out the Top 5 most trusted professions in Canada, according to the poll, which heard from 1,003 people between Aug. 28 and Sept. 2

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