Only 42 per cent of those polled said they paid some attention to the recent Canadian visit by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

A new poll suggests a lot of Canadians paid little or no attention to Prince Charles's recent visit and many of those who did were 50 or older.

The Canadian Press-Harris Decima poll found only 42 per cent of respondents paid at least some attention to the visit.

But the 11-day tour did little to win new support for Charles in Canada, the survey suggests. Almost 90 per cent of respondents said the tour did nothing to change their opinion of the prince.

The poll results indicate people aren't likely to pay any more attention to a visit by the Queen.

The poll involved questioning 2,014 people as part of an omnibus phone survey from Nov. 12 to Nov. 15 and is considered accurate to within 2.2 percentage points, 19 times in 20.