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- Just over three-quarters (75.6%) of Canadians reported voting in the 2021 federal election, a decline of 1.5 percentage points from 2019 (77.1%). The drop in voter turnout (compared to 2019) was led by seniors aged 65 to 74 (-2.5 percentage points to 82.8%) and 45-to-54 year-olds (-2.3 percentage points to 75.8%).
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Official turnout for the 44th general election held on September 20, 2021, was 62.6%. This is 4.4 percentage points lower than the previous general election in 2019 (67.0%) and 3.8 percentage points higher than the all-time low of 58.8% for the 2008 election.
- Introduction
This report presents estimates of voter turnout by various...
- Introduction
This report presents estimates of voter turnout by various demographic groups defined by age and gender, at the national, provincial, and territorial levels for the 44th general election, held on September 20, 2021. The official turnout for the 2021 election was 62.6%.
8 percentage points higher than the all-time low of 58.8% for the 2008 election. Using the denominator of eligible voters instead of registered electors, the national turnout figure for 2021 is 62.2%—a de. rease of 4.8 percentage points from the previous.
Voter turnout rates by age group, province and immigrant status, 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2021 federal elections. 2011 – Voter turnout rate. 2015 – Voter turnout rate. 2019 – Voter turnout rate. 2021 – Voter turnout rate.
- Trends in Overall Voter Turnout
- Voting Trends by Age
- Why Are Fewer Young People Voting?
- The Value of Civic Education
Before the 1990s, voter turnout was 70% or higher in most federal elections. Voting rates declined in the following years, hitting a record low of 59% in 2008.
One thing has remained true in the last decade: there is a significant turnout gap between younger and older demographics. In 2011, the turnout for young voters was more than 35 percentage points lower than that for people in the 65-to-74 age group. In 2021, the gap between these age groups narrowed slightly; youth turnout was 28 percentage points ...
Elections Canada has commissioned several research studies to better understand why many young people are not showing up to the polls. This research is part of Elections Canada’s ongoing efforts to understand how barriers to voting are evolving. From the 2015 National Youth Survey, the agency found two major barriers that prevented youth from votin...
Given all this research, Elections Canada knows that when it comes to preparing future voters to take part in civic life, education matters. In the 2015 National Youth Survey, young people who voted were much more likely to say that 1. they learned about government and politics in high school 2. they took part in a mock election Creating future vot...
May 18, 2023 · Among racial groups, it is also surprising that Black and Latino or Hispanic Americans showed noticeably lower turnout rates in 2022 than in 2018, while white Americans’ turnout levels were...
Feb 16, 2022 · Voter turnout rises in Quebec, drops in six other provinces. Quebec was the lone province where voter turnout was higher in 2021 than in the 2019 federal election, rising 1 percentage point to 77%. Compared with 2019, the proportion of eligible Canadians who reported voting in 2021 fell in Nova Scotia (-5 percentage points to 73%), Alberta (-4 ...
