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First Estimate of Turnout at Advance Polls Now Available
OTTAWA, Tuesday, April 26, 2011
- The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Marc Mayrand, announced today the preliminary estimate of the number of electors who voted in advance on Friday, April 22, Saturday, April 23 and Monday, April 25.
- Note that these are preliminary estimates and that not all polls may have yet reported.
- According to the preliminary figures, 2,056,001 electors voted at the advance polls in this federal general election. This is a 34.5% increase from the 1,528,780 electors who voted in advance in the 40th general election in 2008.
- Over 676,000 Canadians voted on Friday and over 823,000 on Monday, representing the two (2) busiest days of advance voting ever.
"There was a higher than expected turnout this past weekend at the advance polls," said Marc Mayrand. "We thank voters for their patience and field staff for their responsiveness."
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First Estimate of Turnout at Advance Polls
The following is a breakdown of the estimated number of electors who voted at the advance polls, by province or territory and electoral district, for all 308 electoral districts. Please note, these are preliminary estimates.
Province | Newfoundland and Labrador | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
10001 | Avalon | 2,922 |
10002 | Bonavista–Gander–Grand Falls–Windsor | 2,168 |
10003 | Humber–St. Barbe–Baie Verte | 1,697 |
10004 | Labrador | 982 |
10005 | Random–Burin–St. George's | 1,337 |
10006 | St. John's East | 4,474 |
10007 | St. John's South–Mount Pearl | 3,697 |
Total Newfoundland and Labrador | 17,277 |
Province | Prince Edward Island | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
11001 | Cardigan | 3,685 |
11002 | Charlottetown | 2,481 |
11003 | Egmont | 3,828 |
11004 | Malpeque | 3,214 |
Total Prince Edward Island | 13,208 |
Province | Nova Scotia | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
12001 | Cape Breton–Canso | 3,646 |
12002 | Central Nova | 4,810 |
12003 | Dartmouth–Cole Harbour | 7,155 |
12004 | Halifax | 7,048 |
12005 | Halifax West | 7,447 |
12006 | Kings–Hants | 5,233 |
12007 | Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley | 8,634 |
12008 | Sackville–Eastern Shore | 5,780 |
12009 | South Shore–St. Margaret's | 4,424 |
12010 | Sydney–Victoria | 6,864 |
12011 | West Nova | 5,012 |
Total Nova Scotia | 66,053 |
Province | New Brunswick | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
13001 | Acadie–Bathurst | 8,721 |
13002 | Beauséjour | 9,191 |
13003 | Fredericton | 8,493 |
13004 | Fundy Royal | 6,457 |
13005 | Madawaska–Restigouche | 6,397 |
13006 | Miramichi | 5,172 |
13007 | Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe | 9,245 |
13008 | New Brunswick Southwest | 5,050 |
13009 | Saint John | 5,778 |
13010 | Tobique–Mactaquac | 5,857 |
Total New Brunswick | 70,361 |
Province | Quebec | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
24001 | Abitibi–Témiscamingue | 3,300 |
24002 | Ahuntsic | 6,207 |
24003 | Alfred-Pellan | 8,024 |
24004 | Argenteuil–Papineau–Mirabel | 7,420 |
24005 | Beauce | 7,946 |
24006 | Beauharnois–Salaberry | 9,333 |
24007 | Beauport–Limoilou | 9,761 |
24008 | Berthier–Maskinongé | 9,231 |
24009 | Bourassa | 4,398 |
24010 | Brome–Missisquoi | 10,008 |
24011 | Brossard–La Prairie | 9,781 |
24012 | Chambly–Borduas | 10,997 |
24013 | Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles | 9,617 |
24014 | Montmorency–Charlevoix–Haute-Côte-Nord | 8,210 |
24015 | Châteauguay–Saint-Constant | 8,149 |
24016 | Chicoutimi–Le Fjord | 5,537 |
24017 | Compton–Stanstead | 9,055 |
24018 | Drummond | 5,650 |
24019 | Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 4,593 |
24020 | Gatineau | 10,013 |
24021 | Hochelaga | 5,267 |
24022 | Honoré-Mercier | 6,879 |
24023 | Hull–Aylmer | 9,107 |
24024 | Jeanne-Le Ber | 8,410 |
24025 | Joliette | 9,570 |
24026 | Jonquière–Alma | 5,031 |
24027 | Lac-Saint-Louis | 8,164 |
24028 | La Pointe-de-l'Île | 6,135 |
24029 | LaSalle–Émard | 6,131 |
24030 | Laurentides–Labelle | 9,901 |
24031 | Laurier–Sainte-Marie | 6,457 |
24032 | Laval | 6,991 |
24033 | Laval–Les Îles | 7,342 |
24034 | Lévis–Bellechasse | 9,136 |
24035 | Longueuil–Pierre-Boucher | 9,261 |
24036 | Lotbinière–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | 9,114 |
24037 | Louis-Hébert | 12,686 |
24038 | Louis-Saint-Laurent | 11,393 |
24039 | Manicouagan | 3,761 |
24040 | Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | 8,354 |
24041 | Haute-Gaspésie–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia | 6,034 |
24042 | Mégantic–L'Érable | 6,668 |
24043 | Montcalm | 8,321 |
24044 | Mount Royal | 6,253 |
24045 | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Lachine | 6,670 |
24046 | Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou | 3,144 |
24047 | Outremont | 5,240 |
24048 | Papineau | 5,869 |
24049 | Pierrefonds–Dollard | 6,422 |
24050 | Pontiac | 8,091 |
24051 | Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier | 9,018 |
24052 | Québec | 9,733 |
24053 | Repentigny | 7,888 |
24054 | Bas-Richelieu–Nicolet–Bécancour | 6,603 |
24055 | Richmond–Arthabaska | 7,221 |
24056 | Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques | 5,307 |
24057 | Rivière-des-Mille-Îles | 7,396 |
24058 | Montmagny–L'Islet–Kamouraska– Rivière-du-Loup |
5,690 |
24059 | Rivière-du-Nord | 8,157 |
24060 | Roberval–Lac-Saint-Jean | 5,754 |
24061 | Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | 8,022 |
24062 | Saint-Bruno–Saint-Hubert | 9,604 |
24063 | Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot | 5,603 |
24064 | Saint-Jean | 7,608 |
24065 | Saint-Lambert | 8,743 |
24066 | Saint-Laurent–Cartierville | 5,617 |
24067 | Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel | 3,179 |
24068 | Saint-Maurice–Champlain | 8,225 |
24069 | Shefford | 7,104 |
24070 | Sherbrooke | 8,710 |
24071 | Terrebonne–Blainville | 5,760 |
24072 | Trois-Rivières | 9,057 |
24073 | Vaudreuil-Soulanges | 10,418 |
24074 | Verchères–Les Patriotes | 8,985 |
24075 | Westmount–Ville-Marie | 7,463 |
Total Quebec | 565,897 |
Province | Ontario | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
35001 | Ajax–Pickering | 8,313 |
35002 | Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing | 4,820 |
35003 | Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale | 10,746 |
35004 | Barrie | 12,446 |
35005 | Beaches–East York | 6,644 |
35006 | Bramalea–Gore–Malton | 10,843 |
35007 | Brampton–Springdale | 9,551 |
35008 | Brampton West | 9,775 |
35009 | Brant | 6,583 |
35010 | Burlington | 9,037 |
35011 | Cambridge | 8,027 |
35012 | Carleton–Mississippi Mills | 9,388 |
35013 | Chatham-Kent–Essex | 6,065 |
35014 | Durham | 8,133 |
35015 | Davenport | 4,369 |
35016 | Don Valley East | 4,999 |
35017 | Don Valley West | 8,511 |
35018 | Dufferin–Caledon | 7,996 |
35019 | Eglinton–Lawrence | 7,577 |
35020 | Elgin–Middlesex–London | 6,952 |
35021 | Essex | 7,479 |
35022 | Etobicoke Centre | 7,053 |
35023 | Etobicoke–Lakeshore | 6,313 |
35024 | Etobicoke North | 4,401 |
35025 | Glengarry–Prescott–Russell | 9,766 |
35026 | Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound | 8,718 |
35027 | Guelph | 8,975 |
35028 | Haldimand–Norfolk | 8,127 |
35029 | Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock | 10,011 |
35030 | Halton | 12,710 |
35031 | Hamilton Centre | 3,295 |
35032 | Hamilton East–Stoney Creek | 11,166 |
35033 | Hamilton Mountain | 6,342 |
35034 | Huron–Bruce | 7,824 |
35035 | Kenora | 2,865 |
35036 | Kingston and the Islands | 13,102 |
35037 | Kitchener Centre | 6,769 |
35038 | Kitchener–Conestoga | 6,802 |
35039 | Kitchener–Waterloo | 9,100 |
35040 | Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington | 11,278 |
35041 | Leeds–Grenville | 8,808 |
35042 | London–Fanshawe | 4,502 |
35043 | London North Centre | 6,308 |
35044 | London West | 8,148 |
35045 | Markham–Unionville | 7,351 |
35046 | Lambton–Kent–Middlesex | 8,631 |
35047 | Mississauga–Brampton South | 9,466 |
35048 | Mississauga East–Cooksville | 6,263 |
35049 | Mississauga–Erindale | 12,810 |
35050 | Mississauga South | 8,332 |
35051 | Mississauga–Streetsville | 8,119 |
35052 | Nepean–Carleton | 16,988 |
35053 | Newmarket–Aurora | 7,599 |
35054 | Niagara Falls | 8,071 |
35055 | Niagara West–Glanbrook | 8,651 |
35056 | Nickel Belt | 7,573 |
35057 | Nipissing–Timiskaming | 6,316 |
35058 | Northumberland–Quinte West | 8,913 |
35059 | Oak Ridges–Markham | 15,003 |
35060 | Oakville | 8,553 |
35061 | Oshawa | 6,714 |
35062 | Ottawa Centre | 12,054 |
35063 | Ottawa–Orléans | 13,645 |
35064 | Ottawa South | 10,469 |
35065 | Ottawa–Vanier | 8,494 |
35066 | Ottawa West–Nepean | 9,316 |
35067 | Oxford | 5,955 |
35068 | Parkdale–High Park | 4,288 |
35069 | Parry Sound–Muskoka | 8,473 |
35070 | Perth–Wellington | 6,603 |
35071 | Peterborough | 10,979 |
35072 | Pickering–Scarborough East | 6,494 |
35073 | Prince Edward–Hastings | 8,729 |
35074 | Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke | 9,246 |
35075 | Richmond Hill | 7,446 |
35076 | St. Catharines | 6,312 |
35077 | St. Paul's | 8,607 |
35078 | Sarnia–Lambton | 6,230 |
35079 | Sault Ste. Marie | 3,585 |
35080 | Scarborough–Agincourt | 5,127 |
35081 | Scarborough Centre | 4,194 |
35082 | Scarborough–Guildwood | 4,707 |
35083 | Scarborough–Rouge River | 4,420 |
35084 | Scarborough Southwest | 4,117 |
35085 | Simcoe–Grey | 14,977 |
35086 | Simcoe North | 9,455 |
35087 | Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry | 9,890 |
35088 | Sudbury | 6,549 |
35089 | Thornhill | 6,085 |
35090 | Thunder Bay–Rainy River | 4,846 |
35091 | Thunder Bay–Superior North | 4,639 |
35092 | Timmins–James Bay | 5,680 |
35093 | Toronto Centre | 7,481 |
35094 | Toronto–Danforth | 6,949 |
35095 | Trinity–Spadina | 7,383 |
35096 | Vaughan | 7,600 |
35097 | Welland | 7,730 |
35098 | Wellington–Halton Hills | 8,578 |
35099 | Whitby–Oshawa | 8,147 |
35100 | Willowdale | 5,875 |
35101 | Windsor–Tecumseh | 5,861 |
35102 | Windsor West | 4,805 |
35103 | York Centre | 5,153 |
35104 | York–Simcoe | 8,505 |
35105 | York South–Weston | 2,817 |
35106 | York West | 2,410 |
Total Ontario | 826,895 |
Province | Manitoba | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
46001 | Brandon–Souris | 2,713 |
46002 | Charleswood–St. James–Assiniboia | 4,646 |
46003 | Churchill | 1,800 |
46004 | Dauphin–Swan River–Marquette | 2,803 |
46005 | Elmwood–Transcona | 4,068 |
46006 | Kildonan–St. Paul | 4,731 |
46007 | Portage–Lisgar | 2,871 |
46008 | Provencher | 3,148 |
46009 | Saint Boniface | 5,749 |
46010 | Selkirk–Interlake | 4,493 |
46011 | Winnipeg Centre | 1,879 |
46012 | Winnipeg North | 3,527 |
46013 | Winnipeg South | 7,307 |
46014 | Winnipeg South Centre | 6,136 |
Total Manitoba | 55,871 |
Province | Saskatchewan | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
47001 | Battlefords–Lloydminster | 2,508 |
47002 | Blackstrap | 4,968 |
47003 | Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River | 1,686 |
47004 | Cypress Hills–Grasslands | 2,345 |
47005 | Palliser | 3,749 |
47006 | Prince Albert | 3,338 |
47007 | Regina–Lumsden–Lake Centre | 2,854 |
47008 | Regina–Qu'Appelle | 2,221 |
47009 | Saskatoon–Humboldt | 2,784 |
47010 | Saskatoon–Rosetown–Biggar | 3,904 |
47011 | Saskatoon–Wanuskewin | 5,109 |
47012 | Souris–Moose Mountain | 2,074 |
47013 | Wascana | 4,008 |
47014 | Yorkton–Melville | 3,231 |
Total Saskatchewan | 44,779 |
Province | Alberta | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
48001 | Fort McMurray–Athabasca | 3,375 |
48002 | Calgary East | 2,719 |
48003 | Calgary Centre-North | 5,627 |
48004 | Calgary Northeast | 6,136 |
48005 | Calgary–Nose Hill | 7,872 |
48006 | Calgary Centre | 6,483 |
48007 | Calgary Southeast | 6,732 |
48008 | Calgary Southwest | 6,073 |
48009 | Calgary West | 9,065 |
48010 | Crowfoot | 3,420 |
48011 | Edmonton–Mill Woods–Beaumont | 4,724 |
48012 | Edmonton Centre | 7,214 |
48013 | Edmonton East | 4,284 |
48014 | Edmonton–Leduc | 7,067 |
48015 | Edmonton–St. Albert | 6,952 |
48016 | Edmonton–Sherwood Park | 6,323 |
48017 | Edmonton–Spruce Grove | 6,502 |
48018 | Edmonton–Strathcona | 5,955 |
48019 | Lethbridge | 5,306 |
48020 | Macleod | 6,037 |
48021 | Medicine Hat | 4,043 |
48022 | Peace River | 3,952 |
48023 | Red Deer | 2,611 |
48024 | Vegreville–Wainwright | 2,189 |
48025 | Westlock–St. Paul | 4,057 |
48026 | Wetaskiwin | 4,850 |
48027 | Wild Rose | 4,969 |
48028 | Yellowhead | 4,870 |
Total Alberta | 149,407 |
Province | British Columbia | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
59001 | Abbotsford | 5,713 |
59002 | Burnaby–Douglas | 5,291 |
59003 | Burnaby–New Westminster | 6,153 |
59004 | Cariboo–Prince George | 4,986 |
59005 | Chilliwack–Fraser Canyon | 3,808 |
59006 | Delta–Richmond East | 5,314 |
59007 | Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge–Mission | 6,247 |
59008 | Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca | 10,097 |
59009 | Fleetwood–Port Kells | 7,808 |
59010 | Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo | 6,505 |
59011 | Kelowna–Lake Country | 8,026 |
59012 | Kootenay–Columbia | 7,237 |
59013 | Langley | 5,082 |
59014 | Nanaimo–Alberni | 9,644 |
59015 | Nanaimo–Cowichan | 9,048 |
59016 | Newton–North Delta | 5,781 |
59017 | New Westminster–Coquitlam | 7,024 |
59018 | Okanagan–Shuswap | 8,265 |
59019 | North Vancouver | 8,287 |
59020 | Okanagan–Coquihalla | 8,095 |
59021 | Port Moody–Westwood–Port Coquitlam | 3,484 |
59022 | Prince George–Peace River | 4,962 |
59023 | Richmond | 5,784 |
59024 | Saanich–Gulf Islands | 11,330 |
59025 | Skeena–Bulkley Valley | 4,508 |
59026 | British Columbia Southern Interior | 4,142 |
59027 | South Surrey–White Rock–Cloverdale | 7,635 |
59028 | Surrey North | 2,073 |
59029 | Vancouver Centre | 9,679 |
59030 | Vancouver East | 5,087 |
59031 | Vancouver Island North | 4,771 |
59032 | Vancouver Kingsway | 5,768 |
59033 | Vancouver Quadra | 8,371 |
59034 | Vancouver South | 7,623 |
59035 | Victoria | 9,865 |
59036 | West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country | 9,754 |
Total British Columbia | 243,247 |
Territory | Yukon | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
60001 | Yukon | 1,560 |
Total Yukon | 1,560 |
Territory | Northwest Territories | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
61001 | Western Arctic | 1,288 |
Total Northwest Territories | 1,288 |
Territory | Nunavut | Number of Electors |
---|---|---|
62001 | Nunavut | 158 |
Total Nunavut | 158 |
National Total | 2,056,001 |
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The following table compares the turnout by province or territory for advance voting in the 41st and 40th general elections.
Province or territory | 41st General Election Advance Voting (Preliminary Figures) |
40th General Election Advance Voting (Final Figures) |
---|---|---|
Newfoundland and Labrador | 17,277 |
10,296 |
Prince Edward Island | 13,208 |
10,196 |
Nova Scotia | 66,053 |
37,782 |
New Brunswick | 70,361 |
52,220 |
Quebec | 565,897 |
448,466 |
Ontario | 826,895 |
603,578 |
Manitoba | 55,871 |
36,186 |
Saskatchewan | 44,779 |
38,933 |
Alberta | 149,407 |
110,226 |
British Columbia | 243,247 |
177,915 |
Yukon | 1,560 |
1,409 |
Northwest Territories | 1,288 |
1,192 |
Nunavut | 158 |
381 |
Total | 2,056,001 |
1,528,780 |
These preliminary figures are based on numbers reported by returning officers and are not final until all the votes are counted on election day and the results have been validated by the returning officers. The final results will be published in the official voting results following the election.
When it was introduced in 1920, voting at advance polls was limited to certain groups of voters whose work required them to be away from their electoral districts on election day. Today, it is one of several voting methods that may be used by any elector who wishes to vote before election day.
Information:
Elections Canada Media Relations
1-877-877-9515
or at www.elections.ca