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Key FindingsReport on the Survey of Campus Electors for the 43rd General Election

  • The majority of respondents (62%) indicated that they were aware of the option to vote on campus.
    • Electors who resided on campus were more likely to be aware of the option to vote on campus (74%) compared with electors who lived off campus with their parents or guardians (65%) and electors who lived off campus on their own (59%).
  • Approximately one-fifth (22%) of respondents who were aware of the option to vote on campus indicated that they were made aware by Elections Canada posters. This was the largest response category.
  • The majority of respondents (87%) indicated that they had voted in 2019.
  • Among voters who were aware of the option to vote on campus:
    • Nearly four in 10 (37%) said that they had voted on campus as part of the Vote on Campus program.
    • Over one-third (35%) indicated that they had voted at a regular poll on election day.
    • Nearly one-quarter (23%) said that they had voted at an advance poll.
  • Of those who had not voted on campus, the most common reason provided was that they had preferred to vote in their home riding (35%).
  • While approximately one-fifth (18%) of respondents said that they would not have voted if campus voting had not been available, nearly a third of these individuals (30%) lived on campus compared with those that lived off campus without parents or guardians (18%) or with parents or guardians (9%).