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Voter Turnout by Sex and Age

This table presents estimates of voter turnout by sex and age group for the 2015 and 2019 federal general elections.

This study shows that there was an increase in overall voter turnout between the 2015 (66.1%) and 2019 (67%) election of 0.9 percentage points. Note that this result differs from the Official Voting Results, which is based on registered electors.

Because registration rates vary over time, it can be misleading to compare turnout using the number of registered electors from two different elections. This study overcomes this limitation by dividing the number of votes cast by the estimated number of eligible electors, as opposed to registered electors, which is used to calculate the official voting results. Comparisons over time then reflect only changes in participation, regardless of any variations in the registration rates. Please see the footnotes for more information on this calculation.

The data shows that participation of voters aged 18 to 24 decreased by 3.2 percentage points to 53.9% in 2019 after seeing the largest increase for that age group in the 2015 general election (57.1%) since Elections Canada began reporting demographic data in 2004.

Voters between the ages of 35 to 44 saw the highest increase in voter turnout, with an increase of 2.7 percentage points to 64.6% (from 61.9% in 2015), while voters aged 65 to 74 had the highest overall participation rate, with a slight increase in turnout to 79.1% (from 78.8% in 2015).

The full report on participation rates by age, sex, province and territory will be available this fall.

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Voter turnout by sex and age, Canada, provinces and territories, 2015 and 2019 general elections 1
Prov./Terr. Sex Age group 2 2015 general election 2019 general election
Electoral population Votes cast Voter turnout (%) estimate 95% confidence interval Electoral population Votes cast Voter turnout (%) estimate
Lower limit Upper limit
Canada Both sexes First time 1,843,131 1,074,217 58.3 57.2 59.3 1,520,417 815,229 53.6
Not first time 1,143,091 629,753 55.1 53.9 56.3 1,252,052 678,450 54.2
18 to 24 years 2,986,222 1,703,971 57.1 56.2 57.9 2,772,468 1,493,679 53.9
25 to 34 years 4,373,006 2,511,805 57.4 56.2 58.7 4,332,437 2,529,638 58.4
35 to 44 years 4,278,440 2,648,601 61.9 60.9 62.9 4,367,795 2,820,939 64.6
45 to 54 years 4,854,862 3,234,094 66.6 65.8 67.4 4,484,135 3,055,464 68.1
55 to 64 years 4,700,915 3,466,007 73.7 72.8 74.7 5,006,504 3,669,052 73.3
65 to 74 years 3,179,848 2,505,505 78.8 77.6 79.9 3,667,289 2,899,724 79.1
75 years and over 2,435,649 1,642,001 67.4 64.4 70.4 2,743,446 1,881,863 68.6
All ages 26,808,942 17,711,983 66.1 66.1 66.1 27,374,074 18,350,359 67.0
NL Both sexes First time 24,668 11,969 48.5 43.4 53.6 20,988 8,346 39.8
Not first time 14,601 6,672 45.7 37.3 54.1 15,939 6,607 41.5
18 to 24 years 39,269 18,641 47.5 42.3 52.6 36,927 14,953 40.5
25 to 34 years 60,501 28,731 47.5 41.3 53.7 54,455 25,679 47.2
35 to 44 years 65,722 34,279 52.2 46.8 57.5 60,704 32,812 54.1
45 to 54 years 82,352 51,974 63.1 58.2 68.0 76,015 43,419 57.1
55 to 64 years 84,107 58,015 69.0 64.3 73.6 83,615 53,640 64.2
65 to 74 years 60,494 43,890 72.6 67.3 77.8 70,510 49,920 70.8
75 years and over 37,158 21,861 58.8 48.4 69.3 42,255 26,466 62.6
All ages 429,604 257,389 59.9 59.9 59.9 424,481 246,889 58.2
PE Both sexes First time 7,371 3,817 51.8 25.5 78.1 6,513 3,605 55.4
Not first time 4,309 2,607 60.5 41.0 80.0 5,103 2,999 58.8
18 to 24 years 11,680 6,424 55.0 31.5 78.5 11,616 6,605 56.9
25 to 34 years 15,029 10,580 70.4 43.2 97.6 15,789 10,288 65.2
35 to 44 years 15,859 11,496 72.5 60.3 84.7 15,614 11,573 74.1
45 to 54 years 20,014 15,631 78.1 50.2 100.0 18,295 14,026 76.7
55 to 64 years 20,650 17,944 86.9 55.6 100.0 22,207 18,397 82.8
65 to 74 years 15,647 15,020 96.0 87.9 100.0 18,351 15,796 86.1
75 years and over 11,019 10,774 97.8 51.5 100.0 12,595 9,677 76.8
All ages 109,898 87,868 80.0 80.0 80.0 114,467 86,362 75.4
NS Both sexes First time 45,553 29,374 64.5 57.6 71.4 38,216 21,007 55.0
Not first time 29,019 16,166 55.7 44.2 67.3 32,900 18,424 56.0
18 to 24 years 74,572 45,540 61.1 54.7 67.5 71,115 39,430 55.4
25 to 34 years 106,254 63,311 59.6 50.5 68.7 108,697 67,473 62.1
35 to 44 years 108,355 71,570 66.1 60.3 71.8 105,908 71,797 67.8
45 to 54 years 138,428 96,410 69.6 65.6 73.7 123,416 87,843 71.2
55 to 64 years 141,632 113,315 80.0 74.9 85.1 147,674 115,705 78.4
65 to 74 years 103,085 84,870 82.3 77.0 87.7 116,373 96,917 83.3
75 years and over 73,265 51,054 69.7 55.3 84.1 81,808 59,572 72.8
All ages 745,592 526,069 70.6 70.6 70.6 754,991 538,738 71.4
NB Both sexes First time 35,854 23,884 66.6 58.1 75.1 29,350 16,504 56.2
Not first time 21,240 13,329 62.8 50.9 74.6 24,563 13,375 54.5
18 to 24 years 57,094 37,213 65.2 57.1 73.2 53,913 29,880 55.4
25 to 34 years 84,364 54,598 64.7 56.2 73.2 82,217 50,611 61.6
35 to 44 years 91,525 63,313 69.2 62.1 76.2 87,883 61,829 70.4
45 to 54 years 111,429 84,515 75.8 69.2 82.5 102,238 74,937 73.3
55 to 64 years 116,845 93,294 79.8 74.7 85.0 120,415 95,485 79.3
65 to 74 years 85,005 69,289 81.5 74.9 88.1 97,721 81,634 83.5
75 years and over 60,312 42,237 70.0 42.0 98.0 68,228 49,981 73.3
All ages 606,575 444,459 73.3 73.3 73.3 612,614 444,356 72.5
QC Both sexes First time 411,599 220,285 53.5 51.6 55.5 318,638 182,389 57.2
Not first time 259,780 136,524 52.6 50.4 54.7 263,683 143,278 54.3
18 to 24 years 671,378 356,809 53.1 51.5 54.8 582,321 325,667 55.9
25 to 34 years 969,601 562,360 58.0 55.6 60.4 931,148 536,543 57.6
35 to 44 years 1,011,499 647,387 64.0 61.6 66.4 1,032,713 664,819 64.4
45 to 54 years 1,126,301 767,346 68.1 66.5 69.8 1,019,521 689,337 67.6
55 to 64 years 1,170,215 895,931 76.6 74.9 78.2 1,219,192 906,008 74.3
65 to 74 years 828,803 666,186 80.4 78.2 82.5 933,845 752,050 80.5
75 years and over 621,638 407,738 65.6 58.7 72.5 709,898 485,606 68.4
All ages 6,399,435 4,303,758 67.3 67.3 67.3 6,428,638 4,360,030 67.8
ON Both sexes First time 729,429 418,632 57.4 56.0 58.8 612,649 332,161 54.2
Not first time 446,939 242,282 54.2 52.5 55.9 512,154 277,967 54.3
18 to 24 years 1,176,369 660,914 56.2 54.9 57.4 1,124,803 610,129 54.2
25 to 34 years 1,660,664 918,073 55.3 53.7 56.9 1,676,031 966,218 57.6
35 to 44 years 1,624,650 966,466 59.5 58.0 61.0 1,617,250 1,031,705 63.8
45 to 54 years 1,904,992 1,240,847 65.1 64.0 66.3 1,765,725 1,200,909 68.0
55 to 64 years 1,742,827 1,253,871 71.9 70.3 73.6 1,899,775 1,373,682 72.3
65 to 74 years 1,174,034 909,133 77.4 75.6 79.3 1,347,833 1,053,247 78.1
75 years and over 929,812 623,075 67.0 63.0 71.0 1,039,163 711,917 68.5
All ages 10,213,347 6,572,378 64.4 64.4 64.4 10,470,579 6,947,807 66.4
MB Both sexes First time 70,188 41,423 59.0 54.5 63.6 62,336 28,563 45.8
Not first time 41,968 23,043 54.9 49.5 60.3 47,156 24,126 51.2
18 to 24 years 112,156 64,466 57.5 53.2 61.7 109,492 52,689 48.1
25 to 34 years 155,150 88,247 56.9 51.4 62.3 159,723 86,046 53.9
35 to 44 years 144,315 89,969 62.3 56.9 67.8 151,186 90,288 59.7
45 to 54 years 159,602 104,306 65.4 61.8 68.9 146,176 95,019 65.0
55 to 64 years 157,179 113,825 72.4 68.4 76.4 162,018 116,386 71.8
65 to 74 years 104,818 82,008 78.2 71.6 84.9 118,639 93,186 78.5
75 years and over 83,912 60,420 72.0 55.1 88.9 90,051 62,383 69.3
All ages 917,132 603,240 65.8 65.8 65.8 937,284 595,998 63.6
SK Both sexes First time 62,165 34,775 55.9 51.2 60.7 51,248 26,717 52.1
Not first time 38,966 22,750 58.4 52.4 64.4 40,492 22,639 55.9
18 to 24 years 101,131 57,525 56.9 52.9 60.9 91,739 49,355 53.8
25 to 34 years 152,040 96,310 63.3 57.7 69.0 144,830 92,025 63.5
35 to 44 years 126,661 80,448 63.5 58.7 68.4 136,109 96,153 70.6
45 to 54 years 135,324 93,565 69.1 65.0 73.3 121,843 89,467 73.4
55 to 64 years 140,185 105,503 75.3 70.2 80.3 145,294 114,927 79.1
65 to 74 years 86,386 67,548 78.2 72.4 84.0 101,350 84,960 83.8
75 years and over 77,492 52,892 68.3 45.2 91.3 80,786 59,649 73.8
All ages 819,218 553,792 67.6 67.6 67.6 821,951 586,536 71.4
AB Both sexes First time 220,471 136,543 61.9 57.1 66.8 185,134 98,147 53.0
Not first time 144,769 80,907 55.9 52.6 59.2 144,320 81,430 56.4
18 to 24 years 365,240 217,450 59.5 56.3 62.8 329,454 179,577 54.5
25 to 34 years 607,418 353,518 58.2 52.2 64.2 560,843 351,059 62.6
35 to 44 years 544,396 335,059 61.5 57.7 65.4 579,135 388,672 67.1
45 to 54 years 535,000 350,365 65.5 62.8 68.2 503,854 361,078 71.7
55 to 64 years 481,137 340,571 70.8 67.7 73.8 519,804 391,712 75.4
65 to 74 years 271,659 207,706 76.5 72.0 80.9 334,013 264,168 79.1
75 years and over 198,977 132,559 66.6 54.9 78.4 224,961 157,715 70.1
All ages 3,003,828 1,937,228 64.5 64.5 64.5 3,052,065 2,093,981 68.6
BC Both sexes First time 228,454 150,203 65.7 62.3 69.2 189,150 96,091 50.8
Not first time 136,831 83,179 60.8 57.1 64.5 160,751 85,929 53.5
18 to 24 years 365,285 233,382 63.9 60.8 67.0 349,901 182,020 52.0
25 to 34 years 544,431 325,107 59.7 56.7 62.7 580,125 334,611 57.7
35 to 44 years 530,067 339,044 64.0 61.3 66.7 564,406 361,874 64.1
45 to 54 years 626,741 419,512 66.9 64.6 69.3 592,404 390,775 66.0
55 to 64 years 633,214 464,248 73.3 69.8 76.9 671,931 473,910 70.5
65 to 74 years 443,678 355,333 80.1 76.4 83.7 520,928 402,490 77.3
75 years and over 339,457 237,691 70.0 60.2 79.9 390,280 256,874 65.8
All ages 3,482,872 2,374,317 68.2 68.2 68.2 3,669,975 2,402,554 65.5
YT Both sexes First time 1,795 997 55.6 41.6 69.5 1,520 663 43.6
Not first time 1,215 732 60.3 50.2 70.4 1,231 596 48.4
18 to 24 years 3,009 1,730 57.5 53.2 61.7 2,751 1,259 45.8
25 to 34 years 4,836 3,510 72.6 48.8 96.3 5,477 3,790 69.2
35 to 44 years 4,760 3,101 65.1 55.4 74.9 5,659 3,976 70.3
45 to 54 years 5,141 3,837 74.6 54.9 94.4 5,086 3,563 70.1
55 to 64 years 5,535 4,737 85.6 45.9 100.0 5,973 4,362 73.0
65 to 74 years 2,917 2,399 82.2 76.1 88.3 3,750 2,964 79.1
75 years and over 1,273 1,072 84.2 74.5 93.9 1,741 1,236 71.0
All ages 27,473 20,385 74.2 74.2 74.2 30,437 21,150 69.5
NT Both sexes First time 2,811 1,136 40.4 32.7 48.2 2,163 531 24.6
Not first time 1,803 750 41.6 32.0 51.2 1,898 583 30.7
18 to 24 years 4,614 1,887 40.9 39.9 41.8 4,061 1,114 27.4
25 to 34 years 6,641 4,205 63.3 52.4 74.2 6,887 3,094 44.9
35 to 44 years 6,080 3,862 63.5 57.9 69.1 6,369 3,356 52.7
45 to 54 years 5,824 3,728 64.0 63.1 64.9 5,484 3,185 58.1
55 to 64 years 4,982 3,325 66.7 65.3 68.2 5,697 3,377 59.3
65 to 74 years 2,206 1,569 71.1 44.8 97.5 2,755 1,687 61.2
75 years and over 976 502 51.4 0.0 100.0 1,252 602 48.0
All ages 31,323 19,077 60.9 60.9 60.9 32,506 16,416 50.5
NU Both sexes First time 2,774 1,180 42.5 28.6 56.4 2,514 504 20.1
Not first time 1,651 812 49.2 47.2 51.1 1,862 496 26.6
18 to 24 years 4,425 1,992 45.0 37.0 53.0 4,376 1,000 22.9
25 to 34 years 6,077 3,255 53.6 43.8 63.3 6,216 2,202 35.4
35 to 44 years 4,550 2,608 57.3 41.5 73.1 4,859 2,086 42.9
45 to 54 years 3,715 2,061 55.5 38.6 72.3 4,080 1,905 46.7
55 to 64 years 2,406 1,427 59.3 58.6 60.0 2,909 1,459 50.2
65 to 74 years 1,116 555 49.8 18.8 80.7 1,220 704 57.7
75 years and over 357 126 35.3 14.3 56.2 427 186 43.5
All ages 22,646 12,023 53.1 53.1 53.1 24,087 9,542 39.6
Canada Males First time 948,943 520,808 54.9 53.6 56.2 779,078 387,333 49.7
Not first time 582,832 303,124 52.0 50.6 53.4 641,096 321,937 50.2
18 to 24 years 1,531,774 823,932 53.8 52.8 54.8 1,420,174 709,270 49.9
25 to 34 years 2,188,909 1,188,943 54.3 53.1 55.5 2,177,062 1,207,698 55.5
35 to 44 years 2,134,153 1,253,276 58.7 57.7 59.8 2,139,810 1,342,090 62.7
45 to 54 years 2,434,948 1,549,720 63.6 62.8 64.5 2,203,299 1,469,216 66.7
55 to 64 years 2,334,728 1,666,746 71.4 69.8 72.9 2,457,220 1,767,263 71.9
65 to 74 years 1,535,407 1,213,236 79.0 77.8 80.2 1,773,725 1,399,989 78.9
75 years and over 1,001,945 742,325 74.1 71.6 76.6 1,197,265 865,458 72.3
All ages 13,161,866 8,438,179 64.1 64.1 64.1 13,368,554 8,760,984 65.5
Canada Females First time 894,189 553,409 61.9 60.5 63.3 741,339 427,896 57.7
Not first time 560,259 326,629 58.3 56.7 59.9 610,956 356,513 58.4
18 to 24 years 1,454,448 880,038 60.5 59.4 61.6 1,352,295 784,409 58.0
25 to 34 years 2,184,097 1,322,861 60.6 58.6 62.6 2,155,375 1,321,940 61.3
35 to 44 years 2,144,287 1,395,325 65.1 63.9 66.3 2,227,985 1,478,849 66.4
45 to 54 years 2,419,915 1,684,373 69.6 68.7 70.5 2,280,836 1,586,248 69.5
55 to 64 years 2,366,188 1,799,261 76.0 75.1 77.0 2,549,284 1,901,789 74.6
65 to 74 years 1,644,440 1,292,269 78.6 77.3 79.9 1,893,564 1,499,735 79.2
75 years and over 1,433,703 899,676 62.8 59.1 66.4 1,546,181 1,016,405 65.7
All ages 13,647,077 9,273,804 68.0 68.0 68.0 14,005,521 9,589,375 68.5
NL Males First time 12,717 6,223 48.9 39.2 58.7 10,780 3,823 35.5
Not first time 7,374 3,282 44.5 29.7 59.3 8,031 3,086 38.4
18 to 24 years 20,091 9,505 47.3 38.0 56.6 18,811 6,909 36.7
25 to 34 years 30,419 12,457 41.0 34.6 47.3 27,091 11,735 43.3
35 to 44 years 31,694 15,431 48.7 41.6 55.8 29,082 14,867 51.1
45 to 54 years 40,861 23,926 58.6 51.9 65.2 36,751 19,732 53.7
55 to 64 years 41,619 27,379 65.8 63.2 68.3 40,802 25,095 61.5
65 to 74 years 29,579 20,645 69.8 64.5 75.1 34,501 24,108 69.9
75 years and over 15,651 11,181 71.4 54.8 88.1 19,015 12,486 65.7
All ages 209,915 120,523 57.4 57.4 57.4 206,053 114,932 55.8
NL Females First time 11,951 5,746 48.1 39.0 57.1 10,208 4,523 44.3
Not first time 7,227 3,390 46.9 34.9 58.9 7,909 3,521 44.5
18 to 24 years 19,178 9,135 47.6 38.4 56.9 18,117 8,045 44.4
25 to 34 years 30,082 16,274 54.1 49.6 58.6 27,364 13,944 51.0
35 to 44 years 34,027 18,848 55.4 47.0 63.8 31,622 17,945 56.7
45 to 54 years 41,492 28,048 67.6 63.3 71.9 39,263 23,687 60.3
55 to 64 years 42,488 30,636 72.1 67.1 77.1 42,812 28,545 66.7
65 to 74 years 30,915 23,245 75.2 66.3 84.1 36,009 25,812 71.7
75 years and over 21,507 10,680 49.7 37.4 61.9 23,241 13,980 60.2
All ages 219,689 136,866 62.3 62.3 62.3 218,427 131,957 60.4
PE Males First time 3,885 1,435 36.9 9.5 64.4 3,342 1,688 50.5
Not first time 2,146 1,154 53.8 26.3 81.2 2,623 1,418 54.1
18 to 24 years 6,031 2,589 42.9 22.2 63.6 5,965 3,107 52.1
25 to 34 years 7,239 4,250 58.7 27.6 89.8 7,805 4,799 61.5
35 to 44 years 7,641 5,796 75.9 74.7 77.1 7,378 5,305 71.9
45 to 54 years 9,930 8,228 82.9 53.3 100.0 8,971 6,637 74.0
55 to 64 years 9,950 7,783 78.2 56.7 99.8 10,661 8,660 81.2
65 to 74 years 7,579 7,503 99.0 85.1 100.0 8,929 7,590 85.0
75 years and over 4,508 4,328 96.0 59.7 100.0 5,490 4,230 77.0
All ages 52,877 40,477 76.5 76.5 76.5 55,199 40,326 73.1
PE Females First time 3,485 2,382 68.3 40.9 95.8 3,171 1,917 60.5
Not first time 2,163 1,453 67.2 39.7 94.6 2,480 1,581 63.7
18 to 24 years 5,649 3,835 67.9 47.2 88.6 5,651 3,498 61.9
25 to 34 years 7,790 6,330 81.3 46.9 100.0 7,984 5,489 68.8
35 to 44 years 8,218 5,700 69.4 60.5 78.2 8,236 6,268 76.1
45 to 54 years 10,084 7,402 73.4 32.9 100.0 9,324 7,390 79.3
55 to 64 years 10,701 10,162 95.0 36.0 100.0 11,547 9,737 84.3
65 to 74 years 8,068 7,516 93.2 88.0 98.3 9,421 8,207 87.1
75 years and over 6,511 6,446 99.0 32.2 100.0 7,105 5,447 76.7
All ages 57,021 47,391 83.1 83.1 83.1 59,268 46,036 77.7
NS Males First time 23,317 14,368 61.6 55.9 67.4 19,528 9,722 49.8
Not first time 14,995 7,228 48.2 35.5 60.9 16,665 8,459 50.8
18 to 24 years 38,313 21,596 56.4 50.1 62.6 36,193 18,181 50.2
25 to 34 years 53,679 28,417 52.9 47.5 58.4 54,098 31,431 58.1
35 to 44 years 52,747 32,106 60.9 54.9 66.8 50,498 32,861 65.1
45 to 54 years 67,726 45,728 67.5 61.5 73.6 59,150 40,665 68.7
55 to 64 years 68,677 53,048 77.2 72.2 82.3 71,483 54,624 76.4
65 to 74 years 49,797 40,473 81.3 75.0 87.5 56,224 46,376 82.5
75 years and over 29,717 23,045 77.5 71.1 84.0 35,526 26,845 75.6
All ages 360,657 244,414 67.8 67.8 67.8 363,171 250,984 69.1
NS Females First time 22,236 15,006 67.5 50.7 84.2 18,688 11,285 60.4
Not first time 14,023 8,938 63.7 48.6 78.8 16,234 9,965 61.4
18 to 24 years 36,259 23,944 66.0 53.4 78.7 34,922 21,250 60.8
25 to 34 years 52,574 34,893 66.4 61.0 71.8 54,599 36,043 66.0
35 to 44 years 55,608 39,464 71.0 64.6 77.3 55,410 38,936 70.3
45 to 54 years 70,702 50,681 71.7 68.5 74.9 64,266 47,177 73.4
55 to 64 years 72,955 60,267 82.6 71.0 94.2 76,190 61,082 80.2
65 to 74 years 53,288 44,397 83.3 75.1 91.5 60,149 50,540 84.0
75 years and over 43,548 28,009 64.3 40.7 88.0 46,283 32,727 70.7
All ages 384,935 281,655 73.2 73.2 73.2 391,819 287,754 73.4
NB Males First time 18,827 11,566 61.4 48.8 74.1 15,017 7,781 51.8
Not first time 10,902 6,046 55.5 46.0 64.9 12,746 6,467 50.7
18 to 24 years 29,729 17,612 59.2 48.9 69.6 27,763 14,249 51.3
25 to 34 years 43,255 24,460 56.5 47.2 65.9 41,266 24,103 58.4
35 to 44 years 45,011 29,624 65.8 58.3 73.3 42,581 29,159 68.5
45 to 54 years 54,738 40,122 73.3 65.9 80.7 50,036 35,704 71.4
55 to 64 years 57,494 43,208 75.2 71.0 79.3 58,842 45,864 77.9
65 to 74 years 41,765 34,263 82.0 77.4 86.7 47,751 39,682 83.1
75 years and over 24,528 17,620 71.8 44.0 99.7 30,059 22,652 75.4
All ages 296,519 206,908 69.8 69.8 69.8 298,299 211,411 70.9
NB Females First time 17,027 12,318 72.3 61.3 83.3 14,333 8,723 60.9
Not first time 10,338 7,283 70.4 58.4 82.5 11,816 6,908 58.5
18 to 24 years 27,365 19,600 71.6 61.9 81.4 26,149 15,631 59.8
25 to 34 years 41,109 30,139 73.3 61.0 85.7 40,951 26,508 64.7
35 to 44 years 46,514 33,688 72.4 64.6 80.3 45,301 32,670 72.1
45 to 54 years 56,691 44,393 78.3 69.9 86.7 52,203 39,234 75.2
55 to 64 years 59,351 50,086 84.4 80.9 87.9 61,573 49,622 80.6
65 to 74 years 43,240 35,027 81.0 72.8 89.2 49,969 41,952 84.0
75 years and over 35,785 24,617 68.8 28.7 100.0 38,168 27,329 71.6
All ages 310,056 237,551 76.6 76.6 76.6 314,315 232,945 74.1
QC Males First time 207,918 105,014 50.5 47.7 53.3 162,387 86,188 53.1
Not first time 130,464 63,851 48.9 45.4 52.5 133,162 67,081 50.4
18 to 24 years 338,383 168,865 49.9 47.7 52.2 295,550 153,269 51.9
25 to 34 years 491,736 266,461 54.2 52.6 55.8 467,434 252,964 54.1
35 to 44 years 515,437 310,798 60.3 58.6 62.0 515,744 318,033 61.7
45 to 54 years 571,175 368,082 64.4 62.8 66.1 511,081 334,876 65.5
55 to 64 years 586,646 431,970 73.6 71.4 75.9 603,331 437,013 72.4
65 to 74 years 400,984 321,060 80.1 76.8 83.3 452,873 362,792 80.1
75 years and over 247,850 181,029 73.0 65.7 80.4 302,490 218,691 72.3
All ages 3,152,212 2,048,266 65.0 65.0 65.0 3,148,503 2,077,639 66.0
QC Females First time 203,680 115,270 56.6 53.6 59.6 156,251 96,200 61.6
Not first time 129,315 72,673 56.2 53.3 59.1 130,521 76,197 58.4
18 to 24 years 332,995 187,944 56.4 53.9 59.0 286,771 172,398 60.1
25 to 34 years 477,865 295,898 61.9 60.2 63.6 463,713 283,578 61.2
35 to 44 years 496,063 336,589 67.9 65.9 69.8 516,969 346,785 67.1
45 to 54 years 555,125 399,264 71.9 70.1 73.7 508,440 354,461 69.7
55 to 64 years 583,568 463,961 79.5 77.8 81.3 615,861 468,995 76.2
65 to 74 years 427,819 345,126 80.7 77.8 83.5 480,972 389,258 80.9
75 years and over 373,787 226,709 60.7 48.1 73.2 407,408 266,915 65.5
All ages 3,247,223 2,255,492 69.5 69.5 69.5 3,280,135 2,282,391 69.6
ON Males First time 375,677 205,155 54.6 52.2 57.0 314,455 157,079 50.0
Not first time 226,962 117,208 51.6 50.3 53.0 262,852 131,253 49.9
18 to 24 years 602,638 322,363 53.5 51.6 55.3 577,307 288,331 49.9
25 to 34 years 816,716 433,897 53.1 51.3 55.0 840,106 459,864 54.7
35 to 44 years 793,748 452,887 57.1 55.0 59.1 777,412 481,922 62.0
45 to 54 years 948,033 597,140 63.0 61.4 64.5 856,059 571,855 66.8
55 to 64 years 853,549 602,687 70.6 66.0 75.2 926,385 660,071 71.3
65 to 74 years 558,162 440,449 78.9 77.2 80.6 644,812 504,646 78.3
75 years and over 382,700 285,880 74.7 69.2 80.2 452,190 328,348 72.6
All ages 4,955,546 3,135,303 63.3 63.3 63.3 5,074,272 3,295,037 64.9
ON Females First time 353,753 213,477 60.3 58.4 62.3 298,193 175,083 58.7
Not first time 219,977 125,074 56.9 53.2 60.5 249,302 146,715 58.9
18 to 24 years 573,730 338,551 59.0 56.6 61.4 547,495 321,798 58.8
25 to 34 years 843,948 484,176 57.4 55.7 59.1 835,925 506,354 60.6
35 to 44 years 830,901 513,579 61.8 59.6 64.0 839,837 549,782 65.5
45 to 54 years 956,959 643,707 67.3 65.4 69.1 909,666 629,054 69.2
55 to 64 years 889,277 651,184 73.2 72.0 74.5 973,390 713,611 73.3
65 to 74 years 615,872 468,683 76.1 73.2 79.0 703,021 548,601 78.0
75 years and over 547,112 337,195 61.6 54.3 68.9 586,973 383,569 65.3
All ages 5,257,801 3,437,075 65.4 65.4 65.4 5,396,307 3,652,770 67.7
MB Males First time 36,073 19,663 54.5 50.1 58.9 32,142 13,647 42.5
Not first time 21,278 11,372 53.4 47.7 59.2 24,243 11,599 47.8
18 to 24 years 57,351 31,036 54.1 49.8 58.4 56,386 25,247 44.8
25 to 34 years 78,038 40,675 52.1 47.1 57.2 80,566 41,820 51.9
35 to 44 years 70,979 43,621 61.5 54.5 68.4 74,674 43,293 58.0
45 to 54 years 80,875 49,736 61.5 57.0 66.0 72,365 46,059 63.6
55 to 64 years 79,315 55,244 69.7 65.7 73.7 80,337 56,424 70.2
65 to 74 years 51,065 38,650 75.7 68.7 82.6 57,265 44,832 78.3
75 years and over 33,314 25,289 75.9 59.2 92.6 38,490 27,946 72.6
All ages 450,936 284,251 63.0 63.0 63.0 460,080 285,620 62.1
MB Females First time 34,116 21,759 63.8 56.8 70.8 30,194 14,916 49.4
Not first time 20,689 11,670 56.4 47.4 65.4 22,912 12,527 54.7
18 to 24 years 54,805 33,430 61.0 54.1 67.9 53,106 27,443 51.7
25 to 34 years 77,112 47,572 61.7 54.3 69.1 79,157 44,226 55.9
35 to 44 years 73,336 46,348 63.2 57.1 69.3 76,512 46,996 61.4
45 to 54 years 78,727 54,570 69.3 65.0 73.7 73,811 48,960 66.3
55 to 64 years 77,864 58,581 75.2 72.3 78.2 81,681 59,962 73.4
65 to 74 years 53,754 43,357 80.7 73.1 88.3 61,374 48,354 78.8
75 years and over 50,599 35,130 69.4 47.4 91.4 51,561 34,437 66.8
All ages 466,196 318,989 68.4 68.4 68.4 477,204 310,378 65.0
SK Males First time 32,806 16,606 50.6 42.8 58.5 26,210 13,198 50.4
Not first time 20,550 10,855 52.8 46.9 58.8 20,880 11,043 52.9
18 to 24 years 53,356 27,461 51.5 47.2 55.8 47,089 24,241 51.5
25 to 34 years 77,779 46,649 60.0 53.6 66.4 73,627 45,428 61.7
35 to 44 years 65,075 38,228 58.7 54.9 62.6 67,975 47,306 69.6
45 to 54 years 69,215 44,450 64.2 61.7 66.7 60,807 43,737 71.9
55 to 64 years 71,152 52,377 73.6 69.0 78.3 72,343 55,945 77.3
65 to 74 years 42,219 32,014 75.8 72.0 79.7 50,174 41,697 83.1
75 years and over 31,563 22,698 71.9 64.9 79.0 34,688 26,435 76.2
All ages 410,359 263,877 64.3 64.3 64.3 406,705 284,788 70.0
SK Females First time 29,359 18,169 61.9 57.1 66.7 25,038 13,519 54.0
Not first time 18,416 11,894 64.6 56.7 72.5 19,612 11,596 59.1
18 to 24 years 47,775 30,063 62.9 59.0 66.9 44,650 25,115 56.2
25 to 34 years 74,261 49,662 66.9 62.2 71.6 71,203 46,597 65.4
35 to 44 years 61,585 42,221 68.6 64.5 72.6 68,134 48,848 71.7
45 to 54 years 66,109 49,115 74.3 71.3 77.3 61,036 45,730 74.9
55 to 64 years 69,032 53,126 77.0 71.5 82.5 72,950 58,982 80.9
65 to 74 years 44,167 35,535 80.5 76.0 84.9 51,176 43,263 84.5
75 years and over 45,929 30,194 65.7 57.6 73.9 46,097 33,214 72.1
All ages 408,858 289,915 70.9 70.9 70.9 415,246 301,748 72.7
AB Males First time 114,272 65,138 57.0 51.4 62.6 95,193 47,875 50.3
Not first time 74,732 40,591 54.3 48.0 60.6 74,203 39,839 53.7
18 to 24 years 189,004 105,729 55.9 50.6 61.2 169,395 87,713 51.8
25 to 34 years 311,374 173,507 55.7 51.4 60.1 283,600 171,474 60.5
35 to 44 years 281,462 160,082 56.9 53.5 60.3 291,155 192,115 66.0
45 to 54 years 276,782 169,267 61.2 57.4 64.9 254,497 179,716 70.6
55 to 64 years 246,377 170,196 69.1 64.0 74.1 260,748 193,559 74.2
65 to 74 years 132,632 101,045 76.2 72.9 79.5 164,783 130,477 79.2
75 years and over 82,812 60,419 73.0 56.7 89.3 100,181 73,643 73.5
All ages 1,520,444 940,245 61.8 61.8 61.8 1,524,358 1,028,698 67.5
AB Females First time 106,199 71,405 67.2 61.9 72.6 89,941 50,273 55.9
Not first time 70,038 40,316 57.6 52.0 63.1 70,117 41,591 59.3
18 to 24 years 176,236 111,721 63.4 58.5 68.3 160,058 91,864 57.4
25 to 34 years 296,044 180,011 60.8 50.0 71.6 277,243 179,585 64.8
35 to 44 years 262,934 174,977 66.5 63.2 69.9 287,980 196,557 68.3
45 to 54 years 258,218 181,098 70.1 64.3 76.0 249,357 181,362 72.7
55 to 64 years 234,760 170,375 72.6 68.3 76.8 259,056 198,153 76.5
65 to 74 years 139,027 106,661 76.7 71.4 82.0 169,231 133,691 79.0
75 years and over 116,165 72,141 62.1 34.9 89.3 124,780 84,072 67.4
All ages 1,483,383 996,983 67.2 67.2 67.2 1,527,706 1,065,283 69.7
BC Males First time 119,672 73,958 61.8 57.6 66.0 96,835 45,570 47.1
Not first time 71,048 40,455 56.9 52.9 61.0 83,061 40,897 49.2
18 to 24 years 190,720 114,413 60.0 56.2 63.8 179,896 86,467 48.1
25 to 34 years 269,804 153,451 56.9 53.8 60.0 292,149 160,002 54.8
35 to 44 years 262,629 160,404 61.1 58.1 64.0 275,032 172,820 62.8
45 to 54 years 308,098 198,334 64.4 60.4 68.4 286,244 185,998 65.0
55 to 64 years 313,016 217,967 69.6 62.5 76.7 324,820 225,410 69.4
65 to 74 years 218,341 174,455 79.9 74.9 84.9 252,277 194,969 77.3
75 years and over 148,080 110,127 74.4 65.6 83.1 177,406 123,146 69.4
All ages 1,710,688 1,129,151 66.0 66.0 66.0 1,787,824 1,148,812 64.3
BC Females First time 108,782 76,245 70.1 66.5 73.7 92,315 50,521 54.7
Not first time 65,782 42,724 64.9 60.3 69.6 77,690 45,032 58.0
18 to 24 years 174,564 118,969 68.2 64.9 71.4 170,005 95,553 56.2
25 to 34 years 274,626 171,655 62.5 58.2 66.8 287,975 174,609 60.6
35 to 44 years 267,438 178,640 66.8 62.9 70.7 289,374 189,054 65.3
45 to 54 years 318,643 221,178 69.4 65.9 72.9 306,161 204,777 66.9
55 to 64 years 320,198 246,282 76.9 74.4 79.4 347,111 248,500 71.6
65 to 74 years 225,337 180,877 80.3 76.5 84.1 268,652 207,521 77.2
75 years and over 191,377 127,565 66.7 50.7 82.6 212,874 133,727 62.8
All ages 1,772,184 1,245,166 70.3 70.3 70.3 1,882,151 1,253,742 66.6
YT Males First time 933 436 46.7 39.1 54.3 779 304 39.0
Not first time 662 408 61.7 23.2 100.0 643 272 42.4
18 to 24 years 1,594 844 52.9 41.4 64.4 1,421 576 40.6
25 to 34 years 2,421 1,473 60.9 46.6 75.1 2,690 1,723 64.1
35 to 44 years 2,262 1,267 56.0 55.7 56.3 2,730 1,856 68.0
45 to 54 years 2,554 1,925 75.4 42.9 100.0 2,452 1,703 69.5
55 to 64 years 2,901 2,280 78.6 39.4 100.0 2,990 2,096 70.1
65 to 74 years 1,584 1,546 97.6 96.1 99.0 1,990 1,554 78.1
75 years and over 600 405 67.6 50.3 84.9 895 636 71.1
All ages 13,916 9,740 70.0 70.0 70.0 15,168 10,145 66.9
YT Females First time 862 562 65.1 36.0 94.2 741 359 48.4
Not first time 553 324 58.7 32.2 85.1 589 324 55.0
18 to 24 years 1,415 886 62.6 34.6 90.7 1,330 683 51.3
25 to 34 years 2,416 2,037 84.3 48.7 100.0 2,787 2,067 74.2
35 to 44 years 2,499 1,834 73.4 54.4 92.4 2,929 2,120 72.4
45 to 54 years 2,588 1,912 73.9 65.5 82.3 2,634 1,860 70.6
55 to 64 years 2,634 2,457 93.3 50.3 100.0 2,983 2,266 76.0
65 to 74 years 1,333 853 64.0 51.9 76.1 1,760 1,410 80.1
75 years and over 673 666 99.0 95.4 100.0 846 599 70.8
All ages 13,557 10,645 78.5 78.5 78.5 15,269 11,005 72.1
NT Males First time 1,438 727 50.5 20.5 80.6 1,111 249 22.4
Not first time 882 281 31.8 16.7 46.9 1,029 290 28.2
18 to 24 years 2,320 1,007 43.4 30.5 56.3 2,140 540 25.2
25 to 34 years 3,413 1,843 54.0 44.9 63.1 3,528 1,411 40.0
35 to 44 years 3,044 1,842 60.5 46.7 74.4 3,104 1,578 50.8
45 to 54 years 2,964 1,747 58.9 54.6 63.3 2,767 1,585 57.3
55 to 64 years 2,734 1,819 66.6 62.0 71.1 2,947 1,744 59.2
65 to 74 years 1,144 807 70.6 61.9 79.2 1,501 882 58.7
75 years and over 425 235 55.1 12.5 97.7 623 300 48.2
All ages 16,044 9,301 58.0 58.0 58.0 16,610 8,040 48.4
NT Females First time 1,372 410 29.8 0.0 59.9 1,051 282 26.8
Not first time 921 470 51.0 44.0 58.0 869 293 33.7
18 to 24 years 2,294 879 38.3 33.0 43.7 1,921 575 29.9
25 to 34 years 3,228 2,362 73.2 60.2 86.1 3,359 1,684 50.1
35 to 44 years 3,036 2,020 66.5 64.1 69.0 3,265 1,779 54.5
45 to 54 years 2,860 1,981 69.3 62.6 75.9 2,717 1,599 58.9
55 to 64 years 2,249 1,506 67.0 58.0 76.0 2,750 1,633 59.4
65 to 74 years 1,061 761 71.7 24.5 100.0 1,254 806 64.3
75 years and over 551 267 48.5 5.9 91.2 630 301 47.8
All ages 15,279 9,776 64.0 64.0 64.0 15,895 8,376 52.7
NU Males First time 1,408 520 36.9 2.3 71.5 1,299 209 16.1
Not first time 835 391 46.8 12.3 81.4 958 232 24.2
18 to 24 years 2,243 911 40.6 0.0 82.2 2,258 441 19.5
25 to 34 years 3,036 1,403 46.2 26.3 66.1 3,100 945 30.5
35 to 44 years 2,423 1,190 49.1 37.0 61.2 2,444 976 39.9
45 to 54 years 1,998 1,036 51.8 36.0 67.7 2,121 949 44.8
55 to 64 years 1,296 788 60.8 58.8 62.8 1,531 758 49.5
65 to 74 years 557 326 58.5 43.2 73.8 644 385 59.7
75 years and over 197 70 35.5 22.1 48.8 212 99 46.8
All ages 11,751 5,722 48.7 48.7 48.7 12,309 4,552 37.0
NU Females First time 1,366 660 48.3 13.7 82.9 1,215 295 24.3
Not first time 816 421 51.6 17.0 86.1 903 264 29.2
18 to 24 years 2,182 1,081 49.5 7.9 91.2 2,118 559 26.4
25 to 34 years 3,041 1,852 60.9 58.6 63.2 3,116 1,257 40.3
35 to 44 years 2,127 1,419 66.7 42.0 91.4 2,415 1,110 46.0
45 to 54 years 1,717 1,025 59.7 36.6 82.8 1,959 956 48.8
55 to 64 years 1,110 639 57.6 57.1 58.1 1,379 702 50.9
65 to 74 years 558 229 41.0 0.0 95.8 576 320 55.5
75 years and over 160 56 35.0 0.0 84.0 215 87 40.3
All ages 10,895 6,301 57.8 57.8 57.8 11,778 4,990 42.4


Footnotes

Footnote 1The numbers presented in this table are based on the population of eligible electors, as opposed to the population of registered electors that is used to calculate the official voting results.

Using the population of eligible electors enables us to compare participation rates over time and across age groups.

Footnote 2First time: voters who turned 18 since the last election and are eligible to vote for the first time. Not first time: voters between 18 and 24 years old who were eligible to vote in the previous election.

Data sources: Up to the 2015 general election, Elections Canada used administrative data from the electoral process to obtain a random sample of electors who voted, and linked them to the National Register of Electors to produce estimates of voter turnout by age and sex. Confidence intervals were calculated to express the precision of the estimates with the following interpretation: If the sampling was repeated many times, the estimates produced in about 95% of cases would be within two standard errors of the census value, which is the value that would have been obtained if a census had been conducted instead of a sample survey.

Changes to the Canada Elections Act under Bill C-76 require Elections Canada to prepare a compilation of all data of electors who voted on polling day and make that data available to political parties in electronic format. This legislative amendment enabled Elections Canada, for the 2019 election, to use a comprehensive set of data to produce these estimates without having to resort to sampling. Processing and response errors still exist, but they are negligible compared to sampling errors.