Awareness of Online Voter Registration

Q8A. To the best of your knowledge, could electors use an Online Voter Registration Service on Elections Canada's website to check, update or complete their voter registration during the last by-election? (Base: respondents who know voters need to be registered. SPLIT SAMPLE: n=812)

Q8B. To the best of your knowledge, would it have been possible for you to use an Online Voter Registration Service on Elections Canada's website to check, update or complete your voter registration during the last by-election? (Base: respondents who know voters need to be registered. SPLIT SAMPLE: n=810)

Half of respondents were asked Q8A; the other half were asked Q8B.

The vertical bar chart (left) shows the percentage of voters who were aware of Elections Canada's Online Voter Registration Service for electors. The breakdown is as follows:

• Yes, 58 percent
• No, 15 percent
• Don't know, 27 percent

The vertical bar chart (right) shows the percentage of voters who believed they could use Elections Canada's Online Voter Registration Service. The breakdown is as follows:

• Yes, 59 percent
• No, 22 percent
• Don't know, 19 percent