Voter turnout in Canada
Voter turnout in Canada's general elections
(Inaccurate graphs - graphs do not reflect data below) Table - Voter turnout in Canada 1867–present 2015 results preliminary and population projected (Source: Elections Canada, and latest Statistics Canada population estimate)

Voter turnout in Canada

Section Title: Voter turnout in Canada's general elections
Table Section Text: (Inaccurate graphs - graphs do not reflect data below) Table - Voter turnout in Canada 1867–present 2015 results preliminary and population projected (Source: Elections Canada, and latest Statistics Canada population estimate)

Date of election	Population	Number of electors on list	Total ballots cast	Voter turnout

1867-08-07	3,230,000	361,028	268,387	73.1%

1872-07-20	3,689,000	426,974	318,329	70.3%

1874-01-22	3,689,000	432,410	324,006	69.6%

1878-09-17	3,689,000	715,279	534,029	69.1%

1882-06-20	4,325,000	663,873	508,496	70.3%

1887-02-22	4,325,000	948,222	724,517	70.1%

1891-03-05	4,833,000	1,113,140	778,495	64.4%

1896-06-23	4,833,000	1,358,328	912,992	62.9%

1900-11-07	4,833,000	1,167,402	958,497	77.4%

1904-11-03	5,371,000	1,385,440	1,036,878	71.6%

1908-10-26	5,371,000	1,463,591	1,180,820	70.3%

1911-09-21	7,204,527	1,820,742	1,314,953	70.2%

1917-12-17	7,591,971	2,093,799	1,892,741	75.0%

1921-12-06	8,760,211	4,435,310	3,139,306	67.7%

1925-10-29	8,776,352	4,608,636	3,168,412	66.4%

1926-09-14	8,887,952	4,665,381	3,273,062	67.7%

1930-07-28	8,887,952	5,153,971	3,922,481	73.5%

1935-10-14	10,367,063	5,918,207	4,452,675	74.2%

1940-03-26	10,429,169	6,588,888	4,672,531	69.9%

1945-06-11	11,494,627	6,952,445	5,305,193	75.3%

1949-06-27	11,823,649	7,893,629	5,903,572	73.8%

1953-08-10	14,003,704	8,401,691	5,701,963	67.5%

1957-06-10	16,073,970	8,902,125	6,680,690	74.1%

1958-03-31	16,073,970	9,131,200	7,357,139	79.4%

1962-06-18	18,238,247	9,700,325	7,772,656	79.0%

1963-04-08	18,238,247	9,910,757	7,958,636	79.2%

1965-11-08	18,238,247	10,274,904	7,796,728	74.8%

1968-06-25	20,014,880	10,860,888	8,217,916	75.7%

1972-10-30	21,568,311	13,000,778	9,974,661	76.7%

1974-07-08	21,568,311	13,620,353	9,671,002	71.0%

1979-05-22	22,992,604	15,233,653	11,541,000	75.7%

1980-02-18	22,992,604	15,890,416	11,015,514	69.3%

1984-09-04	24,343,181	16,774,941	12,638,424	75.3%

1988-11-21	25,309,331	17,639,001	13,281,191	75.3%

1993-10-25	27,296,859	19,906,796	13,863,135	69.6%

1997-06-02	27,296,859	19,663,478	13,174,698	67.0%

2000-11-27	28,846,761	21,243,473	12,997,185	61.3%

2004-06-28	30,007,094	22,466,621	13,683,570	60.9%

2006-01-23	30,007,094	23,054,615	14,908,703	64.7%

2008-10-14	31,612,897	23,677,639	13,929,093	58.8%

2011-05-02	33,476,688	24,257,592	14,823,408	61.1%

2015-10-19	35,749,600	25,638,379	17,559,353	68.5%

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Voter turnout rose in the 2015 election to 68.5%.

final_sentence: Voter turnout rose in the 2015 election to 68.5%.