# 2020 Canadian electoral calendar

This is a list of elections in Canada scheduled to be held in 2020. Included are municipal, provincial and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level. In bold are provincewide or federal elections (including provincewide municipal elections) and party leadership races.

## January through March

* January 13: Municipal by-election in Wabamun, Alberta (cancelled due to acclamation)
* January 18: Sea to Sky School District by-election
* January 20: Municipal by-election in Olds, Alberta
* January 25: Kootenay-Columbia School District by-election
* January 27:
** Municipal by-election in Sioux Lookout, Ontario
** Municipal by-election in Fox Creek, Alberta
* February 3: Municipal by-election in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island (cancelled due to acclamation)
* February 7: Municipal by-election in Division 2, Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, Alberta
* February 10: Mayoral by-election in Hall Beach, Nunavut
* February 15:
** Municipal by-election in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia
** Shishalh Nation Chief and Council election
* February 22: Municipal by-election in Tahsis, British Columbia
* February 23: Municipal by-election in Lac-Blouin/Centre-ville District, Val-d'Or, Quebec
* February 24: Municipal by-election in Ward 3, Barrie, Ontario
* February 27: Provincial by-elections in Ottawa—Vanier and Orléans, Ontario
* February 29: Municipal by-elections in Zeballos and Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia
* March 1: Municipal by-election in District 3, Mille-Isles, Quebec
* March 7:
** Municipal elections in the West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.
** Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
* March 10: Provincial by-elections in Cape Breton Centre and Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River, Nova Scotia
* March 15: Municipal by-election in Saint-Léonard-Est District, Montreal (postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal)
* March 21: Winnipeg School Division School Trustee Elections (Wards 3 & 4) (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba)
* March 23: Municipal by-election in Ward 7, Cambridge, Ontario (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario)
* March 25: Municipal by-election in Carrot River, Saskatchewan (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan)
* March 30: Fort Vermilion School Division school trustee by-election (cancelled due to acclamation).

## April through June

* April 4:
** Municipal by-election District 6, Eastern Shelburne County, Nova Scotia (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia)
** Municipal by-elections in Rossland and Victoria, British Columbia (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia)
* April 27: Municipal by-election in Ward 7, Windsor, Ontario (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario)
* May 11: New Brunswick municipal elections (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick)
* May 23: Yukon Party leadership election
* June 8: Municipal by-election in Innisfail, Alberta
* June 15: Provincial by-elections in Saint Croix and Shediac Bay-Dieppe, New Brunswick (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick)
* June 15–26: Green Party of British Columbia leadership election (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia)

## July through September

* July 24: Territorial by-elections in Baker Lake and Kugluktuk, Nunavut (cancelled; both candidates acclaimed)
* August 3: Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election
* August 21: Conservative Party of Canada leadership election (postponed from June 27 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada)
* August 24: Pangnirtung, Nunavut mayoral by-election.
* August 29:
** Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation band council election.
** Saskatchewan municipal elections in resort villages
* September 12:
** Arrow Lakes School District by-election.
** Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Government legislative by-election
* September 5–13: Green Party of British Columbia leadership election (postponed from June 26 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia)
* September 14:
** New Brunswick general election
** Mayoral and Ward 2 council by-election in North Shore, Ontario
* September 15: Municipal by-election in Ward 1, Pelham, Ontario
* September 25:
** Municipal by-election in Alexandria Ward, North Glengarry, Ontario
** Municipal by-election in Ward 5, Rural Municipality of Taché, Manitoba
* September 26: Mayoral by-election in Fort St. James, British Columbia

## October

* October 3: Green Party of Canada leadership election
* October 4: Mayoral by-elections in Drummondville (cancelled; candidate acclaimed) and L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec (suspended)
* October 5: Municipal by-elections in Cumberland Ward, Ottawa, Ward 7 in Windsor, Ontario and Ward 7 in Cambridge, Ontario.
* October 6: Provincial by-election in Humber-Gros Morne, Newfoundland and Labrador
* October 9: Parti Québécois leadership election
* October 10: Municipal and mayoral by-elections in Greenwood, British Columbia
* October 13: Municipal by-election in Thompson, Manitoba
* October 17:
** Nova Scotia municipal elections
** Municipal by-elections in Dawson Creek and Smithers, British Columbia (mayor and councillor)
* October 18: Asbestos, Quebec name change referendum.
* October 19:
** York Region District School Board by-election for the seat of Richmond Hill Wards 1, 2 & 4.
** Municipal by-election in Crossfield, Alberta
* October 20: Municipal by-election in Ward 2, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
* October 24:
** British Columbia general election
** Mayoral by-election in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia
* October 26:
** Municipal by-election in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta
** Federal by-elections in Toronto Centre and York Centre
** Saskatchewan general election

## November through December

* November 2: Provincial by-election in Charlottetown-Winsloe, Prince Edward Island.
* November 4: Brandon School Division Ward 1 Board of Trustees by-election.
* November 9:
** Saskatchewan municipal elections
** Arviat and Coral Harbour, Nunavut Liquor Plebiscites
* November 12: Municipal election in Swift Current, Saskatchewan (delayed from Nov. 9 due to snowstorm)
* November 13: Municipal election in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (delayed from Nov. 9 due to snowstorm)
* November 14: Municipal by-election in Port Clements, British Columbia
* November 16: Municipal election in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan (delayed from Nov. 9 due to snowstorm)
* November 21: Municipal by-elections in Queen Charlotte and Sayward, British Columbia
* November 28: Municipal by-elections in the Cowichan Valley Regional District (Area H) and Rossland, British Columbia
* December 5: Municipal by-election in Grand Forks, British Columbia
* December 7: Municipal by-election in Ward 2, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario
* December 12: Comox Valley School District by-election and municipal by-election in Victoria, British Columbia
* December 13: Mayoral by-election in L'Ancienne-Lorette and municipal by-election in Du Faubourg District, Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
* December 14: Northwest Territories municipal elections (hamlets only)
* December 19: Municipal by-election in Lytton, British Columbia