GATINEAU, QC, April 29, 2025 – The 45th federal general election took place on Monday, April 28, 2025. To serve Canadians, Elections Canada opened 492 offices, hired some 230,000 people and offered around 7,200 advance and 65,000 election day voting desks in 343 electoral districts. Elections Canada’s preliminary estimates indicate that 19,583,016 Canadians cast a ballot. This translates into a voter turnout rate of about 68.65%. Approximately: 11,062,539 voted at their polling station on election day or in their long-term care facility 7,280,975 voted at advance polls between Friday, April 18, and Monday, April 21 928,311 voted by special ballot from within their electoral district 215,057 voted by special ballot from outside their electoral district (includes deployed military personnel, inmates and electors who were in Canada but outside their electoral district) 57,440 electors…
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