Estimate of Turnout at Advance Polls Now Available

GATINEAU, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - Oct. 14, 2015) -

• Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Marc Mayrand has released the estimated number of electors who voted on the four advance voting days in the federal general election now underway, from Friday, October 9 to Monday, October 12.
• According to the preliminary figures, some 3.6 million electors voted at the advance polls in this general election. This is a 71% increase from the 2,100,855 electors who voted in advance in the 2011 general election. This increase was due in part to an additional advance voting day on Sunday, offered for the first time.
• Over 850,000 Canadians voted on Friday and over 1.2 million on Monday, representing the two busiest days of advance voting ever.
• It should be noted that these are estimates. Not all polls may have yet been reported.

"Many Canadians chose to vote at advance polls in this election," says Mr. Mayrand. "Having four polling days provided greater flexibility and convenience for voters."

First Estimate of Turnout at Advance Polls

The following is a breakdown of the estimated number of electors who voted at the advance polls, by province or territory and electoral district, for all 338 electoral districts. Please note that these are preliminary estimates.

Province	Newfoundland and Labrador	Number of Electors
10001	Avalon	5,717
10002	Bonavista-Burin-Trinity	2,874
10003	Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame	3,672
10004	Labrador	1,650
10005	Long Range Mountains	4,385
10006	St. John's East	7,317
10007	St. John's South-Mount Pearl	5,818
Total Newfoundland and Labrador		31,433

Province	Prince Edward Island	Number of Electors
11001	Cardigan	5,847
11002	Charlottetown	5,026
11003	Egmont	5,544
11004	Malpeque	5,651
Total Prince Edward Island		22,068

Province	Nova Scotia	Number of Electors
12001	Cape Breton-Canso	7,555
12002	Central Nova	9,264
12003	Cumberland-Colchester	10,055
12004	Dartmouth-Cole Harbour	12,709
12005	Halifax	11,181
12006	Halifax West	14,083
12007	Kings-Hants	9,632
12008	Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook	10,578
12009	South Shore-St. Margarets	9,690
12010	Sydney-Victoria	10,153
12011	West Nova	8,574
Total Nova Scotia		113,474

Province	New Brunswick	Number of Electors
13001	Acadie-Bathurst	12,098
13002	Beauséjour	15,664
13003	Fredericton	12,041
13004	Fundy Royal	11,710
13005	Madawaska-Restigouche	9,676
13006	Miramichi-Grand Lake	9,483
13007	Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe	13,770
13008	New Brunswick Southwest	9,046
13009	Saint John-Rothesay	10,209
13010	Tobique-Mactaquac	9,488
Total New Brunswick		113,185

Province	Quebec	Number of Electors
24001	Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou	7,099
24002	Abitibi-Témiscamingue	7,706
24003	Ahuntsic-Cartierville	10,722
24004	Alfred-Pellan	11,518
24005	Argenteuil-La Petite-Nation	12,723
24006	Avignon-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia	9,241
24007	Beauce	13,250
24008	Beauport-Limoilou	13,192
24009	Bécancour-Nicolet-Saurel	11,293
24010	Bellechasse-Les Etchemins-Lévis	13,975
24011	Beloeil-Chambly	16,441
24012	Berthier-Maskinongé	13,112
24013	Thérèse-De Blainville	10,688
24014	Pierre-Boucher-Les Patriotes-Verchères	13,894
24015	Bourassa	7,206
24016	Brome-Missisquoi	15,029
24017	Brossard-Saint-Lambert	15,211
24018	Rimouski-Neigette-Témiscouata-Les Basques	9,437
24019	Charlesbourg-Haute-Saint-Charles	15,460
24020	Beauport-Côte-de-Beaupré-Île d'Orléans-Charlevoix	12,033
24021	Châteauguay-Lacolle	10,476
24022	Chicoutimi-Le Fjord	7,851
24023	Compton-Stanstead	13,382
24024	Dorval-Lachine-LaSalle	12,604
24025	Drummond	9,238
24026	Gaspésie-Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	9,744
24027	Gatineau	12,845
24028	Hochelaga	9,416
24029	Honoré-Mercier	10,921
24030	Hull-Aylmer	11,486
24031	Joliette	13,748
24032	Jonquière	7,772
24033	La Pointe-de-l'Île	11,602
24034	La Prairie	13,907
24035	Lac-Saint-Jean	9,905
24036	Lac-Saint-Louis	15,697
24037	LaSalle-Émard-Verdun	11,483
24038	Laurentides-Labelle	17,002
24039	Laurier-Sainte-Marie	10,579
24040	Laval-Les Îles	9,660
24041	Longueuil-Charles-LeMoyne	11,814
24042	Lévis-Lotbinière	14,135
24043	Longueuil-Saint-Hubert	14,403
24044	Louis-Hébert	17,158
24045	Louis-Saint-Laurent	17,494
24046	Manicouagan	6,951
24047	Mégantic-L'Érable	11,260
24048	Mirabel	12,302
24049	Montarville	13,091
24050	Montcalm	11,642
24051	Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière-du-Loup	10,648
24052	Mount Royal	12,837
24053	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount	11,495
24054	Outremont	8,945
24055	Papineau	10,142
24056	Pierrefonds-Dollard	12,756
24057	Pontiac	14,076
24058	Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier	14,489
24059	Québec	13,397
24060	Repentigny	13,792
24061	Richmond-Arthabaska	12,574
24062	Rivière-des-Mille-Îles	13,046
24063	Rivière-du-Nord	13,840
24064	Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie	11,606
24065	Marc-Aurèle-Fortin	10,784
24066	Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot	10,094
24067	Saint-Jean	14,917
24068	Saint-Laurent	7,741
24069	Saint-Léonard-Saint-Michel	7,733
24070	Saint-Maurice-Champlain	14,468
24071	Salaberry-Suroît	15,609
24072	Shefford	12,575
24073	Sherbrooke	13,040
24074	Vaudreuil-Soulanges	14,675
24075	Terrebonne	10,378
24076	Trois-Rivières	15,394
24077	Ville-Marie-Le Sud-Ouest-Île-des-Soeurs	11,267
24078	Vimy	10,892
Total Quebec		942,008

Province	Ontario	Number of Electors
35001	Ajax	11,702
35002	Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing	7,872
35003	Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill	11,747
35004	Barrie-Innisfil	9,618
35005	Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte	12,320
35006	Bay of Quinte	13,073
35007	Beaches-East York	12,617
35008	Brampton Centre	8,737
35009	Brampton East	8,156
35010	Brampton North	10,445
35011	Brampton South	9,717
35012	Brampton West	9,916
35013	Brantford-Brant	10,753
35014	Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound	13,452
35015	Burlington	12,989
35016	Cambridge	9,987
35017	Chatham-Kent-Leamington	10,278
35018	Davenport	9,008
35019	Don Valley East	8,475
35020	Don Valley North	9,370
35021	Don Valley West	13,277
35022	Dufferin-Caledon	12,053
35023	Durham	12,145
35024	Eglinton-Lawrence	14,933
35025	Elgin-Middlesex-London	11,229
35026	Essex	11,903
35027	Etobicoke Centre	12,165
35028	Etobicoke-Lakeshore	13,235
35029	Etobicoke North	7,833
35030	Flamborough-Glanbrook	10,171
35031	Glengarry-Prescott-Russell	15,370
35032	Guelph	13,577
35033	Haldimand-Norfolk	11,721
35034	Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock	12,201
35035	Hamilton Centre	4,477
35036	Hamilton East-Stoney Creek	7,668
35037	Hamilton Mountain	7,870
35038	Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas	12,161
35039	Hastings-Lennox and Addington	10,924
35040	Huron-Bruce	12,436
35041	Kanata-Carleton	14,726
35042	Kenora	4,398
35043	King-Vaughan	9,277
35044	Kingston and the Islands	15,377
35045	Kitchener Centre	9,049
35046	Kitchener-Conestoga	8,795
35047	Kitchener South-Hespeler	8,442
35048	Lambton-Kent-Middlesex	10,453
35049	Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston	13,069
35050	Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes	10,175
35051	London-Fanshawe	10,676
35052	London North Centre	11,433
35053	London West	13,576
35054	Markham-Stouffville	13,485
35055	Markham-Thornhill	11,119
35056	Markham-Unionville	11,511
35057	Milton	9,751
35058	Mississauga Centre	9,405
35059	Mississauga East-Cooksville	10,152
35060	Mississauga-Erin Mills	13,162
35061	Mississauga-Lakeshore	13,206
35062	Mississauga-Malton	9,139
35063	Mississauga-Streetsville	11,717
35064	Nepean	15,231
35065	Newmarket-Aurora	10,678
35066	Niagara Centre	9,759
35067	Niagara Falls	13,183
35068	Niagara West	8,586
35069	Nickel Belt	10,266
35070	Nipissing-Timiskaming	9,711
35071	Northumberland-Peterborough South	15,183
35072	Oakville	14,501
35073	Oakville North-Burlington	14,847
35074	Oshawa	11,313
35075	Ottawa Centre	18,751
35076	Orléans	18,741
35077	Ottawa South	14,590
35078	Ottawa-Vanier	12,789
35079	Ottawa West-Nepean	13,996
35080	Oxford	9,463
35081	Parkdale-High Park	11,203
35082	Parry Sound-Muskoka	11,609
35083	Perth-Wellington	10,450
35084	Peterborough-Kawartha	15,251
35085	Pickering-Uxbridge	11,669
35086	Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke	12,537
35087	Richmond Hill	12,477
35088	Carleton	15,420
35089	St. Catharines	9,882
35090	Toronto-St. Paul's	11,512
35091	Sarnia-Lambton	9,441
35092	Sault Ste. Marie	5,023
35093	Scarborough-Agincourt	8,853
35094	Scarborough Centre	9,501
35095	Scarborough-Guildwood	8,544
35096	Scarborough North	8,366
35097	Scarborough-Rouge Park	11,560
35098	Scarborough Southwest	9,155
35099	Simcoe-Grey	16,318
35100	Simcoe North	12,606
35101	Spadina-Fort York	8,724
35102	Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry	12,083
35103	Sudbury	8,861
35104	Thornhill	12,804
35105	Thunder Bay-Rainy River	7,017
35106	Thunder Bay-Superior North	9,296
35107	Timmins-James Bay	6,621
35108	Toronto Centre	10,612
35109	Toronto-Danforth	12,945
35110	University-Rosedale	11,573
35111	Vaughan-Woodbridge	7,505
35112	Waterloo	9,956
35113	Wellington-Halton Hills	13,984
35114	Whitby	11,619
35115	Willowdale	8,378
35116	Windsor-Tecumseh	9,498
35117	Windsor West	6,306
35118	York Centre	9,106
35119	York-Simcoe	11,555
35120	York South-Weston	7,462
35121	Humber River-Black Creek	4,809
Total Ontario		1,333,353

Province	Manitoba	Number of Electors
46001	Brandon-Souris	6,436
46002	Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley	9,294
46003	Churchill-Keewatinook Aski	7,154
46004	Dauphin-Swan River-Neepawa	6,432
46005	Elmwood-Transcona	8,316
46006	Kildonan-St. Paul	8,246
46007	Portage-Lisgar	5,293
46008	Provencher	7,325
46009	Saint Boniface-Saint Vital	9,610
46010	Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman	9,387
46011	Winnipeg Centre	4,959
46012	Winnipeg North	5,477
46013	Winnipeg South	9,320
46014	Winnipeg South Centre	11,205
Total Manitoba		108,454

Province	Saskatchewan	Number of Electors
47001	Battlefords-Lloydminster	4,786
47002	Cypress Hills-Grasslands	4,787
47003	Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River	4,179
47004	Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek	7,093
47005	Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan	5,561
47006	Prince Albert	6,521
47007	Regina-Lewvan	8,204
47008	Regina-Qu'Appelle	5,997
47009	Regina-Wascana	7,699
47010	Saskatoon-Grasswood	9,911
47011	Saskatoon-University	9,854
47012	Saskatoon West	10,045
47013	Souris-Moose Mountain	5,482
47014	Yorkton-Melville	5,710
Total Saskatchewan		95,829

Province	Alberta	Number of Electors
48001	Banff-Airdrie	15,346
48002	Battle River-Crowfoot	7,246
48003	Bow River	8,074
48004	Calgary Centre	10,569
48005	Calgary Confederation	10,588
48006	Calgary Forest Lawn	5,240
48007	Calgary Heritage	11,104
48008	Calgary Midnapore	10,388
48009	Calgary Nose Hill	12,110
48010	Calgary Rocky Ridge	13,607
48011	Calgary Shepard	11,431
48012	Calgary Signal Hill	13,093
48013	Calgary Skyview	8,763
48014	Edmonton Centre	10,048
48015	Edmonton Griesbach	9,369
48016	Edmonton Manning	10,243
48017	Edmonton Mill Woods	8,080
48018	Edmonton Riverbend	11,100
48019	Edmonton Strathcona	9,347
48020	Edmonton West	10,007
48021	Edmonton-Wetaskiwin	15,047
48022	Foothills	12,712
48023	Fort McMurray-Cold Lake	9,571
48024	Grande Prairie-Mackenzie	8,626
48025	Lakeland	10,110
48026	Lethbridge	10,349
48027	Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner	8,038
48028	Peace River-Westlock	7,409
48029	Red Deer-Mountain View	12,275
48030	Red Deer-Lacombe	11,439
48031	St. Albert-Edmonton	11,894
48032	Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan	12,868
48033	Sturgeon River-Parkland	11,885
48034	Yellowhead	10,854
Total Alberta		358,830

Province	British Columbia	Number of Electors
59001	Abbotsford	9,724
59002	Burnaby North-Seymour	10,704
59003	Burnaby South	9,376
59004	Cariboo-Prince George	9,891
59005	Central Okanagan-Similkameen-Nicola	13,680
59006	Chilliwack-Hope	9,937
59007	Cloverdale-Langley City	11,406
59008	Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam	11,191
59009	Courtenay-Alberni	14,976
59010	Cowichan-Malahat-Langford	13,926
59011	Delta	11,679
59012	Fleetwood-Port Kells	12,561
59013	Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo	14,224
59014	Kelowna-Lake Country	12,661
59015	Kootenay-Columbia	14,899
59016	Langley-Aldergrove	9,731
59017	Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon	9,007
59018	Nanaimo-Ladysmith	15,157
59019	New Westminster-Burnaby	11,591
59020	North Okanagan-Shuswap	16,213
59021	North Vancouver	14,268
59022	Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge	9,171
59023	Port Moody-Coquitlam	11,006
59024	Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies	10,878
59025	Richmond Centre	6,943
59026	Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke	16,358
59027	Saanich-Gulf Islands	16,236
59028	Skeena-Bulkley Valley	8,322
59029	South Okanagan-West Kootenay	14,412
59030	South Surrey-White Rock	12,105
59031	Steveston-Richmond East	9,521
59032	Surrey Centre	9,255
59033	Surrey-Newton	10,658
59034	Vancouver Centre	13,776
59035	Vancouver East	10,872
59036	Vancouver Granville	12,581
59037	North Island-Powell River	12,232
59038	Vancouver Kingsway	9,539
59039	Vancouver Quadra	13,262
59040	Vancouver South	10,382
59041	Victoria	17,501
59042	West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country	16,108
Total British Columbia		507,920

Territory	Yukon	Number of Electors
60001	Yukon	3,013
Total Yukon		3,013

Territory	Northwest Territories	Number of Electors
61001	Northwest Territories	2,746
Total Northwest Territories		2,746

Territory	Nunavut	Number of Electors
62001	Nunavut	1,109
Total Nunavut		1,109
National total		3,633,422

The following table compares the turnout by province or territory for advance voting in the 42nd and 41st general elections.

Province or Territory	42nd General Election Advance Voting (Preliminary Figures)	41st General Election Advance Voting (Final Figures)
Newfoundland and Labrador	31,433	17,269
Prince Edward Island	22,068	13,201
Nova Scotia	113,474	62,976
New Brunswick	113,185	71,298
Quebec	942,008	569,466
Ontario	1,333,353	839,515
Manitoba	108,454	56,723
Saskatchewan	95,829	47,735
Alberta	358,830	160,199
British Columbia	507,920	259,278
Yukon	3,013	1,578
Northwest Territories	2,746	1,262
Nunavut	1,109	355
Total	3,633,422	2,100,855

These preliminary figures are based on numbers reported by returning officers and are not final until all the votes are counted on election day and the results have been validated by the returning officers. The final results will be published in the official voting results following the election.

When it was introduced in 1920, voting at advance polls was limited to certain groups of voters whose work required them to be away from their electoral districts on election day. Today, it is one of several voting methods that may be used by any elector who wishes to vote before election day.

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