Knowledge About Voting

Q7. To the best of your knowledge, do voters need to be registered in order to vote in a Canadian federal election? (Base: n=750; DK/NR=5%)

Q7A. What did you do to find out whether you were registered to vote in this by-election? (Base: n=52; those who did not receive a VIC; DK/NR=1%)

The above pie chart (left) shows the percentage of respondents who believe voters must be registered to vote in Canadian federal elections. 77 percent think voters need to be registered. 18 percent think voters do not need to be registered.

The above horizontal bar chart (right) shows the percentage of respondents' methods for finding their registration status. The breakdown is as follows:

• Total
• Nothing, 54 percent
• Found out at the polling station/local EC office, 16 percent
• Learned from [their] VIC, 4 percent
• Consulted EC website, 3 percent
• Called EC 1-800 number, 1 percent
• Other, 22 percent