Source of Knowledge Graph
This horizontal bar graph is titled "Source of Knowledge About Election." It shows the breakdown of answers to Question 2, "From which sources do you recall hearing about the election?" Up to three responses were accepted. The 3,476 respondents were aware of the election. They reported the following sources:
- television, 81 percent
- newspapers, 50 percent
- radio, 42 percent
- word of mouth, 16 percent
- Internet (not Elections Canada website), 13 percent
- candidates and parties’ election signs, 7 percent
- voter information card, 4 percent
- Elections Canada householder, 3 percent
- Elections Canada website, 2 percent
- media in general, 2 percent
- signs, posters or billboards, 2 percent
- other sources, 4 percent
- did not know or did not respond, 1 percent