Placemat – Election Related Statistics – CEO Appearance on the Special Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: Administering an Election during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Election Administration and Preparation
2019* | 2015 | |
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Currency | 89.9% | 84.2% |
Coverage | 96.4% | 92.7% |
Accuracy |
93.3% | 90.9% |
Driver's licence and Register of Electors' address accuracy comparison, as of April 2018
- DRV = 85%
- NRoE = 90.5%
* Preliminary lists of electors for 2019
2019 | 2015 | |
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Parties | 29,060,308.97 | 54,936,320.15 |
Candidates | 145,436.06 | 279,227.99 |
2019 | 2015 | |
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Polling day workers hired | 213,773 | 204,434 |
Office staff hired | 17,826 | 17,392 |
Total number of election workers paid | 231,599 | 221,826 |
Number of trainees who did not work | 10,016 | 2,780 |
Accessible Polling Places
- 94% in 2019
- 96% in 2015
2019 | 2015 | |
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Total number of polling places: | 16,071 | 15,500 |
Number that met 15 accessibility criteria: | 15,169 | 14,880 |
2019 | 2015 | |
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Youth | 437 | 230 |
Ethnocultural* | 218 | 132 |
Indigenous | 231 | 169 |
Homeless | 111 | 117 |
Seniors | 394 | 314 |
Accessibility | 138 | 233 |
Total | 1,529 | 1,195 |
*Includes CROs for official language minority and Jewish communities
2019 | 2015 | |
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Elders | 40 | 151 |
Youth | 13 | 134 |
Total | 53 | 285 |
Post-Election Statistics
(Preliminary for 2019)
2019 | 2015 | |
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Total ballots | 18,350,359 | 17,711,983 |
Total percentage | 67.0% | 66.1% |
Advance polling total | 4.8M | 3.7M |
Polling day total | 12.8M | 13.4M |
2019 | 2015 | |
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VICs mailed | 26.2M | 25.3M |
Revised VICs issued | 209K | 300K |
VICs to newly registered/corrected | 1.1M | 715K |
(As of October 19, 2020) | ||
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Total | Total Percentage | |
Returns received (all candidates) | 1,961 | 91% |
Incomplete submission | 44 | 2% |
CEO’s approved extensions (all) | 915 | 43% |
Court granted extensions (all) | 12 | 0.5% |
Returns not yet submitted and no extension request | 141 | 7% |
2019 | 2015 | |
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Canadian Forces | 18,849 | 29,247 |
Incarcerated | 16,372 | 22,362 |
International | 34,142 | 11,001 |
Total | 69,363 | 62,610 |
2019 | 2015 | |
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Local | 397,121 | 429,241 |
National | 193,535 | 126,950 |
Total | 590,656 | 556,191 |
2019 | 2015 | |
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National electors | 15,403 | 22,172 |
International | 34,142 | 11,001 |
Total | 49,545 | 33,173 |
2019 | 2015 | |
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Total | 2,146 | 1,792 |
Communication with the Public
2019 | 2015 | |
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Overall | 11,100 | 17,000 |
Accessibility | 2,400 | 3,085 |
Official languages (OCOL only) | 115 | 25 |
Official languages (OCOL & other channels) | 233 | 134 |
(As of January 8, 2020 for the 2019 GE)
2019 | 2015 | |
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Facebook followers | 67K | 24K |
Twitter followers | 27K | 15K |
YouTube views | 9.6M | 700K |
Website visits | 16.4M | 16M |
Total | |
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Contracts and informal agreements | 121 |
Resources distributed | 316,935 |
Stakeholder events | 51 |
Community outreach events | 195 |