Figure 1: Official Turnout Rate in Canadian Federal General Elections, 1945 to 2011

The line plot shows the official turnout rate in Canadian federal elections between 1945 and 2011. The percentage values of turnout for each election are as follows:

• June 11, 1945, 75.3 percent
• June 27, 1949, 73.8 percent
• Aug. 10, 1953, 67.5 percent
• June 10, 1957, 74.1 percent
• March 31, 1958, 79.4 percent
• June 18, 1962, 79.0 percent
• April 8, 1963, 79.2 percent
• Nov. 8, 1965, 74.8 percent
• June 25, 1968, 75.7 percent
• Oct. 30, 1972, 76.7 percent
• July 8, 1974, 71.0 percent
• May 22, 1979, 75.7 percent
• Feb. 18, 1980, 69.3 percent
• Sep. 4, 1984, 75.3 percent
• Nov. 21, 1988, 75.3 percent
• Oct. 26, 1992, 71.8 percent (Referendum on the Charlottetown Accord)
• Oct. 25, 1993, 69.6 percent
• June 2, 1997, 67.0 percent
• Nov. 27, 2000, 64.1 percent
• June 28, 2004, 60.9 percent
• Jan. 23, 2006, 64.7 percent
• Oct. 14, 2008, 58.8 percent
• May 2, 2011, 61.1 percent