Infographic on the Online Voter Registration Service for the 42nd General Election
The infographic provides the following statistics:
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Online transactions accounted for 301,000 or 37% of voters list updates during the revision period.
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70% of online voter registration service users were under 45 years old.
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Over 1.7 million Canadians checked whether they were registered to vote.
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208,000 address updates or corrections were submitted online, improving the quality of the national voters list. Of the voters who made these updates or corrections, 20% were 18 to 24 years old and 55% were 25 to 44 years old.
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107,000 new registrations were submitted online, helping to increase registration before election day. Of the voters who registered online, 55% were 18 to 24 years old and 30% were 25 to 44 years old.
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77,000 electors who needed to register on election day requested a registration certificate online for faster service at the polls.