Per capita, Saskatchewan eligible voters topped all of the provinces and territories with the largest percentage of people coming out to the polls at 71.72 per cent. Elections Canada says that doesn’t include those who registered on election day.
The lowest voter turnout was in Nunavut at 48.38 per cent. The national average was 65.95 per cent of eligible voters exercising their civic right. In the country, just over 17-million-890-thousand people voted with the eligible count at just over 27-million-126-thousand registered electors, other than those that may have registered on election day. In Saskatchewan, 570-thousand-505 people out of 795-thousand-416 registered electors voted.
These numbers don’t include those who registered on election day.
Canada: 17,890,264 of 27,126,166 registered electors (65.95 %)
Alberta: 2,041,445 of 2,981,599 registered electors (68.47 %)
British Columbia: 2,343,760 of 3,604,605 registered electors (65.02 %)
Manitoba: 581,036 of 911,058 registered electors (63.78 %)
New Brunswick: 435,883 of 612,453 registered electors (71.17 %)
NFLD and Labrador: 239,972 of 413,374 registered electors (58.05 %)
Northwest Territories: 16,588 of 30,235 registered electors (54.86 %)
Nova Scotia: 530,837 of 765,328 registered electors (69.36 %)
Nunavut: 9,031 of 18,665 registered electors (48.38 %)
Ontario: 6,787,042 of 10,386,700 registered electors (65.34 %)
Prince Edward Island: 83,037 of 115,820 registered electors (71.69 %)
Quebec: 4,230,638 of 6,462,016 registered electors (65.47 %)
Sask 570,505 of 795,416 registered electors (71.72 %)
Yukon:20,490 of 28,897 registered electors (70.91 %)
