Manitoba polls open soon in Canada's 2025 federal election

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Polls are scheduled to unfastened soon in Manitoba for Canada's 2025 national election, aft a astir month-long campaign.

Polling stations volition beryllium unfastened from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Central clip connected Monday for voters successful the state to formed their ballots and assistance determine who volition signifier the country's adjacent government.

The contention volition spot Manitoba send astatine slightest 2 caller members of Parliament to Ottawa, aft the incumbent candidates successful southwest Manitoba's Brandon-Souris and southeast Winnipeg's St. Boniface-St. Vital ridings announced they would not question re-election.

More than 60 candidates are connected ballots crossed the province's 14 national ridings.

Heading into the election, the Conservatives held 7 seats, the Liberals held 4 and the NDP held three.

Voters tin find their polling stations by checking their elector accusation paper oregon utilizing Elections Canada's online elector accusation service. 

In bid to vote, you tin amusement your driver's licence oregon immoderate different government-issued paper that has your photo, sanction and existent address, according to Elections Canada.

If you don't person that, you tin amusement immoderate 2 pieces of ID that person your name. Your code needs to be on astatine slightest 1 of those pieces of ID. They tin see your elector accusation card, a slope statement, a inferior measure oregon immoderate of a fig of different options, Elections Canada says.

And if you don't person ID, you tin inactive vote if you state your individuality and code successful writing, and person idiosyncratic vouch for you who knows you and is assigned to your polling station. The voucher indispensable beryllium capable to beryllium their individuality and address.

People who are not registered to ballot tin bash that erstwhile they spell to ballot astatine their assigned polling station, and anyone already successful enactment to ballot astatine the extremity of voting hours volition inactive beryllium allowed to formed their ballot, nary substance however agelong the line, Elections Canada says.

Elections Canada besides answers a fig of often asked questions connected its website, including accusation astir emblematic highest voting times connected predetermination day.

Still not definite who to formed your ballot for? Check retired the CBC News enactment level tracker, which compares the predetermination promises of Canada's large parties, oregon Vote Compass, a instrumentality developed by governmental scientists to assistance you research however your views comparison with those of the parties.

Election time coverage

CBC News predetermination time sum starts astatine 5 a.m. CT connected CBC TV, CBC News Network, CBCNews.ca, the CBC News app, CBC Gem, YouTube, oregon can be streamed wherever you find CBC News.

Live predetermination time specials commencement with Power & Politics hosted by David Cochrane astatine 3 p.m. CT.

At 5:30 p.m. CT, articulation hosts Rosemary Barton, Adrienne Arsenault, Ian Hanomansing, Catherine Cullen and Cochrane for Canada Votes: Election Night.

The At Issue governmental sheet of experts provides investigation and commentary passim the nighttime alongside erstwhile MPs and CBC News reporters unrecorded crossed the country.

You tin besides ticker Canada Votes: Election Night successful American Sign Language (ASL) connected CBC Gem.

On CBC Radio One and the CBC Listen app, hosts Susan Bonner and Piya Chattopadhyay are joined by reporters from crossed the state and a sheet of governmental pundits to assistance you marque consciousness of this important national election, starting astatine 6 p.m. CT.

Tune successful for each the results and immoderate astute speech astir the winners and losers, and what it each means for Canadians.

Download the escaped CBC News app for the latest alerts and predetermination results passim the night.