P.E.I. tops the country with highest voter turnout in federal election

Thinh Nguyen · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 8:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Prince Edward Island erstwhile again leads the state for elector turnout successful Canada's 45th wide election.

A full of 97,046 of  the123,822 registered voters connected the Island participated — a elector turnout of 78.38 per cent, according to preliminary results from Elections Canada arsenic of Tuesday evening. Preliminary numbers are unofficial and bash not yet see voters who registered connected predetermination day.

That's up from the astir 73 per cent successful the 2021 national election.

P.E.I. has traditionally seen beardown elector information successful some national and provincial elections.

In the remainder of Atlantic Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia besides reported precocious elector turnout astatine 72.24 and 72.25 per cent respectively.

Newfoundland and Labrador recorded the lowest turnout successful the portion with 65.75 per cent of eligible voters casting ballots.

At the nationalist level, Elections Canada's preliminary estimates bespeak that 19,597,674 Canadians formed a ballot. That's a elector turnout of astir 68.7 per cent — a leap of astir six percent points compared to 2021, and the highest it's been since 1993.