Most ridings across British Columbia saw a significant increase in the number of voters turning out at advance polls.
Over four days of advance voting, preliminary numbers show that 804,116 British Columbians cast their ballot, up from 710,107 in 2019 – a 13.3 per cent increase. Nationwide, 5.8 million Canadians cast their ballot, a 18.5 per cent increase from the 2019 election.
Canadians are now past the time where they can request mail-in ballots but there is still time to send them in or drop it off at the Elections Canada office in your riding. All other Canadians head to the polls on Sept. 20.
Editor’s note: Elections Canada has informed Black Press Media that the advance turnout is extremely preliminary and likely to change massively over the coming days. As such, some figures have been removed from this article. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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