Alberta finishes fifth in Canada, above national average for voter turnout

Canadians stormed the ballot boxes for the 2025 federal election.

Voter turnout was up by six per cent nationally from 62.6 in 2021 to 68.64 this time around.

Albertans nearly made it to 70 per cent. According to Elections Canada, this province was at 69.78 per cent. Those numbers do not include electors who registered on election day.

Alberta was fifth among all of the provinces and territories. Prince Edward Island was first with 77.28 per cent voter turnout. Nunavut was last at just 36.81 per cent.

Locally the polls showed there was over 76 per cent voter turnout in Ponoka-Didsbury constituency (76.02), plus nearly 75 per cent in both the Yellowhead (74.78) and Airdrie-Cochrane (74.92) ridings.

Galen Hartviksen
Galen Hartviksen
Straight outta northwestern Ontario, Galen moved from his hometown of Thunder Bay to Alberta in 1998. After graduating from the broadcasting program at Mount Royal College (Class of 2003), it was off to the Town of Olds for the launch of the independent radio station (CAB-K Broadcasting). A fan of all seasons, Galen has been News Director & the voice of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Olds Grizzlys on 96.5 CKFM/ROCK 104.5 for two decades and in 2024 he was excited to have the opportunity to join the team at Vista Radio and My Mountain View Now.

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