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By paNOW Staff

Voter turnout

A look at voter turnout across north central Saskatchewan

Apr 29, 2025 | 4:00 PM

Elections Canada has released preliminary voter turnout numbers for Monday’s election, although they do not include electors who registered on election day.

The Constitution of Canada requires a review of electoral districts after each 10-year census to reflect changes and movements in Canada’s population. The number of eligible voters changed in many federal ridings including Prince Albert, where, based on preliminary numbers, voter turnout is listed at 61.41 per cent with 62,438 electors on list. That is a slight increase from the last election where turnout was 60.2 per cent, but there were also fewer eligible voters at 57,483.

In Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake, voter turnout was 57.29 per cent this time around compared to 61.88 per cent in 2021. The riding, however, grew significantly with boundary changes; there was an increase of more than 8,000 eligible voters this election.

In Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek, voter turnout was 74.58 per cent with 62,273 being the number of electors on list. In 2021, there were 58,737 eligible voters and the turnout was 70.3 per cent.

In Canada’s third largest riding in the country, Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River, voter turnout was 35.81 per cent. There were 24,317 eligible voters. But the recent boundary changes to the riding had a significant impact on the number of eligible voters. In 2021, there were 46,257 eligible voters and the turnout was 44.8 per cent.

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Elections Canada reported that more than seven million Canadians cast their ballots in advance, setting a new record for early voter turnout. In Saskatchewan, the advanced voter turnout was 12 per cent higher than the advanced polls in the 2021 election.

Nationally, preliminary numbers show 67.42 per cent of registered electors in Canada voted. That’s up from the last election when 62.6 per cent of Canadians voted and with ballots still being counted, there is some room for voter turnout to increase even more.

The Liberal party is currently leading with 43.6 per cent of the total vote and is set to hold 169 seats, while the Conservative party has 41.3 per cent of the vote and an estimated 144 seats. The Bloc Québécois took 6.3 per cent of the votes and 22 seats, while the NDP took 6.3 per cent of the vote and currently holds seven seats.

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