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CP NewsAlert: Advance poll turnout breaks record with 7.3M ballots cast

  • Craig Lord

    Craig Lord

  • Canadian Press

  • April 22, 2025

This composite image made from three file photos shows, from left to right, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Surrey, B.C., Sunday, April 20, 2025; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 19, 2025, and Liberal Leader Mark Carney in Montreal, Friday, April 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam, Nathan Denette, Graham Hughes

OTTAWA -- Elections Canada says a record number of Canadians cast a ballot early in advance polls this year.

Over four days of polling between Friday and Monday, 7.3 million people voted.

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