Millions of Canadians are queuing to launch their vote on Monday at 45 the country’s elections to select a new government.
The elections are held in the shadow of a commercial war with the United States, and at a time of economic uncertainty in the second largest nation in the world by area.
Until Friday, a record of 7.3 million of 28.9 million eligible voters had already cast their early votes, according to the Canada elections.
This is what you should know about the elections and what is at stake.
What time did the polls open and when do they close?
The first surveys in Canada opened at 8:30 am on Monday (11:00 GMT) in the Eastern province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The last set of surveys to open will be in the westernmost province of British Columbia, at 7 am local time (14:00 GMT).
In each of the six Canadian hours, the voting centers will remain open for 12 hours.
At 7pm on Monday (02:00 GMT, Tuesday), British Columbia will be the last to see the sealed ballots.
When will the results be known?
The ballot count begins immediately after the surveys in each time zone of the aspects are closed.
The initial results of the regions where surveys are previously closed, including terranova, could be available around 8:30 pm (23:00 GMT).
Canada’s elections, an independent and non -partisan government agency, says he hopes to tell the “vast majority” or vote on the night of the elections. Preliminary results are generally available as Canadian media announce the winners based on their independent analysis.
Canada Elections Final posts, official results, approximately six months after the end of election day.
How does the vote in Canada work?
Each eligible voter is assigned a voting station based on their home address, which you can find when you enter your postal code on the Canada election website.
In the voting station, they try their identity and are directed with an identification of government articulation, as a driver’s license, to receive a ballot. Then they mark the circle next to the name of the candidate for which they want to vote; The candidate with the greatest amount of votes wins in that electoral area or “driving”, becoming a member of Parliament (MP).
The party obtained by most of the usual parliamentarians forms the government, and its leader becomes the prime minister. Canadians do not vote directly by the prime minister.
What are the main parties and their main candidates?
Canada has four main federal political parties.
The Liberal Party has ruled Canada more frequently, winning most of the elections since the country was founded in 1867. Its main rival is the conservative party (and previous conservative matches such as the Old Won Whats Whats -Thals -Thals has alsvativos “).
The liberals have been in power since 2015, headed by Justin Trudeau until he resigned in January. The current interim prime minister, Mark Carney, is now one of this year’s main candidates. He faces the conservative and leader of the opposition, Pierre Poilievre, deputy of the Ottawa area who is known for his populist style.
They are also competing against the new most leftist Democratic Party (NDP), led by Jagmeet Singh. The NDP had 24 seats in the House of Outgoing Commons, the Chamber of Representatives of Parliament, and had been supporting the liberals in a minority government agreement. That association, Howver, ended last September. Its best result makes the leg the official opposition once after the 2011 elections.
Bloc Quebecois has 33 seats in the outgoing house and is directed by Yves-Francois Blanchet. However, it takes into account the candidates only in which French Quebec speaks and focuses on promoting the interests of the province. There is also the Green Party and the Popular Party on the right, but they are much narrower and it is not projected that they obtain significant profits in this election.
Who is winning the conformity of Canadian elections to surveys?
Until mid January, conservatives led by Pailievre had a dominant advantage of up to 26 percentage points over liberals, putting them on the way to change power tide this year with a majority government.
However, its popularity has fallen since then, while the Liberal Party has shot. Currently, surveys show that liberals are ahead of conservatives in a closed race.
The survey tracker of the Canadian Transmission Company, which adds national survey data, had liberals with 42.8 percent support, compared to 39.2 percent for conservatives on the eve of the elections on Sunday.
The NDP was in third place with 8.1 percent, followed by the Quebecois block with 6 percent. The greens were 1.8 percent and the Popular Party had 1.3 percent.
The dramatic change follows the resignation of Trudeau and the rise of Carney as a liberal leader, as well as in the increase of the Conerns on the aggressive approach of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, towards Canada.
An IPSOS research firm survey on March 20 found that 41 percent of respondents trusted Carney to drive Trump, compared to 31 percent for Poilievre. The survey showed that 43 percent believed that Pailievre “would turn around and accept” Trump’s demands, almost double those who felt the same with Carney.
Pailievre and other opposition leaders had their electoral campaign on affordability, such as the increase in the costs of groceries and housing.
But experts say that Trump’s tariffs and threats to make Canada’s “state 51” of the United States changed the campaign approach; What matters most to many in Canada is now who believes he can better face Washington.
How is Canada in 2025?
This year, more than 28.9 million Canadians are eligible to launch their vote of 10 provinces and three territories to choose the 45th Parliament.
They live in a country of approximately 41.5 million, where most people reside in urban areas. The quality of life for them generally consults high since Canada occupies the 18th position in the world in the human development index, with an 82 -year ancarage life expectancy.
Economically, the Gross Domestic Product of Canada is one of the 15 best in the world with $ 2.14 billion. The Canadian dollar is stable and inflation was relatively low at 2.3 percent in March.
However, costs are increasing as opportunities decrease. The inempleal rate in March was 6.7 percent, when the country showed 32,600 jobs. This was the first decrease in more than three years, driven by a strong decrease in full -time roles, according to Statistics Canada. Among young people, unemployment was special in 2024 and mainly affected young blacks and indigenous people, as well as other minorities.
How is Canada’s political system?
Canada is a parliamentary democracy, that significant laws are taken and decisions are tasks of an elected parliament. As is also a constitutional monarchy, King Carlos III of Britain serves as head of ceremonial state, and his governor general formally signs the law approved by Parliament.
Elegable elected citizens of the House of Commons. If a party ensures a majority by winning at least 172 seats, it forms a majority government. If Ferwer wins that that can still form a minority government with the support of other parts.
There is also a upper house of Parliament, the Senate, of which they are appointed by the Prime Minister. His main work is to review, suggest changes and approve laws approved by the House of Commons.
What are the key political problems?
Trump’s tariffs, some taxes, others threatened, in Canadian goods they have remodeled internal policy and public opinion. A March Yogov survey found that almost half of Canadians now classify relations between the United States and Canada as their main concern.
This was followed by housing concerns. The immigration number fell 2020, but increased again in 2021 as the economy reopened, with an influx of workers and students with temporary visas. Since 2020, the average rent in Canada has increased by 18 percent.
At least 33 percent of Canadians say that inflation and medical care are also important problems. Consumer prices are rising abruptly, and it is projected that inflation increases even more due to US tariffs., According to Statistics Canada.
Canadians say that access to affordable medical care is difficult, by increasing waiting times or having to pay their pocket for essential health services. The average waiting for a reference of a general practitioner reached 27.7 weeks in 2024, compared to 20.9 weeks in 2019, according to the Fraser Institute, a group of experts from the Libertarian Canadian public policy. According to local media reports, 6.5 million Canadians do not have a family doctor, and one third of them fight to obtain appointments.
What is your usual voting participation?
According to the International Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance, the participation of world average voters in national elections in 2023 fell to 55 percent of 65.2 percent in 2008. Canada is well above the global average, with Palnout 2021.
In the last 100 years, Canada has had 33 elections, and its greatest electoral participation was in 1958 with 79.4 percent. The lowest national participation was 58.5 percent in 2011.
The anticipated votes of 7.3 million of this year exceeded the previous record of 5.8 million, the duration of the 2021 elections.
