More than 30,000 people in the Courtenay-Alberni riding have already cast their vote, according to data released by Elections Canada.
So far, 32,536 people have voted, which is just under half of the total turn out in the 2021 election. In 2021, 69,465 people voted in all, though that was the lowest voter turn out since the riding was created in 2013.
The North Island-Powell River riding has seen fewer advance voters, with 27,760 in all. In 2021, 60,684 people voted, which is also the lowest turnout by a slim margin since the 2013 redistribution.
This election has seen the highest advance turn out, with just under 7.3 million people voting so far across Canada. The riding with the highest turn out so far is Carleton 鈥� Conservative Party of Canada Pierre Poilievre's riding 鈥� at 43,394. This year, Carleton also has the record for Canada's longest ballot with 91 candidates vying for the MP position. The ballot has two columns of names and is 97.08 centimetres long. The riding was targeted by electoral reform advocacy group The Longest Ballot Committee, which wants to establish a citizen's assembly on electoral reform.
The lowest advance turn out was in the Nunavut riding, with 1,152 people voting before election day. The riding has a total population of 36,858, and 21,376 eligible voters. By comparison, Courtenay-Alberni has 107,691 electors.
Those who still need to vote can do so on Monday, April 28. Vote at your assigned polling station. Polls will be open for 12 hours. To find your polling station, check or use Elections Canada's .
"Not registered? You can still register when you go to vote at your assigned polling station," the Elections Canada website says.
