Canada goes to the polls on Oct. 19 for the 42nd general election. Here’s a look at some of the numbers involved, courtesy of Elections Canada: About 26.4 million electors are eligible to cast ballots.
Polling places:
230,000 election workers
338 electoral districts
20,000 polling places
65,000 polling stations
300 voter information cards printed per second
12 hours to vote at a polling station on election day
2.1 million square kilometres in Canada’s largest electoral district (Nunavut)
6 square kilometres in Canada’s smallest electoral district (Toronto-Centre)
72,747 electors per electoral district (on average)
80 truckloads of election material sent across Canada
105,140 ballot boxes
244,377 voting pencils (about 18.5 km of pencils laid end to end)
338 Elections Canada offices (one in each riding) and 140 satellite offices
8,000 telephone lines
5,000 computers
340 servers
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Number of party candidates
Alliance of the North: 1
Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada: 8
Bloc Quebecois: 78
Canada Party: 1
Canadian Action Party: 3
Christian Heritage Party of Canada: 30
Communist Party of Canada: 26
Conservative Party of Canada: 338
Democratic Advancement Party of Canada: 4
Forces et Democratie: 17
Green Party of Canada: 336
Independent: 74
Liberal Party of Canada: 338
Libertarian Party of Canada: 72
Marijuana Party: 8
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada: 70
New Democratic Party: 338
No Affiliation: 6
Party for Accountability, Competency and Transparency: 1
Pirate Party of Canada: 5
Progressive Canadian Party: 8
Rhinoceros Party: 27
Seniors Party of Canada: 1
The Bridge Party of Canada: 1
United Party of Canada: 1
Grand Total: 1,792
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