What problem are we trying to solve?

We believe Canadian citizens abroad have much untapped potential to help with the betterment of Canada but Canadian expatriates are great at NOT VOTING. Compared to overseas Americans, we are outvoted by an 8 to 1 margin. See the figures below. Refer to lettered sources at the bottom of the page for each figure.

Measure Canadians Americans Remarks
Population (est) 38,000,000 a
Citizens (est) 33,100,000 b 331,400,000 c
Residents eligible to vote 27,366,297 d 214,000,000 e Residents includes those living legally on a permanent and non-permament basis.
Resident voting eligibility 72% 64.57%
Resident voter turnout 62.5% f 66.8% g
Non-resident citizens (est) 4,000,000 h 4,400,000 i
Non-resident citizen voting eligibility (est) 2,880,000 2,800,000 j CAN: Assuming 72% of overseas citizens are elibible.
Non-resident citizen voters 27,000 k 218,400 l
Non-resident citizen voter turnout % 0.93% 7.80% m

Voting reinforces the bond between Canada and its global citizens. Such a bond strengthens the fabric of Canadian society. But, what good is democracy if so few participate in it?

Vote.

Do not wait until the election is called to register your vote--it will likely be too late by then.

Register your overseas vote with Elections Canada or find out how much much time you have to do so before it is too late!

 

 

Sources

a. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/065439a9-c194-4259-9c95-245a852be4a1?

b. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/98-200-X/2021008/98-200-X2021008-eng.cfm?

c. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045224?

d. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/065439a9-c194-4259-9c95-245a852be4a1?

e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections?

f. https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/065439a9-c194-4259-9c95-245a852be4a1?

g. https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/2020-presidential-election-voting-and-registration-tables-now-available.html

h. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220413/dq220413b-eng.htm?

i. https://www.fvap.gov/info/interactive-data-center/overseas?

j. https://www.fvap.gov/info/interactive-data-center/overseas?

k. https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?dir=pre&document=sep2921&lang=e&section=med&

l. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_non-resident_eligible_voters

m. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_non-resident_eligible_voters