Sources
Each Canada page cites only the sources used for its sentences. The full list read for this release is here. The read date is 17 October 2026.
Last updated: October 17, 2026. Unofficial information. Confirm with your official election office (Elections Canada).
23 sources. Municipality and electoral-district pages are not in this release.
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Sources
- Canada Elections Act, section 56.1 (S.C. 2000, c. 9) — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Canada, Delivering the Election – Overview of Elections Canada and the Federal Electoral System, Briefing Book (May 2025) — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Canada, forty-fifth general election 2025, Official Voting Results, table 7, Distribution of seats by political affiliation and gender — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Canada, Registered Political Parties and Parties Eligible for Registration — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Canada — read 2026-10-17
- House of Commons of Canada, Party Standings in the House of Commons — read 2026-10-17
- Chambre des communes du Canada, Position des partis à la Chambre des communes — read 2026-10-17
- Statistics Canada, The Daily, Canada’s population estimates, second quarter 2026, released 2026-09-23 — read 2026-10-17
- Statistics Canada, table 17-10-0009-01, Population estimates, quarterly, release date 2026-09-23 — read 2026-10-17
- Prime Minister of Canada — read 2026-10-17
- Governor General of Canada, Governor General — read 2026-10-17
- Government of Canada, About the Senate — read 2026-10-17
- Élections Québec, 2026 provincial election: polling day is October 5, press release of 27 August 2026 — read 2026-10-17
- Assemblée nationale du Québec, Composition de l’Assemblée nationale, notice dated mercredi 14 octobre 2026 — read 2026-10-17
- Elections BC, 2026 Provincial Election — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Alberta, Alberta’s Next Provincial General Election — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Manitoba, Voting — read 2026-10-17
- Elections Saskatchewan, FAQs — read 2026-10-17
- Elections PEI, Provincial Elections — read 2026-10-17
- Elections NWT, About Elections NWT — read 2026-10-17
- Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Election Writs Issued for Newfoundland and Labrador’s Provincial General Election, news release of 15 September 2025 — read 2026-10-17
- Election Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.6, consolidated text on ontario.ca — read 2026-10-17
- ontario.ca, Reference lists of government officials, ministries and electoral districts, ministers list — read 2026-10-17