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Canadian Federal Elections: Home

A guide to sources of information on the federal election

Contents

This guide provides you with background information on Canadian General Elections. Each link is to a summary page. Some have fuller versions labeled More about which may be found via the tabs above or at the top of the individual summary pages.

  • How It Works
    A step by step overview of the process from the time the election is called until the winning candidates are confirmed.
  • Getting and Staying Informed
    How to locate newspaper and magazine articles, scholarly journal articles, and books using York University Library resources. Social media tags. Survey and polling results.
  • Candidates and Parties
    How to find candidates and how to contact the registered parties and how to find them on social media.
  • Voting
    How, where, and when to vote.
  • Other Guides
    Related YUL and other guides.