Canadians have gone to the polls most often in the fall; 13 fall elections have been held since 1867, 12 elections have been held in summer, 9 in the spring and only 5 have been held in winter.

March 31, 1958 - 79.4% of the electorate voted.

Yukon - March 31, 1958 - 90% of the electorate voted.

Prince Edward Island - June 18, 1962 - 90% of the electorate voted.

June 28, 2004 - 60.9% of the electorate voted.

Manitoba - June 20, 1882 - 32% of the electorate voted.

An election campaign is at least 36 days.

The January 22, 1874 general election campaign lasted only 20 days.

The September 14, 1926 election campaign was 74 days long.

There were 361,028 electors on the August 7 - September 20, 1867 general election lists.  268,387 ballots were cast, for a turnout of  73.1%

The January 23, 2006 general election list had 23,054,615 electors of which 14,908,703 voted, for a turnout of 64.7%

To vote and to run as a candidate in federal election one must be 18 years old. Previous to the 1970 Canada Elections Act revision, the voting age and minimum age to run as a candidate in a federal election was 21 years old.