6.4 Voting

#1. How does Elections Canada produce the voters’ lists for the federal elections and referendums?

From the IRCC database

From a database of Canadian voters, called the National Register of Electors

From the database of the Statistics Canada website

From the database of party workers in each riding

#2. Who is eligible to vote in federal elections and federal referendums?

All residents of Canada aged 18 years and above

All Canadian citizens

Canadian citizen, aged 18 years and above on the day of voting, with name on the voters’ list

Only Canadians officially affiliated with any of the political parties

#3. You can find the information on your polling station and the time you can go there on your Voter Information Card.

True

False

#4. If you are eligible to vote but your name is not on the voters list, you cannot go to the polling station.

True

False

#5. What is the phrase used to describe the place where eligibile Canadian citizens go to vote?

National Register of Voters

Elections Canada

Polling station

Party station

#6. What is Elections Canada?

A neutral agency of the Parliament in charge of producing voters’ lists for federal elections and referendums

A college of electoral districts

A committee of elected ministers

An ecommerce website

#7. What does Elections Canada do once an election is called?

It mails gift cards from political parties to each eligible voter whose name is in the National Register of Electors

It mails party membership cards to each eligible voter whose name is in the National Register of Electors

It mails a voter information card to each eligible voter whose name is in the National Register of Electors

It mails a newsletter from the Prime Minister to each eligible voter whose name is in the National Register of Electors

#8. An adult Canadian citizen can choose to be added to the voters’ list at any time, including on the election day.

True

False

#9. As a Canadian citizen who is eligible to vote, where should you go to vote on the election day?

To the polling station listed on your Voter Information Card

To a local Elections Canada office

To any polling station

To the local office of the candidate that you wish to vote for

#10. If you are qualified to vote but you did not receive your voter information card, you cannot go to the polling station to vote.

False

True

#11. What does the Voter Information Card contain?

Select all that apply:

Projections from exit polls about who is likely to win the elections

A number to call if an interpreter or other special services are needed for you to be able to vote

Information about where to vote

Information about when to vote

#12. What can you do if you need an interpreter or another special service to be able to vote on election day?

Don’t bother voting

Intimate Elections Canada that you will not be voting

Call the number given in the Voter Information Card to request these special services

Ask the candidates in your riding to request these special services

#13. As an adult Canadian citizen, you can choose not to be listed in the National Register of Electors.

True

False

#14. Who makes the voters’ list used during the federal elections and federal referendums?

Citizens of a riding

Elections Canada

House of Commons

The Senate

#15. The right to vote in Canada is a privilege that is reserved for the Canadian citizens.

False

True

#16. As an adult Canadian citizen, even if you have chosen not to be listed in the National Register of Electors, you can change your decision at any time and get your name added to the voters’ list, even on the election day.

True

False

#17. If you are qualified to vote but your name is not on the voters list, you can still go to the polling station to vote and get your name added to the voters’ list.

True

False

#18. What is the National Register of Electors?

A permanent database of Canadian citizens who are 18 years and older, and qualified to vote in federal elections and referendums

A permanent database of all Canadian citizens

A neutral agency of the Parliament that is in charge of producing voters’ list for federal elections and referendums

A permanent database of all election officers in Canada

#19. As an adult Canadian citizen, even if you did not receive your Voter Information Card, you can still be added to the voters’ list by calling your local elections office or Elections Canada, even on the election day.

False

True

Results

#1. How does Elections Canada produce the voters’ lists for the federal elections and referendums?

#2. Who is eligible to vote in federal elections and federal referendums?

#3. You can find the information on your polling station and the time you can go there on your Voter Information Card.

#4. If you are eligible to vote but your name is not on the voters list, you cannot go to the polling station.

#5. What is the phrase used to describe the place where eligibile Canadian citizens go to vote?

#6. What is Elections Canada?

#7. What does Elections Canada do once an election is called?

#8. An adult Canadian citizen can choose to be added to the voters’ list at any time, including on the election day.

#9. As a Canadian citizen who is eligible to vote, where should you go to vote on the election day?

#10. If you are qualified to vote but you did not receive your voter information card, you cannot go to the polling station to vote.

#11. What does the Voter Information Card contain?

#12. What can you do if you need an interpreter or another special service to be able to vote on election day?

#13. As an adult Canadian citizen, you can choose not to be listed in the National Register of Electors.

#14. Who makes the voters’ list used during the federal elections and federal referendums?

#15. The right to vote in Canada is a privilege that is reserved for the Canadian citizens.

#16. As an adult Canadian citizen, even if you have chosen not to be listed in the National Register of Electors, you can change your decision at any time and get your name added to the voters’ list, even on the election day.

#17. If you are qualified to vote but your name is not on the voters list, you can still go to the polling station to vote and get your name added to the voters’ list.

#18. What is the National Register of Electors?

#19. As an adult Canadian citizen, even if you did not receive your Voter Information Card, you can still be added to the voters’ list by calling your local elections office or Elections Canada, even on the election day.