Canada

Population Statistics

35,099,836

Total Population

5,264,975

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

11 March 2010

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Canada Elections Act (2000, last amended 2014)

Updated: June 2015
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Constitution Act of Canada (1867, last amended 1982)

Updated: June 2015
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Making Voting more Accessible

Making Voting more Accessible

Updated: October 2020
Ahead of Canada’s October 2020 provincial elections, Elections Saskatchewan (ESK) produced a voter education flyer for people with disabilities. The poster details forms of assistance voters can expect to find ...
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Candidate's Guide to Accessible Elections

Candidate's Guide to Accessible Elections

Updated: July 2016
In 2014, the Association of Municipal Managers, Cerks, and Treasurers of Ontario (AMCTO) and the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario developed the Candidate's Guide to Accessible Elections to encourage candidates to reach voters with ...
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Accessibility Feedback Form

Accessibility Feedback Form

Updated: May 2016
For a federal election in October 2014, Elections Canada offered an accessibility feedback form to voters with disabilities. Voters were able to note any accessibility problems they had with polling places, ...
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Elections Saskatchewan Training Video

Elections Saskatchewan Training Video

Updated: March 2016
Elections Saskatchewan developed this video to train poll workers on how best to assist voters with disabilities on Election Day. The video explains the different poll workers who contribute to ...
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Forum 29 Conference Poster

Forum 29 Conference Poster

Updated: December 2015
Forum 29, an organization based in Nova Scotia, Canada, that works to engage persons with disabilities on Article 29 of the Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), ...
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Toward Improved Accessibility for Saskatchewan Voters

Toward Improved Accessibility for Saskatchewan Voters

Updated: August 2015
In 2013, Elections Saskatchewan (an election management body) partnered with disability rights organizations, organizations of older people, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, and the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public ...
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Enabling persons with disabilities to participate in public and political life

Enabling persons with disabilities to participate in public and political life

Updated: May 2015
Forum 29 was a one-day event held by the Nova Scotia Disabled Persons Commission, the Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor's office, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in May 2014. ...
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Tactile ballot guide

Tactile ballot guide

Updated: December 2014
This tactile ballot guide was used for an election held in 2011 in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
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