An Overview of the Canadian Federal Election

Back in September, Canadian voters gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party a victory. The Liberals won 160 seats, just 10 short of the 170 they needed to win a majority government – and 3 more than they won in 2019.

62% of eligible voters across Canada cast their ballots. How did the turnout at Branksome Hall’s mock election compare? About 56% of all middle and senior school students “voted”.

Nationwide, the popular vote percentages were as follows:

Conservatives: 33.7%

Liberals: 32.6%

NDP: 17.8%

Bloc Québecois: 7.6%

PPC: 5.0%

Green: 2.3%

At Branksome, the Liberals won the popular vote by a wide margin, overtaking the Conservatives by almost double. Notably, Branksome students also voted about 5 times more for the Green party than Canadian voters did.  

Branksome’s popular vote percentages were as follows:

Liberals: 41.1%

Conservatives: 23.6%

NDP: 21.6%

Green: 9.8%

Communist: 3%

PPC: 0.5%

Bloc Québecois: N/A

Let’s see how other students across Canada used their “vote”. 

NDP: 28%

Conservatives: 25%

Liberals: 24% 

Green Party: 10% 

Bloc Québecois: 2%

Canadian students as a whole voted more evenly for the NDP, Conservatives, and Liberals, with the NDP taking the lead in the popular vote. The Branksome student population seems to be more center-left than the students nationwide who prefer the NDP to the Liberal Party. 

So what does this mean for the future of Canadian politics? Will we see a transition towards a more left-leaning federal government? By the next federal election many Branksome students, and students across Canada, will be able to cast their votes. 

All images are from 

Canada’s Federal Elections. (2021, September 3). Retrieved from https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9ab67af62e3c4499aba9613d460f7f15