Canadian election statistics

University of Toronto. Data Library Service

Canadian election statistics

Contents:
Microdata files: federal election surveys, provincial election surveys,
Aggregate data files: official voting results & campaign finances
Finding additional resources

Note: the links in this document provide, in most cases, access only to documentation describing the content of the files listed. To obtain access to the microdata or aggregate data files themselves, contact the Data Library Service. In most cases, the data are restricted to University of Toronto faculty, students, and staff for academic research and teaching purposes lnly.

Aggregate (macro-) data	Documentation
Canadian census and election data, 1908-1968, 1968-1974, 1979-1984. Principal investigator(s): Blake, Donald E. Distributor: ICPSR 39	blake68.txt
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 29th general election [results], 1972 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: National Archives of Canada (G0000072)	g0000072.txt Metropolitan Toronto FED maps: polling divisions
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 30th general election [results], 1974 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: National Archives of Canada (G0000112)	g0000112.txt
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: election results, 1979 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: National Archives of Canada (G0000894)	g0000894.txt
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: election results, 1980 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: National Archives of Canada (G0000811)	g0000811.txt
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: election results, 1984 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: National Archives of Canada (G0001292)	g0001292.txt
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: election expenses, 1984 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: National Archives of Canada (G0001564)	g0001564.txt
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: election results, 1988 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: National Archives of Canada (G0002328)	g0002328.txt
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: election expenses, 1988 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: National Archives of Canada (G0002344)	g0002344.txt
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 35th general election: official voting results, 1993 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: Elections Canada	Access data Restricted
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 36th general election: official voting results, 1997 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: Elections Canada	Access data Restricted E-stat Restricted
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 36th general election: election finances, candidates' returns in respect of electoral contributions & expenses 1997 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: Elections Canada	Access data Unrestricted Access data Restricted
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 37th general election: official voting results, 2000 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: Elections Canada	Access data Unrestricted Access data Restricted E-stat Restricted
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 37th general election: election finances, candidates' returns in respect of electoral contributions & expenses 2000 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: Elections Canada	Access data Unrestricted Access data Restricted
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 38th general election: official voting results, 2004 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: Elections Canada	Access data Unrestricted Access data Restricted Polling district maps Restricted
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 39th general election: official voting results, 2006 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: Elections Canada	Access data Unrestricted Access data Restricted Polling district maps Restricted
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer: 40th general election: official voting results, 2008 Principal investigator(s): Canada. Chief Electoral Officer Distributor: Elections Canada	Access data Unrestricted Access data Restricted

Finding additional resources:

Canadian Politics on the Internet: elections, political parties and politics ./ Laponce, Iza: <http://www.library.ubc.ca/poli/cpwebpr.html>
Elections Canada on-line./ Canada. Elections Canada: <http://www.elections.ca/home.asp>
Includes statutory reports and official voting results (1996 - present). Includes 36th general election (1997), 37th general election (2000) and by-elections. Gif files and PDF format files.
History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1867./ Canada. Library of Parliament. Information and Documentation Branch: <http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp>
Includes names of all the candidates to all the federal elections as well as a description of all the ridings.
IFES election guide (electionguide.org): <http://www.ifes.org/eguide/elecguide.htm>
International election dates, information and results. Statistics range 1998 to present.
Lijphart Elections Archive (University of California, San Diego. Social Sciences & Humanities Library.): <http://dodgson.ucsd.edu/lij/>
A research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries. The objective of the Archive is to systematically collect election statistics in as much detail as possible, including, as a minimum, the results at the level of the individual election districts in which votes are converted into seats.
Federal electoral districts (lists) (University of Toronto. Data Library Service): <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/other/referenc.htm#sgc>
Lists of federal electoral districts, showing federal electoral district codes and names. 1966 through 1996 Representation Order.
See also:
Finding Canadian research data: <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/other/findcand.htm>
Finding Canadian statistics: <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/datalib/other/findcans.htm>

Html by Laine G.M. Ruus, Data Library Service, University of Toronto
Created: 08/12/2000; Last updated: 2009-08-26