Aboriginal peoples were allowed to vote.

You are responsible to vote in elections. Voting is done by secret ballot (no one can know who you voted for).

A group of people who have similar ideas about how their city, province or country should be governed.

A card that tells you when and where you can vote. The National Register of Electors mails a card to everyone who is a registered voter.

A poll that allows you to vote before election day, if you want to.

When you choose a political candidate by marking an "X" next to their name on a ballot.

Where you put your ballot after you have chosen a candidate.

The movement to allow women the right to vote.

The leader of the women's suffrage movement in Canada. The first Canadian woman to practice medicine.

1940: She helped the women of Quebec to get the vote.

(1) Bring your voter information card and proof of identity and address (2) Choose a candidate by marking an "X" on the ballot (3) Close the ballot and give it to the poll official (4) Put it in the ballot box after the poll official returns your ballot to you

To be able to vote, a person has to be: (1) a Canadian citizen (2) 18 years old on voting day (3) on the voter’s list

Voting in Canada is done by secret ballot and no one has the right to insist that you tell them how you voted. You do not have to tell anyone who you voted for.

After an election, the party with the most seats in the House of Commons forms the government.

Federal elections (for the whole country), provincial or territorial elections, and local elections (for a municipality or city).

The name given to the opposition party with the most members in the House of Commons.

(1) Conservative Party (2) Liberal Party (3) New Democratic Party (NDP) (4) Bloc Quebecois

The location voters go to vote.

The table inside the voting place where a voter receives his/her ballot.

The person who goes door to door collecting names of eligible voters for the voters list.

The person who is responsible to conduct the election in an electoral division.

The piece of paper a voter uses to vote.

For federal elections, the country of Canada is divided into 308 areas. Each area is called a constituency or a riding, and has some candidates who will run for office in the federal election.

For provincial elections, each province or territory is split into a number of areas. Each area is called an electoral division.

For municipal elections, each municipality (city, town..etc) is split into a number of areas. Each area is called a ward.

Japanese-Canadians were allowed to vote.

White men who owned property.

All Canadian citizens over the age of 18.

White men who owned property. Women who were nurses in battle (World War 1) or related to men in the war.

White men who owned property. Most women over the age of 21.