Table 4
Reasons for not voting by immigrant status and Indigenous group, 2021 federal election
Canadian citizen by naturalization – 10 years or less since immigration | Canadian citizen by naturalization – More than 10 years since immigration | Canadian citizen by birth | Non-Indigenous population | Indigenous population | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | % | % | % | % | |
Everyday life or health reasons | 45 | 49 | 42 | 42 | 38 |
Too busy | 29 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 21 |
Out of town | 11E | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Illness or disability | 5E | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
Political reasons | 22 | 35 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
Not interested in politics | 20 | 28 | 34 | 34 | 35 |
Electoral process-related reasons | 16E | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6E |
Reasons related to COVID-19 | x | 3 | 2 | 2 | x |
All other reasons | 13E | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
x
suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E
use with caution
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701).
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