Table 3.3
Voting in last federal, provincial and municipal elections, by age group and sex, Quebec, 2008

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Age group and voted in elections Both sexes Male Female
('000) % ('000) % ('000) %
Total all age groups 18 and over 6,097 100.0 2,998 100.0 3,099 100.0
Voted in last federal election 4,824 79.1 2,387 79.6 2,437 78.6
Voted in last provincial election 4,857 79.7 2,373 79.2 2,484 80.2
Voted in last municipal election 3,576 58.7 1,729 57.7 1,847 59.6
Voted in last federal and provincial elections 4,599 75.4 2,259 75.4 2,340 75.5
Voted in last federal or last provincial election 5,082 83.4 2,500 83.4 2,851 83.3
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election 973 16.0 477 15.9 497 16.0
18 to 24  649 100.0 333 100.0 316 100.0
Voted in last federal election 374 57.6 200 60.1 174 55.1
Voted in last provincial election 339 52.2 178 53.5 161 50.9
Voted in last municipal election 192 29.6 104 31.2 89 28.2
Voted in last federal and provincial elections 303 46.7 161 48.3 142 44.9
Voted in last federal or last provincial election 410 63.2 217 65.2 193 61.1
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election 226 34.8 107 32.1 119 37.7
25 to 54 3,401 100.0 1,718 100.0 1,683 100.0
Voted in last federal election 2,622 77.1 1,326 77.2 1,297 77.1
Voted in last provincial election 2,665 78.4 1,329 77.4 1,337 79.4
Voted in last municipal election 1,829 53.8 873 50.8 956 56.8
Voted in last federal and provincial elections 2,509 73.8 1,260 73.3 1,249 74.2
Voted in last federal or last provincial election 2,779 81.7 1,394 81.1 1,384 82.2
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election 606 17,8 313 18.2 292 17.3
55 and over 2,047 100.0 947 100.0 1,099 100.0
Voted in last federal election 1,828 89.3 861 90.9 967 88.0
Voted in last provincial election 1,853 90.5 866 91.4 987 89.8
Voted in last municipal election 1,554 75.9 752 79.4 802 73.0
Voted in last federal and provincial elections 1,787 87.3 838 88.5 949 86.4
Voted in last federal or last provincial election 1,893 92.5 889 93.9 1,004 91.4
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election 142 6.9 56E 5.9E 85 7.7
Note(s):
The sum of the values for each category will differ from the total due to rounding and multiple responses.
Values for "Don't know" and "Not stated" are included in the total but are not shown separately.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
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