Table 3.4
Voting in last federal, provincial and municipal elections, by age group and sex, Ontario, 2008
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Age group and voted in elections | Both sexes | Male | Female | |||
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('000) | % | ('000) | % | ('000) | % | |
Total all age groups 18 and over | 10,017 | 100.0 | 4,892 | 100.0 | 5,126 | 100.0 |
Voted in last federal election | 7,189 | 71.8 | 3,479 | 71.1 | 3,710 | 72.4 |
Voted in last provincial election | 7,054 | 70.4 | 3,403 | 69.6 | 3,652 | 71.2 |
Voted in last municipal election | 6,230 | 62.2 | 2,954 | 60.4 | 3,275 | 63.9 |
Voted in last federal and provincial elections | 6,557 | 65.5 | 3,168 | 64.8 | 3,389 | 66.1 |
Voted in last federal or last provincial election | 7,686 | 76.7 | 3,713 | 75.9 | 3,973 | 77.5 |
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election | 2,238 | 22.3 | 1,146 | 23.4 | 1,092 | 21.3 |
18 to 24 | 1,186 | 100.0 | 593 | 100.0 | 593 | 100.0 |
Voted in last federal election | 503 | 42.4 | 245 | 41.3 | 258 | 43.5 |
Voted in last provincial election | 499 | 42.1 | 237 | 40.0 | 262 | 44.2 |
Voted in last municipal election | 392 | 33.1 | 178 | 30.0 | 214 | 36.1 |
Voted in last federal and provincial elections | 407 | 34.3 | 203 | 34.2 | 204 | 34.4 |
Voted in last federal or last provincial election | 594 | 50.1 | 279 | 47.0 | 315 | 53.1 |
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election | 572 | 48.2 | 303 | 51.1 | 268 | 45.2 |
25 to 54 | 5,737 | 100.0 | 2,852 | 100.0 | 2,886 | 100.0 |
Voted in last federal election | 4,010 | 69.9 | 1,976 | 69.3 | 2,034 | 70.5 |
Voted in last provincial election | 3,876 | 67.6 | 1,913 | 67.1 | 1,963 | 68.0 |
Voted in last municipal election | 3,345 | 58.3 | 1,620 | 56.8 | 1,725 | 59.8 |
Voted in last federal and provincial elections | 3,572 | 62.3 | 1,756 | 61.6 | 1,817 | 63.0 |
Voted in last federal or last provincial election | 4,313 | 75.2 | 2,133 | 74.8 | 2,180 | 75.5 |
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election | 1,371 | 23.9 | 699 | 24.5 | 671 | 23.3 |
55 and over | 3,094 | 100.0 | 1,447 | 100.0 | 1,647 | 100.0 |
Voted in last federal election | 2,676 | 86.5 | 1,258 | 86.9 | 1,419 | 86.2 |
Voted in last provincial election | 2,680 | 86.6 | 1,253 | 86.6 | 1,427 | 86.6 |
Voted in last municipal election | 2,493 | 80.6 | 1,157 | 80.0 | 1,336 | 81.1 |
Voted in last federal and provincial elections | 2,577 | 83.3 | 1,209 | 83.6 | 1,368 | 83.1 |
Voted in last federal or last provincial election | 2,779 | 89.8 | 1,301 | 89.9 | 1,478 | 89.7 |
Did not vote in either federal or provincial election | 296 | 9.6 | 144 | 10.0 | 152 | 9.2 |
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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