According to electoral law, Canadian federal elections must be held on the third Monday in October of the fourth year following the previous election. They can however, at the request of the Prime Minister, be held earlier, which was the case for this election: on August 15, 2021, Justin Trudeau asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament, setting the vote for September 20. When asked about the decision to call an election a few days before the campaign began, only about half of Canadians approved of Trudeau's initiative. Those most opposed to this early election were Quebecers (nearly two-thirds), while 38 percent of Albertans supported it.
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Leger. (August 14, 2021). Do you want Justin Trudeau to call a federal election in the next few days? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064506/canadians-wanting-justin-trudeau-call-federal-election-region/
Leger. "Do you want Justin Trudeau to call a federal election in the next few days?." Chart. August 14, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064506/canadians-wanting-justin-trudeau-call-federal-election-region/
Leger. (2021). Do you want Justin Trudeau to call a federal election in the next few days?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064506/canadians-wanting-justin-trudeau-call-federal-election-region/
Leger. "Do You Want Justin Trudeau to Call a Federal Election in The next Few Days?." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064506/canadians-wanting-justin-trudeau-call-federal-election-region/
Leger, Do you want Justin Trudeau to call a federal election in the next few days? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064506/canadians-wanting-justin-trudeau-call-federal-election-region/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Do you want Justin Trudeau to call a federal election in the next few days? [Graph], Leger, August 14, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1064506/canadians-wanting-justin-trudeau-call-federal-election-region/