Reasons for not voting in the federal election among Canadians 2021

The 44th federal election was held on September 20, 2021 in Canada, two years before the scheduled date. Public opinion was divided over Justin Trudeau's decision, and some people questioned the wisdom of holding the election in the midst of a pandemic, when some felt the debate should have been focused on more pressing issues. More than a third of Canadians did not vote. More than half of the abstainers surveyed the day after the results were released explained their non-vote by a feeling of indifference towards the electoral process, or by the fact that their vote would have no impact anyway. Yet, when looking at the results, the Canadian political map has changed very little compared to 2019.