An Elections Canada ballot box is shown on federal election day in Montreal, Monday, May 2, 2011.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
What is the most popular season to hold a federal general election in Canada?
Canadians have gone to the polls most often in the fall: Fourteen fall elections have been held since 1867, 12 in the summer, 10 in the spring and only five in the winter.
What was the highest voter turnout for federal general elections from 1867 to 2011?
March 31, 1958: 79.4% of the electorate voted.
What was the lowest voter turnout for federal general elections from 1867 to 2011?
Oct. 14, 2008: 58.8% of the electorate voted.
What was the shortest election campaign and when was it held?
The campaign for the Jan. 22, 1874, election lasted only 20 days.
What was the longest election campaign and when was it held?
The campiang for the Feb. 18, 1980, election was 66 days long.
Raised: parties' financial returns to Elections Canada at the end of 2014
Conservatives: $20.1-million
Liberals: $15-million
NDP: $9.5-million.
Electoral district associations ended the year with net assets
Conservatives: $19-million
Liberals: $8-million
NDP: $4.4-million
Green Party: $1.2-million
Bloc Québécois: $410,000.
Parties' financial returns to Elections Canada up to June, 2015
Conservatives: $13,779,723.94
Liberals: $8,238,634.09
NDP: $6,762,457.81