Election type

Elections Canada, Canada Elections Act (consolidated in 2000, last amended in March 2025), accessed 12 May 2025

Part 1, Electoral Rights

Section 8: Place of ordinary residence

(2.1) Person residing outside Canada: The place of ordinary residence of a person who resides outside Canada is their last place of ordinary residence in Canada.

Part 2, Chief Electoral Officer and Staff Chief Electoral Officer 

Section 18: Public education and information programs

(01.2) Information outside Canada: The Chief Electoral Officer may establish programs to disseminate information outside Canada concerning how to vote under Part 11.

Section 3: Electors Resident Outside Canada

Government of Canada, Voting in an election while outside Canada, accessed 12 May 2025