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  • Curricula across Canada are vast and are different in every province and territory. That’s why Elections Canada has designed its educational resources to be cross-curricular. Our lessons have links to many subjects that go well beyond Civics and ...

  • Screenshot of the animated video. Charlie the Raven stands behind a podium. A campaign poster is displayed in the background. The following words are written in a text bubble:

    Elections Canada launched Choosing our Mascot almost 25 years ago. This popular and well-loved resource aims to introduce students from kindergarten to grade 3 to the basic principles of a real election. A lot has changed in the classroom since that ...

  • Finding age-appropriate resources for language learners can be difficult. To meet that need, we offer literacy support throughout our resources, from relevant pedagogy to language learner versions.

    In our resources, you’ll find strategies that ...

  • Every classroom has different needs. In some, you might want to engage your students further in higher-level thinking. For that, Elections Canada’s learning resources offer optional enhancement activities that you can use to deepen your students’ ...

  • The federal election is taking place early in the school year (Monday, September 20). But that doesn’t mean you can’t put Student Vote Canada in your back-to-school lesson plan and take advantage of this learning opportunity.

    Here are some ways to ...

  • Jordan Henderson and 16-year-old Tyler Bruyere, working in the 2019 federal election in Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba.

    The goal of civic education is to prepare young people to participate in electoral democracy. Elections Canada offers a suite ...

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