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  • Back to School with Elections Canada: Our Top Five Tools

    To help you start the school year and make the most of Elections Canada’s educational resources, here are our best tools to use with your students this fall and all year round. Videos for Teachers Most of our resources include a teacher-support video, which gives you a quick overview of the lesson. It shows you how to use the materials and gives you our tips ...

  • Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada’s Constitution - Video Transcript

    (The video begins in an animated scene, where it opens up on a view in front of the Canadian Parliament Building with the Centennial Flame in view. The frame zooms in to the Canadian flag on top of the building.) The Canadian Constitution. It’s the highest law in the country. (The scene swipes out to a clean screen, where a paper scroll appears on screen and ...

  • Teaching "Voting Rights through Time" - Descriptive Transcript

    Date of publication: January 2021 Visual: White screen with the Elections Canada logo in the bottom right corner. An animated green line moves across the screen and turns into an X. The X turns sideways, splits and disappears from view. The title, Teaching Voting Rights through Time appears on a white background. Visual: Live action begins with a medium shot ...

  • Election officer name tags

    Election officer name tags are optional. If you like, copy two name tags, one for each election officer.

  • Election vocabulary

    Ballot: A piece of paper used to vote in an election. Ballot box: A box with a narrow slot on top into which voters place their ballots. Campaign: The time before an election when political parties and candidates explain their ideas and try to convince people to vote for them. In a federal election, the campaign lasts for 36 to 50 days. Platform: A political ...

  • Women and the Vote in Manitoba - Video Transcript

    [The video begins in an animated world, where an empty voting ballot card is resting on top of a desk. Two hands enter the frame from the bottom of the screen to pick up the ballot card.] Today, all Canadian citizens have the right to vote. But just 100 years ago, about half the population did not have this right. [The camera pulls back and reveals many ...

  • Election vocabulary

    Ballot: A piece of paper used to vote in an election. Ballot box: A box with a narrow slot on top into which voters place their ballots. Campaign: The time before an election. During this time, political parties and candidates explain their ideas and try to convince people to vote for them. Polling station: The place where you go to vote. Returning officer ...

  • Info Sheet for Reference Maps

    Use this information to help you draw boundaries on your Master Map. Reference Map - Population Distribution Use this information first One of the main considerations for mapping electoral boundaries is population equality. The population of your imaginary country is 560,000 people. The law requires that the population of each electoral district not vary ...

  • Case study: Women – language learners version

    Context card Context card In 1867, only men could vote in elections. In the decades that followed, women formed groups to fight for equality and the right to vote. Women’s groups focused on getting the right to vote at the provincial level. The first successes came in 1916 when Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta gave women the vote. Two years later, in 1918 ...

  • Case study: Women

    Context card Context card In 1867, at Confederation, only men could vote in provincial and federal elections. In the decades that followed, women formed groups to promote equality and to fight for the right to vote. Their actions included lobbying governments, marching and presenting petitions. At the time, voters lists for both provincial and federal ...

  • Voting Rights through Time - Video Transcript

    [On a blank screen, typography appears on screen reading, “Voting Rights Through Time”. The text floats upwards, and out of frame.] How many Canadians do you think had the right to vote in 1867? [Typography appears on screen, reading “How many Canadians do you think had the right to vote in 1867?, matching the timing of the voiceover. The frame starts to ...

  • Teaching "Geography of Elections" - Descriptive Transcript

    Note: This video was released in January 2021. At the time, there were 338 federal electoral districts. There are now 343, as new boundaries and electoral districts came into effect at the 2025 general election. Visual: White screen with the Elections Canada logo in the bottom right corner. An animated purple line moves across the screen and turns into an X ...