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Elections Canada Website Outage Disrupts Polling Information During Federal Election

Technical issues began as polls closed nationwide, but live results page remains operational while voters are directed to alternative resources.

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People wait in line to register to vote at a polling station for Canada's federal election, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada April 28, 2025. REUTERS/Arlyn McAdorey
Election Canada's website provides key information about the upcoming federal election, including live results.

Overview

  • Elections Canada's main website went down around 7 p.m. ET on April 28, 2025, as polls began closing across Canada during the 45th federal election.
  • The outage affected access to online tools for locating polling stations, prompting the agency to advise voters to use voter cards or call hotlines for information.
  • Elections Canada acknowledged the issue via social media, apologizing and stating that efforts to resolve the problem are ongoing.
  • Despite the outage, the live election results page remains functional, with preliminary results from the Maritime provinces already being posted.
  • Polls in British Columbia, the last region to close, remained open until 10 p.m. ET, ensuring voters in western provinces could still cast their ballots.