Canada has six time zones, and ballot closures are synchronized to occur at roughly the identical time nationwide.
The primary polls opened in Newfoundland and Labrador, an Atlantic province, at 8:30 a.m. native time, which is 7 a.m. Jap. Ontario and Quebec, probably the most populous provinces, which fall within the Jap time zone, will vote from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The nation’s westernmost province, British Columbia, will shut a half-hour later than Ontario and Quebec do, at 10 p.m. Jap.
(Elections Canada, the nonpartisan company that administers the federal election, has an entire list of polling hours.)
About 7.3 million Canadians forged their ballots in the course of the early-voting interval, April 18 to April 21, in accordance with Elections Canada, a 25 p.c improve over early-voting turnout within the 2021 election.
