BY THE NUMBERS

68%

Overall voter turnout in 2015, according to Elections Canada, up from 61 per cent in the 2011 election

65%

Voter turnout among voters aged 18 to 34 in 2015, up from 49 per cent in 2011 74%

Turnout among voters eligible to vote for the first time in 2015

52%

Proportion of millennials who say they are either very (13 per cent) or somewhat (39 per cent) interested in politics, according to Environics’ 2017 Canadian Millennial Social Values Study

48%

Proportion of those who say they are not very (31 per cent) or not at all (17 per cent) interested

57%

Proportion of eligible voters who said they didn’t vote for motivational reasons — that they did not like or trust the candidates, for example, or they were uninterested or not informed

23%

Proportion of millennials who identified one or more causes or issues in which they have been actively following or are engaged in over the past 12 months. These were most likely to include social justice issues such as animal rights, racism, refugees and Pride, followed by global warming or environmental issues, politics and health care.

20%

Proportion of millennials who have participated regularly (five per cent) or occasionally (15 per cent) in ongoing events or meetings about a cause or issue in the past 12 months

70%

Proportion of 18-to-29-yearolds who said they had discussed politics face-to-face or over the phone, according to Samara Citizens’ Survey, based on an online sample of 4,054 Canadian residents over 18 years of age and conducted between Jan. 16 and Feb. 6, 2019

57%

Proportion who said the same thing in 2014

59%

Proportion of 30-to-55-yearolds who said they had discussed politics face-to-face or over the phone in 2019