Voter turnout is the percentage of registered voters who cast a ballot in an election. The following presents voter turnout figures for Canada's general elections as compiled by Elections Canada. * The average voter turnout for Canada's general elections since 1867 has been 70.5% * The highest voter turnouts were in 1958, 1960, and 1963, when voter turnout was over 79%. * The lowest voter turnout on record was in 2008, when voter turnout fell to only 58.8%. * Voter turnout in the 2011 federal election, at 61.4%, was the third lowest in Canadian history. * Voter turnout rose sharply in the 2015 federal election to 68.5%, the highest turnout since 1993.