Voter turnout across the province in the 2018 municipal elections hit a record-low 38 per cent, according to data published by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario dating back to 1982. In those 40 years, provincewide turnout in municipal elections has never surpassed 50 per cent.
Fewer Torontonians voted in advance polls for this month’s municipal election than did in 2018, despite having more days to vote, in what one political scientist is chalking up to