CH-0115 · RESEARCH DRAFT
Federal voting age lowered to eighteen
The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1970, expanding the federal electorate.
Not publication-ready. Separate the law’s passage from the first subsequent general election in which the newly eligible voters participated.
- Historical place
- National
- Present-day context
- Unknown — navigation aid, not historical jurisdiction
- Peoples named in this record
- Young adults
- Review state
- source supported draft — source-supported draft is not independent verification
- Catalogue updated
- French text
- Translation pending; English research text shown.
Map context
Source evidence
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Federal electoral milestones
Elections Canada · · Review: page opened
Recorded retrieval date: 2026-10-12. This date does not prove a complete document was reviewed.
Primary institutional reference opened; draft entry and event-specific geography require editorial review.