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Voting Rights
The right to vote in Canada has not been straightforward. Race, ethnicity, and gender were often factors in determining who had the right to vote, a right that, once earned, could be taken away. Learn about the complicated history of Voting Rights in Canada.
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Featured Articles
Right to Vote in Canada
Article![Nursing Sisters at a Canadian Hospital voting in the Canadian federal election.](https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/vimy_foundation/VF3-4/VF8-11.jpg)
Black Voting Rights in Canada
Article![Members of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, 5 July 1920](https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/fa98fc8b-1719-469b-92fc-41c64b9d5ebf.jpg)
Indigenous Suffrage
Article![In Hiawatha Council Hall on Occasion of a Federal By-election](https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/bd7dcb30-05e5-4ba5-a9f7-9adea1ed9928.jpg)
Women's Suffrage in Canada
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Timelines
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Elections and Prime Ministers
This timeline lists events related to elections and Prime Ministers in Canada.
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Women's Suffrage
Women in Canada obtained the right to vote in a sporadic fashion. Federal authorities granted them the franchise in 1918, more than two years after the women of Manitoba became the first to vote at the provincial level.
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Indigenous Suffrage
![Political Equality League Presents Petition, 1915](https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/caad1258-7b0d-4136-b1c8-919fb7b00f33.jpg)
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Women's Suffrage in the West
![“Votes for Women” pennant](https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/media/88bab6f6-366c-45d5-be02-092e23d46e97.jpg)
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Women's Suffrage in Atlantic Canada
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Women's Suffrage in the North
Education Guides
Women's Suffrage Education Guide and Worksheets
Education Guide![](https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/study_guide_img/suffrage-thumb.jpg)
Citizenship Challenge - Voting Rights in Canada Learning Tool
Education Guide![](https://d2ttikhf7xbzbs.cloudfront.net/media/study_guide_img/voting-rights-guide.jpg)
Quizzes
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