by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)
You have reached what is without any doubt the largest and most complete reference on all federal and provincial or territorial general elections, by-elections and referendums ever held in Canada. Whether you are an historian, a political or social scientist, a teacher, a student, a politician, a statistical “quant jock,” a journalist, or a citizen who like me admits to being a fan of Canadian or Quebec politics, this website is sure to engage you in hours of exploration — or will quickly give you the answer to that nagging question that brought you here in the first place, like: “When, where and for which party did Uncle Charlie run and didn’t only get defeated but was completely humiliated ?” (True story, by the way...)
PoliCan is still a work in progress as of 2025. Some data still need to be compiled and cross-referenced. But already you can find:
→ The electoral record of anyone who ever ran in a federal, provincial or territorial election since 1867.
→ The list of anyone currently in office at the federal, provincial or territorial level, by name or by riding.
→ The composition of each current legislature, by size of government and opposition or by represented parties.
→ A detailed profile on anyone who has been elected at the federal, provincial or territorial level since 1867, like this one.
→ The full lists of everyone who has been elected to Parliament or each provincial or territorial legislature since 1867.
→ Detailed or compact summaries, or all the details, of all the general elections held at the federal, provincial or territorial level since 1867.
→ The detailed results of an election held in any federal, provincial or territorial riding since 1867, like this one.
And much, much more! You simply need to explore.
This project started in different forms decades ago when, like many other Canadians, I would ask myself all sorts of questions about our electoral system, like:
However, now that you have arrived here, go on! Go find what you came here to find. It shouldn’t take you too long.