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Local Enough?

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Learn at your own pace, with an explanation after every answer. No score, no leaderboard – and not preparation for a citizenship test: just to know the country and your neighbours a little better.

State & history

Under Canada's fixed-date election law, when is a federal general election normally held?

  • A On 1 July every five years
  • ✕ On the first Monday in May every three years Your answer
  • C Whenever the Senate decides
  • ✓ On the third Monday in October, in the fourth calendar year after the last election

Not quite.

The Canada Elections Act sets a fixed date: the third Monday in October of the fourth calendar year after the previous election. The Governor General can still dissolve Parliament earlier.

Source: Canada Elections Act, s. 56.1; elections.ca

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