2016 Canadian electoral calendar

This is a list of elections in Canada in 2016. Included are provincial, municipal and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.

January

• January 9: Coast Mountains School District, British Columbia by-election. ^[1]
• January 11: Pincher Creek, Alberta municipal by-election. ^[2]
• January 13: Norfolk Treherne, Manitoba municipal by-election for Ward 1 councillor. ^[3]
• January 16:
  • Arrow Lakes School District, British Columbia by-election. ^[1]
  • Montrose, British Columbia municipal by-election ^[1]
• January 18: Brooks, Alberta mayoral and municipal by-election. ^[4]
• January 23: Halifax, Nova Scotia municipal by-election for District 6 on Halifax Regional Council. ^[5]
• January 25:
  • Toronto District School Board trustee by-election in Scarborough—Rouge River. ^[6]
  • Pickering, Ontario municipal by-election for Ward 1 councillor. ^[7]
• January 31: Granby, Quebec municipal by-election for District 6. ^[8]

February

• February 1:
  • Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario municipal by-election for Ward 2 councillor. ^[9]
  • Barrie, Ontario municipal by-election for Ward 7 councillor. ^[10]
  • Badger, Newfoundland and Labrador municipal by-election. ^[11]
  • High Prairie, Alberta municipal by-election. ^[12]
• February 2: Provincial by-elections in the ridings of Vancouver-Mount Pleasant and Coquitlam-Burke Mountain, British Columbia. ^[13]
• February 8:
  • Netsilik, Nunavut territorial by-election.
  • Wood Buffalo, Alberta municipal by-election in Ward 2 ^[14]
• February 11:
  • Irricana, Alberta municipal by-election. ^[15]
  • Provincial by-election in Whitby—Oshawa, Ontario.
• February 14: Longueuil, Quebec municipal by-election for District 8. ^[16]
• February 20:
  • Arrow Lakes School District, British Columbia by-election. ^[1]
  • Zeballos, British Columbia municipal by-election ^[1]
• February 21:
  • Mayoral by-election in Victoriaville, Quebec ^[17]
  • Municipal by-election in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec ^[18]
  • Municipal by-election in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec in District 7. ^[19]
• February 22: Edmonton Ward 12 municipal by-election to Edmonton City Council. ^[20]
• February 23: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Ward 4 municipal by-election ^[21]
• February 24: Saskatoon Public Schools trustee by-election in Ward 9. ^[22]
• February 27:
  • 2016 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election
  • Langley, British Columbia (city) municipal by-election. ^[1]
• February 28:
  • Gaspé, Quebec municipal by-election in Ward 4. ^[23]
  • Gatineau, Quebec municipal by-election in Lac-Beauchamp District. ^[24]
  • Le Rocher-Percé Regional County Municipality prefect by-election. ^[25]
• February 29: County of Vermilion River, Alberta municipal election in Division 4. ^[26]

March

• March 6:
  • Lorraine, Quebec mayoral by-election and municipal by-elections for districts 3 and 6. ^[27]
  • Saint-Philippe, Quebec District 1 by-election ^[28]
• March 8: Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador municipal by-election. ^[29]
• March 10: Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba municipal by-election. ^[30]
• March 20:
  • Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec District 4 by-election ^[31]
  • Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, Quebec District 3 by-election ^[32]
• March 21:
  • Hamilton, Ontario municipal by-election for Ward 7 on Hamilton, Ontario City Council. ^[33]
  • Slave Lake, Alberta municipal by-election. ^[34]

April

• April 4: 2016 Saskatchewan general election
• April 9:
  • Warfield, British Columbia municipal by-election ^[35]
  • Pouce Coupe, British Columbia mayoral by-election ^[36]
• April 10: Côte-Saint-Luc, Quebec municipal by-election ^[37]
• April 11:
  • Oakville, Ontario municipal by-election in Ward 2. ^[38]
  • Chicoutimi provincial by-election.
• April 17:
  • Carignan, Quebec District 4 by-election. ^[39]
  • Victoriaville, Quebec District 9 by-election. ^[40]
  • Chandler, Quebec East Sector by-election. ^[41]
• April 19: 2016 Manitoba general election
• April 24:
  • Montreal North borough mayoral by-election. ^[42]
  • Saint-Hippolyte, Quebec District 4 by-election ^[43]
• April 25: Seguin, Ontario Ward 4 municipal by-election. ^[44]

May

• May 1: Sainte-Adèle, Quebec Mayoral and municipal by-elections ^[45]
• May 2:
  • Thorsby, Alberta municipal by-election. ^[46]
  • County of Grande Prairie No. 1, Alberta municipal by-election in Division 8. ^[47]
• May 9:
  • 2016 New Brunswick municipal elections
  • Nunavut municipal land referendums ^[48]
• May 14: Stikine School District by-election. ^[49]
• May 15:
  • Baie-Comeau, Quebec District 5 by-election. ^[50]
  • Val-d'Or, Quebec District 2 by-election. ^[51]
• May 18: Brandon, Manitoba municipal by-election in Riverview Ward ^[52]
• May 22:
  • Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec mayoral and municipal by-elections. ^[53]
  • Calgary-Greenway, Alberta provincial by-election.
• May 28:
  • Pictou County, Nova Scotia amalgamation plebiscite. ^[54] and District 3 by-election. ^[55]
  • Grand Forks, British Columbia council by-election. ^[56]

June to August

• June 11:
  • Winnipeg, Manitoba school trustee by-elections. ^[57]
  • New Westminster School District by-election. ^[49]
• June 12: Municipal by-election in District 3, Rigaud, Quebec. ^[58]
• June 16: Municipal by-election in North Ward, Whitby, Ontario. ^[59]
• June 18: Greenwood, British Columbia council by-election. ^[60]
• June 19:
  • Mayoral by-election and municipal by-election in North Ward, Delson, Quebec. ^[61]
  • Municipal by-election in District 5, Mount Royal, Quebec. ^[62]
  • Municipal by-election in District 1, Mont-Joli, Quebec. ^[63]
  • Mayoral by-election in Donnacona, Quebec. ^[64]
  • Municipal by-election in District 3, Boucherville, Quebec. ^[65]
  • Mayoral by-election in Beaupré, Quebec. ^[66]
• June 20: Toronto District School Board by-election in Toronto Centre—Rosedale. ^[67]
• June 21: Sundre, Alberta municipal by-election. ^[68]
• June 25: Cache Creek, British Columbia council by-election. ^[69]
• July 18: Hinton, Alberta municipal by-election ^[70]
• July 20: Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique by-election.
• July 25:
  • Toronto City Council by-election in Ward 2. ^[67]
  • Toronto District School Board by-elections in York Centre and Etobicoke North. ^[67]
• July 30: Municipal elections in Saskatchewan's resort villages. ^[71]
• August 18: Temagami, Ontario municipal by-election. ^[72]
• August 21: Saint-Félicien, Quebec municipal by-election in District 3. ^[73]
• August 22: Black Diamond, Alberta mayoral and municipal by-elections. ^[74]
• August 29: West Lincoln, Ontario municipal by-election in Ward 3. ^[75]
• August 30: Provincial by-election in Halifax Needham, Nova Scotia.

September to October

• September 1: Provincial by-election in Scarborough—Rouge River, Ontario.
• September 2: Brock, Ontario municipal by-election in Ward 2. ^[76]
• September 10: Lytton, British Columbia municipal by-election.
• September 17: Ashcroft, British Columbia municipal by-election. ^[77]
• September 18: Oka, Quebec municipal by-election in District 2. ^[78]
• September 19: Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools trustee by-election. ^[79]
• September 25: Saint-Lazare, Quebec municipal by-election in District 4. ^[80]
• October 1: Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia municipal by-election.
• October 2: Yukon Francophone School Board trustee election. ^[81]
• October 7: 2016 Parti Québécois leadership election
• October 8: Central Coast Regional District, British Columbia municipal by-election.
• October 14: Tecumseh, Ontario municipal by-election in Ward 2 ^[82]
• October 15: 2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections
• October 17:
  • Newmarket, Ontario municipal by-election in Ward 5 ^[83]
  • Provincial by-election in Summerside-Wilmot, Prince Edward Island
  • High River, Alberta municipal by-election. ^[84]
• October 22
  • 2016 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election
  • Parksville, British Columbia municipal by-election. ^[85]
  • Zeballos, British Columbia municipal by-election.
  • Port Hardy, British Columbia municipal by-election.
• October 23:
  • Wentworth, Quebec municipal by-election in Seat #3. ^[86]
  • McMasterville, Quebec municipal by-election in District 6. ^[87]
• October 24: Federal by-election in Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, Alberta.
• October 26: 2016 Saskatchewan municipal elections
• October 29: Castlegar, British Columbia municipal by-election.
• October 30: Windsor, Quebec District 1 municipal by-election. ^[88]

November to December

• November 5:
  • School District 53 Okanagan Similkameen, British Columbia by-election.
  • Winnipeg School Division Ward 7 trustee by-election. ^[89]
• November 6:
  • Cantley, Quebec de la Rive district municipal by-election. ^[90]
  • Prévost, Quebec District 3 municipal by-election. ^[91]
• October 26-November 7: 2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum ^[92]
• November 7: 2016 Yukon general election
• November 12: Fraser Lake, British Columbia municipal by-election.
• November 14:
  • Municipal by-elections in New Brunswick: Baker Brook, Clair, Drummond, Maisonnette, Meductic (councillor, at-large); Miramichi (mayor and councillor at-large); Moncton (Ward 4 councillor); Saint-André (Ward 5 councillor) ^[93]
  • Haut-Madawaska, New Brunswick rural community amalgamation plebiscite. ^[93]
• November 17: Provincial by-elections in Ottawa—Vanier and Niagara West—Glanbrook, Ontario.
• November 19:
  • West Vancouver, British Columbia municipal by-election ^[94]
  • Houston, British Columbia municipal by-election
  • Armstrong, British Columbia municipal by-election
  • Lions Bay, British Columbia municipal by-election and loan authorization bylaw referendum ^[95]
• November 20:
  • Nicolet, Quebec mayoral and district 5 municipal by-election. ^[96]
  • Outremont, Quebec places of worship ban on Bernard Avenue referendum. ^[97]
• December 3: Midway, British Columbia municipal by-election
• December 5: Provincial by-elections in Marie-Victorin, Saint-Jérôme, Arthabaska and Verdun
• December 10:
  • Burns Lake, British Columbia municipal by-election
  • Fort St. James, British Columbia municipal by-election
• December 11: Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec mayoral by-election
• December 18: Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Quebec District 2 municipal by-election

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