2020 Canadian electoral calendar explained

This is a list of elections in Canada scheduled to be held in 2020. Included are municipal, provincial and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level. In bold are provincewide or federal elections (including provincewide municipal elections) and party leadership races.

January through March

• January 13: Municipal by-election in Wabamun, Alberta (cancelled due to acclamation)^[1]
• January 18: Sea to Sky School District by-election
• January 20: Municipal by-election in Olds, Alberta^[2]
• January 25: Kootenay-Columbia School District by-election
• January 27:
  • Municipal by-election in Sioux Lookout, Ontario^[3]
  • Municipal by-election in Fox Creek, Alberta^[4]
• February 3: Municipal by-election in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island (cancelled due to acclamation)^[5]
• February 7: Municipal by-election in Division 2, Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, Alberta^[6]
• February 10: Mayoral by-election in Hall Beach, Nunavut^[7]
• February 15:
  • Municipal by-election in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia
  • Shishalh Nation Chief and Council election^[8]
• February 22: Municipal by-election in Tahsis, British Columbia
• February 23: Municipal by-election in Lac-Blouin/Centre-ville District, Val-d'Or, Quebec
• February 24: Municipal by-election in Ward 3, Barrie, Ontario^[9]
• February 27: Provincial by-elections in Ottawa—Vanier and Orléans, Ontario^[10]
• February 29: Municipal by-elections in Zeballos and Bulkley-Nechako Regional District, British Columbia
• March 1: Municipal by-election in District 3, Mille-Isles, Quebec^[11]
• March 7:
  • Municipal elections in the West Hants Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia.^[12]
  • Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
• March 10: Provincial by-elections in Cape Breton Centre and Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River, Nova Scotia
• March 15: Municipal by-election in Saint-Léonard-Est District, Montreal (postponed until 2021^[13] due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal)^[14]
• March 21: Winnipeg School Division School Trustee Elections (Wards 3 & 4)^[15] (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba)^[16]
• March 23: Municipal by-election in Ward 7, Cambridge, Ontario^[17] (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario) ^[18]
• March 25: Municipal by-election in Carrot River, Saskatchewan^[19] (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan)^[20]
• March 30: Fort Vermilion School Division school trustee by-election (cancelled due to acclamation).^[21]

April through June

• April 4:
  • Municipal by-election District 6, Eastern Shelburne County, Nova Scotia^[22] (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia)
  • Municipal by-elections in Rossland and Victoria, British Columbia^[23] (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia)^{[24] [25]}
• April 27: Municipal by-election in Ward 7, Windsor, Ontario^[26] (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario)^[27]
• May 11: New Brunswick municipal elections (postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick)
• May 23: Yukon Party leadership election
• June 8: Municipal by-election in Innisfail, Alberta^[28]
• June 15: Provincial by-elections in Saint Croix and Shediac Bay-Dieppe, New Brunswick (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Brunswick)
• June 15–26: Green Party of British Columbia leadership election (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia)

July through September

• July 24: Territorial by-elections in Baker Lake and Kugluktuk, Nunavut (cancelled; both candidates acclaimed)
• August 3: Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election
• August 21: Conservative Party of Canada leadership election (postponed from June 27 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada)
• August 24: Pangnirtung, Nunavut mayoral by-election.^[29]
• August 29:
  • Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation band council election.^[30]
  • Saskatchewan municipal elections in resort villages
• September 12:
  • Arrow Lakes School District by-election.
  • Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Government legislative by-election^[31]
• September 5–13: Green Party of British Columbia leadership election (postponed from June 26 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia)
• September 14:
  • New Brunswick general election
  • Mayoral and Ward 2 council by-election in North Shore, Ontario^[32]
• September 15: Municipal by-election in Ward 1, Pelham, Ontario^[33]
• September 25:
  • Municipal by-election in Alexandria Ward, North Glengarry, Ontario^[34]
  • Municipal by-election in Ward 5, Rural Municipality of Taché, Manitoba^[35]
• September 26: Mayoral by-election in Fort St. James, British Columbia

October

• October 3: Green Party of Canada leadership election
• October 4: Mayoral by-elections in Drummondville (cancelled; candidate acclaimed)^[36] and L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec (suspended)^[37]
• October 5: Municipal by-elections in Cumberland Ward, Ottawa,^[38] Ward 7 in Windsor, Ontario and Ward 7 in Cambridge, Ontario.
• October 6: Provincial by-election in Humber-Gros Morne, Newfoundland and Labrador
• October 9: Parti Québécois leadership election
• October 10: Municipal and mayoral by-elections in Greenwood, British Columbia
• October 13: Municipal by-election in Thompson, Manitoba^[39]
• October 17:
  • Nova Scotia municipal elections
  • Municipal by-elections in Dawson Creek and Smithers, British Columbia (mayor and councillor)
• October 18: Asbestos, Quebec name change referendum.^[40]
• October 19:
  • York Region District School Board by-election for the seat of Richmond Hill Wards 1, 2 & 4.^[41]
  • Municipal by-election in Crossfield, Alberta^[42]
• October 20: Municipal by-election in Ward 2, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador^[43]
• October 24:
  • British Columbia general election
  • Mayoral by-election in Lake Cowichan, British Columbia
• October 26:
  • Municipal by-election in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta^[44]
  • Federal by-elections in Toronto Centre and York Centre
  • Saskatchewan general election

November through December

• November 2: Provincial by-election in Charlottetown-Winsloe, Prince Edward Island.
• November 4: Brandon School Division Ward 1 Board of Trustees by-election.^[45]
• November 9:
  • Saskatchewan municipal elections
  • Arviat and Coral Harbour, Nunavut Liquor Plebiscites^{[46] [47]}
• November 12: Municipal election in Swift Current, Saskatchewan (delayed from Nov. 9 due to snowstorm)^[48]
• November 13: Municipal election in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (delayed from Nov. 9 due to snowstorm)^[48]
• November 14: Municipal by-election in Port Clements, British Columbia^[49]
• November 16: Municipal election in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan (delayed from Nov. 9 due to snowstorm)^[48]
• November 21: Municipal by-elections in Queen Charlotte and Sayward, British Columbia
• November 28: Municipal by-elections in the Cowichan Valley Regional District (Area H) and Rossland, British Columbia
• December 5: Municipal by-election in Grand Forks, British Columbia
• December 7: Municipal by-election in Ward 2, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Ontario^[50]
• December 12: Comox Valley School District by-election and municipal by-election in Victoria, British Columbia
• December 13: Mayoral by-election in L'Ancienne-Lorette and municipal by-election in Du Faubourg District, Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
• December 14: Northwest Territories municipal elections (hamlets only)
• December 19: Municipal by-election in Lytton, British Columbia

External links

• BC Local by-elections
• Quebec municipal by-elections
• Government of Canada election calendar

Notes and References

1. Web site: BY-ELECTION AND NOMINATION INFORMATION - Village of Wabamun . 2020-01-30 . 2020-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130153246/https://wabamun.ca/notice-of-by-election/ . dead .
2. Web site: Election. 16 August 2018.
3. Web site: 2020 Municipal By-election. 30 January 2020. 30 January 2020. 30 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130153245/https://www.siouxlookout.ca/en/your-local-government/2020-municipal-by-election.asp. dead.
4. Web site: Municipal By-Election Unofficial Results. 28 January 2020 .
5. Web site: By-Election for Councillor - 2020.
6. Web site: Municipal By-election . 2020-01-30 . 2020-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130153244/https://www.mdlsr.ca/index.php/your-md/shortcode/municipal-by-election . dead .
7. Web site: Notice of Mayor By-Election | Elections Nunavut . 2020-01-30 . 2020-01-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130153254/https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/notice-election-mayor . dead .
8. Web site: Elections and Referendums 2020.
9. Web site: Ward 3 By-Election. 2020-01-30. 2020-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130153244/https://www.barrie.ca/City%2520Hall/election/Pages/ByElection.aspx. dead.
10. Web site: Province calls byelections in Orléans, Ottawa-Vanier for Feb. 27.
11. https://mille-isles.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/AVIS-D%C3%89LECTION-SIGN%C3%89.pdf{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
12. Web site: Meet the councillor candidates on the ballot for March 7 Windsor, West Hants election | SaltWire.
13. Web site: Accueil. 2020-09-15. 2020-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916184546/https://election-montreal.qc.ca/actualites/detail/Partielle_StLeo_MAJ_20200828.en.html;jsessionid=0E19A92A09BE2EAD7134F9E88C418EA6. dead.
14. Web site: Accueil.
15. Web site: School Trustee By-Election, March 21, 2020 - City of Winnipeg.
16. Web site: School Trustee byelection officially cancelled. DePatie. Mason. 2020-03-29. Winnipeg. en. 2020-04-05.
17. Web site: By-Election 2020. 30 April 2021.
18. News: Cambridge postpones ward 7 byelection over COVID-19. March 17, 2020. CBC. April 5, 2020.
19. Web site: Carrot River holding mayoral byelection in March.
20. Web site: Carrot River delays by-election over pandemic. McNeill. Susan. 2020-03-21. Nipawin Journal. en-US. 2020-04-05.
21. https://www.fvsd.ab.ca/download/247456
22. https://www.municipalityofthedistrictofshelburne.ca{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
23. Web site: 2020 Municipal By-Election. 2020-01-30. 2020-01-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200130153244/https://www.victoria.ca/EN/main/city/2020-municipal-byelection.html. dead.
24. Web site: Victoria byelection postponed because of pandemic. Times Colonist. 2020-04-05.
25. Web site: UPDATE: Rossland by-election to be postponed. 2020-03-18. Rossland News. en-US. 2020-04-05.
26. Web site: By-Election Called to Fill Vacant Ward 7 Seat . The City of Windsor . https://web.archive.org/web/20200130153244/https://www.citywindsor.ca/Newsroom/Pages/By-Election-Called-to-Fill-Vacant-Ward-7-Seat.aspx . 2020-01-30 . 2020-01-14 . dead.
27. Web site: City of Windsor postpones Ward 7 byelection. Windsor Star. en-CA. 2020-04-05.
28. Web site: Municipal Election.
29. Web site: New MLAs acclaimed in Baker Lake, Kugluktuk; race set for Pangnirtung mayor. 24 July 2020.
30. Web site: Kitigan Zibi elects new chief, band council CBC News.
31. Web site: Notice of Election Results . Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nation Government . 2020-09-12.
32. Web site: Township of the North Shore Contacts . 2020-09-15 . 2020-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200917023955/http://www.townshipofthenorthshore.ca/byelection/byelection.html . dead .
33. Web site: 2020 By-Election. 15 December 2020.
34. Web site: Municipal By-Election 2020. 7 December 2020.
35. Web site: Rural Municipality of Taché, Manitoba - 2020 Municipal By-Election . 2020-09-15 . 2020-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200916161718/https://www.rmtache.ca/p/2020-municipal-byelection . dead .
36. Web site: Alain Carrier, Auteur à Ville de Drummondville. 2020-09-11. 2020-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20200922143343/https://www.drummondville.ca/author/acarrier/. dead.
37. Web site: L'Élection municipale de dimanche suspendue à l'Ancienne-Lorette.
38. 1283468976987803649. KatePorterCBC.
    1. OttCity council calls a by-election...
    . 15 July 2020.
39. Web site: City of Thompson - 2020 Municipal By-Election . 2020-09-15 . 2020-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200916183051/https://www.thompson.ca/p/2019-municipal-byelection . dead .
40. Web site: Changement de nom.
41. Web site: Elections. 14 October 2021.
42. Web site: Town of Crossfield Candidates Forum - Oct. 19, 2020 By-election.
43. Web site: By-Election 2020 | City of St. John's . 2020-09-15 . 2020-09-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200916221430/http://www.stjohns.ca/city-hall/municipal-election/election-2020 . dead .
44. Web site: 2020 By-Election. 2020-09-15. 2020-09-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20200917002939/https://www.crowsnestpass.com/municipal-government/municipal-elections/2020-by-election. dead.
45. Web site: Brandon School Division. 2020-11-25. 2020-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20201201214829/https://www.bsd.ca/news/pages/school-board-by-elections-2020.aspx. dead.
46. Web site: Certified Results Arviat Liquor Plebiscite | Elections Nunavut . 2020-11-25 . 2020-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201201055518/https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/whatnew/arviat-liquor-plebiscite . dead .
47. Web site: Certified Results Coral Harbour Liquor Plebiscite | Elections Nunavut . 2020-11-25 . 2020-12-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201201051902/https://www.elections.nu.ca/en/whatnew/coral-harbour-liquor-plebiscite . dead .
48. News: 2019-11-09. Humboldt elects Michael Behiel as next mayor. 2020-11-09. CBC.
49. Web site: 2020 By-election – Village of Port Clements.
50. Web site: 2020 Ward 2 By-election - Bradford West Gwillimbury . 2020-11-25 . 2020-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201024061911/https://www.townofbwg.com/byelection2020 . dead .