2020 Canadian electoral calendar

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

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External links

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