Figure 6: Source of information on registration status

This horizontal bar chart shows the information sources respondents mentioned when asked how they knew that they were registered to vote. The breakdown is as follows:

• Voted in the last federal election: 66 percent
• [Because their] information has not changed since the last federal election: 48 percent
• Received VIC in the mail: 40 percent
• Checked the registration box on income tax forms: 37 percent
• [They] have always been registered: 36 percent
• [They] used the Elections Canada website: 5 percent
• [They] contacted Elections Canada: 2 percent
• Other: 2 percent