Voter turnout in Manitoba for federal election ranged from high of 74.3% to low of 37.5%

There was a wide gap between southern and northern Manitoba in voter turnout for Monday's federal election.

The greatest turnout was in the ridings of Winnipeg West, which saw 74.33 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot, and Winnipeg South, where 74.3 per cent voted. The lowest turnout was 37.54 per cent in the Churchill-Keewatinook Aski riding.

The Canadian average was 67.37 per cent. There are 28,525,638 registered voters in the country, and 19,217,565 made their mark, a record 7.3 million of them during advance polls.

Monday's result was the highest voter turnout, nationally, for a general election since 2015, which drew 68.3 per cent of voters to the polls.

The next higher voter turnout was in 1993, when the turnout was 69.6 per cent, Elections Canada says.

Voter turnout in Manitoba ridings (Elections Canada):

• Brandon-Souris: 65.16 per cent.
• Churchill-Keewatinook Aski: 37.54 per cent.
• Elmwood-Transcona: 64.74 per cent.
• Kildonan-St. Paul: 71.07 per cent.
• Portage-Lisgar: 67.96 per cent.
• Provencher: 70.99 per cent.
• Riding Mountain: 65.02 per cent.
• Selkirk-Interlake-Eastman: 70.55 per cent.
• St. Boniface-St. Vital:  71.01 per cent.
• Winnipeg Centre: 51.99 per cent.
• Winnipeg North: 54.4 per cent.
• Winnipeg South: 74.3 per cent.
• Winnipeg South Centre: 72.71 per cent.
• Winnipeg West: 74.33 per cent.