Just over 36 per cent of Ottawa voters cast a vote in Monday’s municipal election, the second-lowest voter turnout in the City of Ottawa since amalgamation. The City of Ottawa reported voter turnout was 36.21 per cent, with 314,393 out of 868,248 eligible voters casting a ballot. Voter turnout was 43.79 per cent in the City of Ottawa’s 2022 municipal election, with 316,254 people casting a ballot. Here is a look at voter turnout in previous City of Ottawa municipal elections Voter turnout by ward Kitchissippi and Capital wards had the highest voter turnout in Ottawa’s municipal election. The city says 46,68 per cent of eligible voters in Kitchissippi cast a ballot, while 44.1 per cent of eligible voters in Capital ward voted in the election. Orléans West – Innes was the only other city ward with voter turnout above 40 per cent. Gloucester-Southgate had the lowest voter turnout in Ottawa at 28.49 per cent, while 28.57 per cent of voters cast a ballot in Rideau-Vanier. In 2022, voter turnout was 52.98 per cent in Kitchissippi and 51.3 per cent in Capital ward. The lowest voter turnout in 2022 was in Rideau-Vanier, at 37.2 per cent.
