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Canada's HistoryKey Events

When did women first gain the right to vote in federal elections in Canada?

  1. 1929
  2. 1896
  3. 1940
  4. 1918

Why this is the correct answer

Women first won the right to vote in Canadian federal elections in 1918, during the Borden government. This came after years of campaigning by suffragists, though Indigenous women and some racialized women were excluded until later reforms.

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