Nearly 64,000 registered electors cast a ballot in the riding of Sault Ste. Marie-Algoma, equaling a percentage just shy of the Canadian average Just under two-thirds of eligible Sault Ste. Marie–Algoma voters hit the polls for the 2025 federal election, falling just shy of the national average in a tight race that saw the Liberals cling to power both locally and at Parliament Hill. 63,962 of the riding’s 96,195 registered electors — or 66.49 per cent — got out to vote. Nationally, current figures show that over 19.2 million voters – 67.4 per cent of electors — hit the polls across Canada. Those figures include both election day and during advance polls, when a record 7.3 million people cast their ballots, including 19,899 locally. Over 5 per cent more Canadians voted compared with the 2021 federal election, when just over 17 million voters — or 62.2 per cent — hit the polls. Because the former Sault Ste. Marie riding expanded this election cycle to include parts of the former Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing riding, local 2021 election results can’t be directly compared to this spring’s election. Nonetheless, here’s a comparison: in 2021, the Sault Ste. Marie riding saw 40,201 of its 66,235 voters hit the polls — good for 60.69 per cent of the eligible vote. That is over 5 per cent less than this spring's turnout, but still below the national average.