Canadians wanted to vote early according to the latest figures about advance voting in this federal election.

In the Cloverdale-91原创 City riding, 17,204 used advance polls to vote before general election day Monday.

In the other local riding, 91原创-Aldergrove, the advance vote count was 15,570.

In this province, a total of 689,690 voted early while nationally, the preliminary figure is 4,774,963. That compares to 3,657,415 who voted early in the last federal election in 2015. This is a 29 per cent increase.

鈥淢ore and more, Canadians are taking advantage of early voting opportunities to cast their ballots,鈥� said federal Chief Electoral Officer St茅phane Perrault. 鈥淗aving extended voting hours at advance polls gave Canadians more flexibility to use this option. I want to thank returning officers for their careful planning and the thousands of election workers who made that possible.鈥�