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title: "Office of the Chief Electoral Officer"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/office-of-the-chief-electoral-officer"
description: "The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, known as Elections Canada, is an independent, non-partisan agency that reports directly to Parliament."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Office of the Chief Electoral Officer

Government of Canada · Parliament and its agents

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, known as Elections Canada, is an independent, non-partisan agency that reports directly to Parliament. It conducts federal general elections, by-elections and referendums and administers the political financing rules of the Canada Elections Act.

Source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Parliament and its agents
- Class: Agents of Parliament

## Official website

- [elections.ca](https://www.elections.ca)

## Services it delivers

- [Vote in a federal election](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/vote-federal)

## Related bodies

More bodies of the same class (Agents of Parliament) in the Government of Canada.

- [Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/office-of-the-commissioner-of-official-languages)

## Sources

- Description source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=ifoi:239), with the sources of its record.
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Office of the Chief Electoral Officer", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/office-of-the-chief-electoral-officer