Take Action: Help Support the Senate Bill to Lower the Voting Age

Once again, the Canadian Senate is debating a bill to lower the voting age in Canada. The Helix Foundation strongly supports this bill: this is an important issue for children and youth to participate in decisions that affect them.

Please take action by supporting #Vote16, the group helping to support this bill.

Here’s a number of media pieces on why this is a good idea! Check it out:

It’s time to lower the voting age in Canada to 16. Here are the many reasons why (Toronto Star, October 13, 2025)

Solid reasons to lower the voting age to 16 (Calgary Herald, August 8, 2025)

Why These BC Twins Want to Lower the Voting Age (The Tyee, July 28, 2025)

Canada should follow U.K.’s move to lower voting age to 16, says senator (The Globe and Mail, July 23, 2025)

Iqaluit high school students make the case for lower voting age (Nunatsiaq News, April 21, 2021)

Independent senator’s bill would lower the voting age to 16 (iPolitics, February 26, 2021)

Why this senator thinks Canadians should start voting at 16 (CBC • May 21, 2020)