Women's suffrage in Canada

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Women's suffrage in Canada occurred at different times in different jurisdictions to different demographics of women. Women's right to vote began in the three prairie provinces. In 1916, suffrage was earned by white women in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The federal government granted war-time suffrage to some white women in 1917 and followed with full suffrage in 1918, at least, granting it on same basis as men, that is, certain races and status were excluded from voting in federal elections prior to 1960. When Canada granted federal voting rights to women on May 24, 1918, the law applied primarily to white women (and some Black women) who were Canadian citizens aged 21 and older, while excluding Indigenous, Asian, and other minority women, " who were finally enfranchised in 1948 and 1960, respectively." By the close of 1922, all the Canadian provinces, except Quebec, had granted full suffrage to White and Black women, yet Asian and Indigenous women still could not vote. In Newfoundland...

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