The advance voting period over the weekend saw the most advance votes ever.

4.7 million Canadians lined up on the holiday weekend to cast their votes, making for a 29 percent increase from 2015.

According to Elections Canada numbers, 1.24 million votes were cast on Friday, 977,000 on Saturday, 915,000 on Sunday, and 1.6 million ballots were submitted on Monday.

During the advance voting period for the 2015 election, 3.65 million votes were cast.