We use cookies and certain third-party tools to ensure optimal website performance, adjust settings, obtain statistics, and display content. You can deactivate elements that may collect personal information, but you will lose access to some content.To learn more, customize your preferences or consult our Privacy policy.

Cookie and external tool preferences

You can customize your settings below. They will be saved for one year. You may withdraw your consent at any time, but the data collected up to that point may still be used. Consult our Privacy policy to learn more.

Strictly necessary cookies or cookies that do not record personal information
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These cookies are used to:

  • Save your preferences for cookies, language, tabs, interface, and alerts on our website
  • Log in to our online services and inform you that your session has expired
  • Use the chat function (Genesys)
  • Ensure the performance of our computer servers (AWS or Cloudflare);
  • Protect our infrastructure from bots (Google reCaptcha analyzes your behaviour and device data to determine if you are human, but Élections Québec does not have access to this information)
Statistical cookies

Cookies from Google Analytics collect statistics on the behaviour of users on our website to help us improve our content and your browsing experience. These statistics help us learn how many users have visited a page, where they came from, and what files they downloaded, for example. Élections Québec does not use this data for profiling, content personalization, or advertising purposes.

Learn more about the data collected by Google Analytics

External tools used on our website

We use Google Maps and YouTube to display certain content created by Élections Québec or other organizations. These tools may store cookies on your device or collect certain browsing data. Élections Québec does not have access to this information. If you reject these tools, they will no longer be accessible on our website, which may prevent you from accessing certain content.

On-line services

How to enable Cookies

If you wish to access our online services, cookies must be enabled on your computer.

Below are the instructions for enabling cookies in the most common web browser applications.

Chrome (Windows/Mac)

  1. Click the Chrome menu icon icon to access Chrome menu
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Click Show advanced settings near the bottom of the page.
  4. Click Content settings in the Privacy section.
  5. Select Allow local data to be set to allow both first-party and third-party cookies. If you only want to accept first-party cookies, check the box next to Block all third-party cookies without exception.

Firefox (Windows/Mac)

  1. On the menu bar, click on the Firefox menu and select Preferences...
  2. Select the Privacy panel.
  3. Set Firefox will to Use custom settings for history.
  4. Check mark Accept cookies from sites to enable Cookies, and uncheck it to disable them.
    • If you are troubleshooting problems with cookies, make sure Accept third party cookies is also check marked.
  5. Choose how long cookies are allowed to be stored:
    • Keep until: they expire. In this case, each cookie will be removed when it reaches its expiration date, which is set by the site that sent the cookie.
    • Keep until: I close Firefox. In this case, the cookies stored on your computer will be removed when you close Firefox.
    • Keep until: ask me every time. In this case, Firefox displays an alert every time a website tries to send a cookie, and asks you whether or not you want to store it.
  6. Close the Preferences window.

Safari (Mac)

  1. Within Safari, click the Safari menu and choose Preferences.
  2. Click the icon labeled Privacy.
  3. Set the option labeled Block Cookies to Never.