Electorate of Canoas · RS

What is the profile of the electorate of Canoas/RS in 2026?

Canoas has 252,875 voters in 2026: 53.8% are women; the age group with the most voters is 45 to 59 years old (25.2%); 20.5% reached higher education (complete or incomplete).

Source: Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE), 2026 electorate profile. Percentages among those who reported each item.

Who votes in Canoas in 2026 and the municipality's economy, compared with the state. Want to see this data by neighborhood and by school (polling place)? Explore the full Mapa do Voto analysis.

2026 electorate

252,875voters in Canoas · 2026

Gender

Male46.2%state 47.1%

Female53.8%state 52.9%

Age group

16 to 170.5%state 0.6%

18 to 249.7%state 8.8%

25 to 3418.1%state 17.2%

35 to 4419.9%state 18.5%

45 to 5925.2%state 25%

60 to 6914.2%state 15.3%

70 or older12.5%state 14.5%

Education

Illiterate0.8%state 1.7%

Reads and writes1.6%state 2.6%

Elementary school29.9%state 35.6%

High school47.3%state 41.6%

Higher education20.5%state 18.5%

Marital status

Single60.2%state 57.9%

Married30%state 32.6%

Divorced6.8%state 6.3%

Widowed3%state 3.2%

Color or race

White75.9%state 74.4%

Black9%state 7.8%

Pardo (mixed race)14.8%state 17.1%

Asian descent0.2%state 0.2%

Indigenous0.1%state 0.5%

83.5% did not report color or race; the percentages are among those who did.

Who votes in Canoas in 2026 and how the municipality compares with RS and with Brazil (the marks on the bar are the state and national percentages). Percentages calculated among those who reported each item. Source: Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE).

Municipality profile

Population (2025)359,840

GDP per capita (2023)R$ 81,055

Income per capita in the stateNo. 52 of 497

Total GDP (2023)R$ 29.2 billion

The municipality's economy. Source: IBGE/SIDRA (GDP 2023, population 2025).

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