Not even a Colorado Low was enough to keep thousands of Provencher constituents from taking advantage of voting early in the federal election.

Elections Canada is reporting 8,637 votes were cast in advance polls, which is up from 6,441 in the last election four years ago. That is a 34 per cent increase, which is slightly higher than the national average of 29 per cent.

Across Canada, there were 4.7 million advance ballots cast, compared to 3.6 million in 2015.