As families celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, there is a lot of talk about next Monday's federal election.

Brittany Harvey goes to university in the United States and made a point of voting, while she was home for the holiday.

"I won't be here on the 19th and I wanted to make sure I got out and voted and made my opinion matter," she says.

Elections Canada is reporting more than 1.6 million Canadians cast their ballots in the first two days of the advance polls, that's up 34 per cent from the last election.

"It has been very heavy. The polls have been very steady, we've sent in extra staff,” says Maura Bolger of Elections Canada.

Despite the past 10 weeks of campaigning, political expert Michael Johns says the home stretch is critical for the parties with millions of voters waiting until election day.

"They've put out all their platforms we still have a large amount of people who haven't made up their minds, and this is the opportunity for the leaders to go out and make this last best pitch," Johns says.

As the parties try to sway undecided voters, Johns says you can expect to hear and see more political ads, while all three major party leaders will be focusing on Ontario.

“It seems to be the most volatile area, where there are seats available, so you're going to see the three main leaders in Ontario almost constantly, trying to find those ridings that are close and a visit by them can switch that riding in their favour."

Anyone who didn't make it to the advance polls can still vote at returning offices on Monday until 6 p.m. after that people will have to wait until election day.