Spoiler alert: Who won Canada Reads 2017?

Finale: Fifteen Dogs defended by Humble The Poet won Canada Reads, asCompany Town defended by MeashaBrueggergosman was eliminated

Here's a breakdown of the vote:

• CandyPalmatervoted to eliminate:Company TownbyMadelineAshby
• ChantalKreviazukvoted to eliminate:Company TownbyMadelineAshby
• Humble The Poetvoted to eliminate:Company TownbyMadelineAshby
• JodyMiticvoted to eliminate:Company TownbyMadelineAshby
• MeashaBrueggergosmanvoted to eliminate: Fifteen Dogs by Andr Alexis

Day Three:The Right to Be Colddefended by Chantal Kreviazuk was voted offCanada Reads

Here's a breakdown of the vote:

• Candy Palmater voted to eliminate:Company Townby Madeline Ashby
• Chantal Kreviazuk voted to eliminate:Company Townby Madeline Ashby
• Humble The Poet voted to eliminate:The Right to Be Coldby Sheila Watt-Cloutier
• Jody Mitic voted to eliminate:The Right to Be Coldby Sheila Watt-Cloutier
• Measha Brueggergosmanvoted to eliminate:The Right to Be Coldby Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Day Two:Nostalgiadefended by Jody Mitic was voted off Canada Reads

Here's a breakdown of the vote:

• Candy Palmater voted to eliminate:Nostalgiaby M.G. Vassanji
• Chantal Kreviazukvoted to eliminate:Nostalgiaby M.G. Vassanji
• Humble The Poet voted to eliminate:Company Townby Madeline Ashby
• Measha Brueggergosman voted to eliminate:The Right to Be Coldby Sheila Watt-Cloutier
• Jody Mitic voted to eliminate:Fifteen Dogsby Andr Alexis

Day One:The Breakdefended by Candy Palmaterwas voted off Canada Reads

Here's a breakdown of the vote:

• Candy Palmater voted to eliminate:The Right to Be Coldby Sheila Watt-Cloutier
• ChantalKreviazukfirst voted to eliminate:Company Townby Madeline Ashby, but was forced to break the tie and vote forThe Breakby KatherenaVermette
• Humble The Poet voted to eliminate:The Right to Be Coldby Sheila Watt-Cloutier
• Jody Mitic voted to eliminate:The Breakby KatherenaVermette
• Measha Brueggergosman voted to eliminate:The Breakby Katherena Vermette

How do ties get broken on Canada Reads?

Canada Reads is a live show that lasts for 54 minutes. Once we get to the vote, we have a finite amount of time to finish the show. For that reason, we have a very clear process to quickly break ties.

When two books tie with two votes each, we go to the person who didn't vote for either of the tied books. This can create a situation where someone is saving their own book (e.g. Cameron Bailey saved Ru on day one of Canada Reads 2015), but it does not always create that situation (e.g. Clara Hughes broke a tie between The Hero's Walk and Minister Without Portfolio on day one of Canada Reads 2016).

The other tie that's possible is a five-way tie on day one, where each book has one vote against. In that case, we go to the online poll to see which book the audience has voted to save. The person who voted for that book now gets to cast a new vote, which is the tiebreaker.

These are the rules of the game.