Your name must be on the voters’ list in order for you to cast a ballot.

The voters’ list for each municipal election is prepared using data from the Permanent Register of Electors maintained by Elections Ontario.

Adding your name to the voters’ list

Visit RegisterToVoteON.ca for information on eligibility, registration and how to check, update or add your information to the voters’ list. For questions related to voter registration, email info@registertovoteon.ca or call 1-866-242-3025.

On or after September 1, 2026, you must apply to your municipal clerk to update or add your information to the voters’ list. You have until the close of voting on October 26, 2026, to apply for any changes. If you are applying to add your name to the voters’ list, you will be asked to provide proof that you are eligible to vote.

MPAC remains responsible for collecting school support information for municipal elections. To learn more about school support or to change your school support designation, please visit the MPAC website.

If a by-election has been called in your municipality, you should contact your municipal clerk for information about adding your name to the voters’ list or correcting your information.

Removing a name from the voters’ list

The voters’ list is a public document. If you do not want your name to appear on the voters’ list, you can apply to the clerk to have your name removed. Removing your name from the voters’ list means you will not be able to vote. If you change your mind and wish to vote, you will have to apply to have your name added to the voters’ list again.

You can also apply to the clerk to remove the name of someone who is deceased. You cannot ask for someone else’s name to be removed from the list for any other reason.

Redacting information from the voters’ list

If having your name and address available on the voters’ list would endanger your life, health or security, you can request that the Chief Electoral Officer redact your information. If the Chief Electoral Officer grants your request, your name remains on the voters list, allowing you to vote, but your information will not be included in copies of the voters’ list that are given to candidates or are available for public inspection. The redaction applies to voters lists for municipal and provincial elections.

To request a redaction of information, please email priv@elections.on.ca or write to:

Elections Ontario
Attn: Chief Privacy Officer
26 Prince Andrew Place
Toronto, Ontario
M3C 2H4

Showing identification before you vote in person

When you arrive to vote in person, you must show identification to prove that you are the person whose name appears on the voters’ list. The identification must show your name and address. Photo identification is not required.

Examples of identification include:

  • Ontario driver’s licence
  • Ontario health card (if your name and address are printed on the card)
  • mortgage, lease or rental agreement
  • insurance policy
  • credit card statement
  • bill for hydro, water, gas, telephone, cable TV

A Canadian passport is not an acceptable identification document because you write your address inside your passport yourself.

See the full list of acceptable documents.

If your name is on the voters’ list and you do not have identification, you may fill out and sign a Declaration of Identity (Form 9) that you are the person whose name appears on the list.