Frequently Asked Questions
To find your Member of Provincial Parliament, please visit the Legislative Assembly of Ontario website.
If you have recently moved, you can update your voter information on the voters list using eRegistration. You will need one piece of ID showing both your name and current residential address. Find examples of acceptable identification.
No. If you have legally changed your name:
- Check eRegistration to confirm if your information is on the provincial voters list.
- If you can’t find yourself on the voters list, look yourself up using your previous name and information.
- If you can’t find yourself using your current or previous name and information, add yourself to the voters list.
You must be on the voters list to vote. Between elections you can add yourself to the voters list with eRegistration.
You can add yourself to the voters list when you go to vote. Bring one piece of ID showing both your name and current residential address. Find examples of acceptable identification.
Adding yourself to the voters list when you go to vote will take extra time, and you will need to complete a form.
If you are on the voters list, you need to present one piece of ID with your name to vote. If you are not on the voters list, you must present one piece of ID showing both your name and current residential address to vote.
Find examples of acceptable identification.
If you are on the voters list, you need to present one piece of ID showing your name to vote. If you are not on the voters list, you need to present one piece of ID showing both your name and current residential address to vote.
A number of documents can be used as identification, including utility bills, credit card or cell phone statements, or government-issued identification.
Photo identification is not required to vote in a provincial election. If you choose to show photo identification, your appearance does not need to match the photo.
Between elections, you can update your information on the voters list with eRegistration.
Find examples of acceptable identification.
You do not need to provide any information about your sex or gender expression when you go to vote.
If you are eligible to vote in an Ontario provincial election, you can vote:
- At the returning office; OR
- At an advance voting location; OR
- At the voting location on election day; OR
- By mail; OR
- By requesting a home visit
During an election, you can use our Voter Information Service to find your voting locations.
Elections Ontario offers a number of options for voting, including voting by mail and voting in person at the returning office or at an advance voting location.
Yes - you can vote if you did not receive a voter information card.
During an election, you can find out when and where to vote through our Voter Information Service. Please remember to bring one piece of ID showing your name and current residential address to vote. Find examples of acceptable identification.
If you are unable to vote in person at your returning office, advance voting location or at your assigned location on election day, you can apply to vote by mail or request a home visit.
We strive to make voting accessible to all voters. Services for accessible voting include assistive voting technology, assistance at the polls, and voting by mail, home visit or in the hospital.
Find more information about accessible voting.
Declining your ballot Ontario’s election law allows voters to decline their ballot. To decline your ballot, tell the election official that you are declining your right to vote when they hand you a ballot. This is a public process done out loud.
The election official will mark “declined” on the back of the ballot. Your ballot will not be placed in the ballot box but in an envelope for declined ballots.
If you do not have a permanent residence, the place where you have returned to most often to eat or sleep in the past five weeks is your residence.
If you do not have identification showing both your name and residential address, we have a temporary identification form called a Certificate of Identity and Residence. To receive this certificate, please speak to the administrator of the housing help center or food bank that you use most often.
We take precautions to ensure that personal information contained on the voters list is kept secure and is used for authorized purposes only.
Information on the voters list can only be used for electoral purposes in accordance with the Election Act. Find more information about the Privacy and Security of Personal Information.
A voter can only vote in the electoral district that they consider home. Some voters may get more than one voter information card, however by law a voter can only vote once.
If you are 16-17 years old, a Canadian citizen, and live in Ontario, you can add yourself to the Ontario Register of Future Voters. Information from the Ontario Register of Future Voters is automatically transferred to the voters list when you turn 18.
Add yourself to the Ontario Register of Future Voters with eRegistration.