Local Electors’ List
For the past four municipal elections, the Township has maintained its own local list of electors, which has been kept current through regular updates and direct communication with residents. This list has proven to be accurate and responsive to the unique needs of our community, and we intend to continue maintaining it for the 2026 election.
What’s New for 2026
As of recent legislative changes, Elections Ontario is now responsible for maintaining and providing the voters’ list for municipal and school board elections, a role previously held by MPAC. While this change is intended to improve consistency across Ontario, the Township of The Archipelago will continue to use its own locally maintained list of electors for the 2026 Municipal and School Board Elections, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information for our community.
What This Means for You
To ensure you are eligible to vote in the 2026 election, we strongly encourage you to take both of the following steps:
- Confirm your information with the Township - Please contact
the Township to confirm that you are included on our local electors’ list:
- Confirm your information with Elections Ontario - Ensure
you are included on the Provincial Voters’ List by visiting: https://www.elections.on.ca or calling 1-866-242-3025
Who Can Vote?
A person is entitled to vote in a municipal election if, on Voting Day, they:
- Reside in the local municipality, or are the owner or tenant of land in the municipality, or the spouse of such owner or tenant; and
- Are a Canadian citizen;
- Are at least 18 years old; and
- Are not prohibited from voting under the Municipal Elections Act or otherwise prohibited by law
Resident Elector
A resident elector is a person who lives and is eligible to vote in that municipality’s election. A person is only allowed to have one residence. A person’s residence is the permanent lodging place to which, whenever absent, he or she intends to return.
The following rules apply in determining a person’s residence:
- A person may only have one residence at a time;
- The place where a person’s family resides is also their residence, unless they moves elsewhere with the intention of changing their permanent lodging place;
- If a person has no other permanent lodging place, the place where they occupy a room or part of a room as a regular lodger, to which they habitually return, is their residence.
Non-Resident Elector
If a person lives in one municipality but owns or rents property in another municipality, then they are a non-resident elector and able to vote in that municipality’s election.
Spouse of Non-Resident Elector
If a person lives in one municipality and qualifies as a spouse of a non-resident elector, then they are able to vote in that municipality’s election.
Students
A person may have residences in two local municipalities at the same time if the person lives in one of the local municipalities in order to attend an education institution but not with the intention of changing their permanent lodging place, and the person’s permanent lodging place is in the other local municipality. Therefore, students can vote in the municipality where they attend school and they can also vote in the municipality where they live.
Who Cannot Vote?
The following cannot vote:
- A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in penal or correctional institution.
- A corporation.
- A person acting as executor or trustee or in any other representative capacity, except as a voting proxy in accordance with section 44 of the Municipal Elections Act.
- A person who was convicted of the corrupt practice described in subsection 90(3), if Voting Day in the current election is less than five years after Voting Day in the election in respect of which he or she was convicted.
