Information for Voters

You cannot vote on voting day if you are:

• a person serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution; or

• a corporation; or

• a person acting as executor or trustee or in any other representative capacity; or

• a person convicted of a corrupt practice for an election held within four years of voting day.

In order to vote in a school board election you must be 18 years of age or older, and a Canadian citizen. If you are a resident of the Township, you are eligible to vote for school board trustees. If you are the owner or tenant (or spouse of an owner of tenant) of residential property in the Township, you are eligible to vote for school trustees. You are only allowed to vote for the same school board once.

If you are eligible to vote in a municipality because you are the owner or tenant (or spouse of an owner or tenant) of a commercial property there, you are not eligible to vote for a school trustee.  

There are four different kinds of school boards in Ontario:

"Supporter" refers to which school board the school portion of your property taxes goes to. The default is the public school system. In order to be a separate school supporter you must direct your taxes to the separate school system. Contact the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (1-866-296-6722) for more information. 

Property owners in Ontario are required to support a school board, even if they do not have children or their children are not currently attending school. In the case of a residential property occupied by tenants, the tenants can direct the school support for that property. By default, school support is directed to your municipality’s English Public School Board.

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is legislatively required to collect school support information and provide it in the assessment roll to every municipality and school board. By ensuring that you are supporting the school board of your choosing, you will be able to vote in the next municipal and school board election for trustees in that school board.  Property owners, occupants, and tenants can update their school support designation online at mpac.ca/schoolsupport.

The Township maintains the Voter’s List that is used for the municipal election that happens every four years. In order to receive voting information and to be able to vote you must be on the Voter’s List. Since there are eligibility requirements to be able to vote, the Township cannot add someone to the list without them declaring that they meet those requirements. Which are:

A person is entitled to vote in the Municipal Election if on Voting Day he or she,

• resides in the local municipality, or is the owner or tenant of land in the local municipality, or the spouse of such owner or tenant;

• is a Canadian citizen;

• is at least 18 years old; and

• is not prohibited from voting under subsection 17(3) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 or otherwise, by law. 

If you are eligible to vote in 2022, please fill out, sign and return the EL15 form and provide a commissioned photocopy of your driver’s licence. One form for every eligible voter must be submitted. 

Form EL15

Members will be elected for a 4 year period. 

In the 2022 election, members will be elected for a 4 year period beginning November 15, 2022 and ending November 14, 2026 for the following offices:

Township Council:

• Reeve (one is elected by all electors of the municipality)  

• Deputy Reeve (one is elected by all electors of the municipality)  

• Councillors (six to be elected by wards - two from each ward)

School Board Trustees:

• English District School Board (one to be elected by public school electors of the municipality)

• English District Separate School Board (one to be elected by separate school electors of the municipality)

• French Language District School Board (one to be elected by French language separate school electors)

• French Language District Separate School Board (one to be elected by French language electors within the municipality)