How to vote in the 2025 Canadian general election
How to vote in the 2025 Canadian general election
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Can you vote?
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You can vote in the Orléans election!
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Are you registered to vote?
When and where will you vote?
There is one way left to vote this election.
On election day, Apr 28
At your designated polling place
When: Monday, April 28, from 9:30am EDT to 9:30pm EDT
Step 1:
Use Elections Canada's Voter Information Service to find your election day polling place:
Go to the Voter Information Service
Step 2: Come back here and make a note of your polling place:
Convent Glen Elementary School
1708 Grey Nuns Drive, Orleans
École élémentaire catholique l'Étoile de l'Est
6220 Beauséjour Drive, Orleans
Convent Glen Catholic School
6212 Jeanne D'Arc Boulevard, Orléans
Henry Larsen Elementary School
1750 Sunview Drive, Orleans
Community Pentecostal Church
1825 St. Joseph Boulevard, Orleans
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Elementary School
6400 Beauséjour Drive, Orleans
Roy G. Hobbs Seniors Centre
109 Larch Crescent, Orleans
Dunning-Foubert Elementary School
1610 Prestwick Drive, Orleans
St. Joseph Coptic Orthodox Church (A)
3856 Navan Road, Orleans
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
1515 Tenth Line Road, Orleans
École élémentaire publique Jeanne-Sauvé
1917 Gardenway Drive, Orleans
Divine Infant Catholic School
8100 Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard North, Orleans
Orleans United Church
1111 Orleans Boulevard, Orléans
Orleans Wood Elementary School
7859 Décarie Drive, Orleans
St. Matthew Catholic High School
6550 Bilberry Drive, Orleans
Forest Valley Elementary School
1570 Forest Valley Drive, Orleans
École élémentaire catholique La Source
1445 Duford Drive, Orleans
St. Helen's Anglican Church
1234 Prestone Drive, Orleans
École élémentaire publique Le Prélude
6025 Longleaf Drive, Orleans
Avalon Public School
2080 Portobello Boulevard, Orléans
St. Joseph Coptic Orthodox Church (B)
3856 Navan Road, Orleans
École élémentaire Notre-Dame-des-Champs
6280 Renaud Road, Orleans
Royal Canadian Legion
800 Taylor Creek Drive, Orléans
Fallingbrook Community Elementary School
679 Deancourt Crescent, Orleans
Summerside Public School
2350 Portobello Boulevard, Orléans
Chapel Hill Catholic School
1534 Forest Valley Drive, Orleans
École élémentaire catholique Arc-en-Ciel
1830 Portobello Boulevard, Orleans
St. Theresa School
2000 Portobello Boulevard, Orléans
Maple Ridge Elementary School
1000 Valin Street, Orléans
Our Lady of Wisdom School
1565 St. Georges Street, Orleans
Notre-Dame-des-Champs Recreation Centre
3659 Navan Road, Orléans
École élémentaire catholique St-Joseph d'Orléans
6664 Carrière Street, Orleans
Rendez-vous des aînés francophones d'Ottawa
3349 Navan Road, Orléans
St. Francis of Assisi School
795 Watters Road, Orleans
François Dupuis Recreation Centre
2263 Portobello Boulevard, Orléans
St. Peter High School
750 Charlemagne Boulevard, Orleans
Plan a time to vote:
Who are you voting for?
We'll help you decide with 2 easy steps!
Step 1: Review the candidate profiles
See your candidates
Step 2: Come back here and choose your pick
Need another look at your options?
Compare the party platforms
Arlo Arrowsmith
Libertarian
Libertarian
Mazhar Choudhry
Independent
Independent
Oulai B. Goué
NDP
NDP
Jaycob Jacques
Green
Green
Marie-France Lalonde
Liberal
Liberal
Steve Mansour
Conservative
Conservative
Tafiqul Abu Mohammad
PPC
PPC
Arabella Vida
Independent
Independent
Your pick for MP
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Your choice
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Your plan to vote
How
When
Where
What to bring
One photo ID card issued by a Canadian government (federal, provincial, territorial, or local) with your photo, name, and current address.
2 pieces of ID, both with your name, proving who you are and where you live:
- At least 1 piece must have your residential address
- Both pieces must have your name
Valid pieces of ID include documents, bills, ID cards, and ID bracelets from various government and non-government sources. See the "Examples of acceptable ID" section below for examples.
Someone who knows you and is assigned to your polling station who can vouch for you. They must be able to prove their identity and address.
A person can vouch for only one other person, except in long-term care facilities.
Be on the safe side: Bring extra ID if you can.
Examples of acceptable ID
- From a government or government agency:
- band membership card
- birth certificate
- Canadian citizenship card or certificate
- Canadian Forces identity card
- Canadian passport (accepted only as proof of identity)
- card issued by an Inuit local authority
- firearms licence
- government cheque or cheque stub
- government statement of benefits
- health card
- income tax assessment
- Indian status card or temporary confirmation of registration
- library card
- licence or card issued for fishing, trapping or hunting
- liquor identity card
- Métis card
- old age security card
- parolee card
- property tax assessment or evaluation
- public transportation card
- social insurance number card
- vehicle ownership
- Veterans Affairs health care identification card
- From Elections Canada:
- targeted revision form to residents of long-term care facilities
- voter information card
- From an educational institution:
- correspondence issued by a school, college or university
- student identity card
- From a health care facility or organization:
- blood donor card
- CNIB card
- hospital card
- label on a prescription container
- identity bracelet issued by a hospital or long-term care facility
- medical clinic card
- From a financial institution:
- bank statement
- credit card
- credit card statement
- credit union statement
- debit card
- insurance certificate, policy or statement
- mortgage contract or statement
- pension plan statement
- personal cheque
- From a private organization:
- employee card
- residential lease or sub-lease
- utility bill (e.g.: electricity; water; telecommunications services, including telephone, cable or satellite)
- Letters of confirmation:
- letter from a public curator, public guardian or public trustee
- letter of confirmation of residence from a First Nations band or reserve or an Inuit local authority
- letter of confirmation of residence from an Alberta Metis Settlement authority
- letter of confirmation of residence, letter of stay, admission form, or statement of benefits from a designated student residence, seniors' residence, long-term care facility, shelter, soup kitchen or community-based residential facility
Your pick for MLA
| Arlo Arrowsmith | Libertarian Party of Canada |
| Mazhar Choudhry | |
| Oulai B. Goué | New Democratic Party |
| Jaycob Jacques | Green Party of Canada |
| Marie-France Lalonde | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Steve Mansour | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Tafiqul Abu Mohammad | People's Party of Canada |
| Arabella Vida |
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