How to vote in the 2025 Canadian general election
How to vote in the 2025 Canadian general election
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We'll walk you through things, step-by-step. Make sure to fill out everything you can!
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Then, we'll draw up your full plan to vote. You can print it, save it as a PDF, or have us send you a reminder text!
Can you vote?
Check all the boxes that apply to you:
Are you registered to vote?
When and where will you vote?
On election day, Apr 28
Emily Carr Middle School
St. John Paul II C.S.
Epiphany Anglican Church
Gloucester High School - Entrance M
E.E.C. La Vérendrye
Colonel By S.S. Exit B
1805 Gaspe Ave.
Queen Elizabeth Public School
Éducation permanente
Overbrook Community Centre
St. Laurent Complex
Collège catholique Samuel-Genest
Carson Grove E.S.
Richelieu Vanier Community Centre
Centre Pauline Charron
Église Notre-Dame de Lourdes
Centre francophone de Vanier
St-Columba Anglican Church
Manor Park P.S.
MacKay United Church
Church of St Bartholomew
Routhier Community Centre
St Joseph Roman Catholic Church
Sandy Hill Community Centre
University of Ottawa - 85 University Private
Norman Johnston Secondary Alternate Program
Civitan Club of Perth
Blackburn Community Hall
Lester B. Pearson High School
École élémentaire Annexe Trille des Bois
Lowertown Community Resource Centre
Viscount Alexander Public School
731-A Chapel Cres
Our Lady of Mount Carmel School
Eastgate Alliance Church
Calvary Pentecostal Church
Château Janeville
251 Donald
Beacon Heights Retirement Residence
Riverpath Retirement Communities
Champlain Towers
The Seigniory
La Renaissance
Sutton Place, Tower A
Who are you voting for?
Step 1: Review the candidate profiles
Step 2: Come back here and choose your pick
Need another look at your options?
Independent
Libertarian
Liberal
MLPC
NDP
Green
PPC
Conservative
Your pick for MP
Are your friends voting?
Help spread a little democracy! Do one of the following:
Why we're asking you to spread the word
If we want to keep our democracy, we have to use it. And all most people need to go out and vote is a little push from a friend!
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.
- 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
Elizabeth Benoit | |
Coreen Corcoran | Libertarian Party of Canada |
Mona Fortier | Liberal Party of Canada |
Christian Legeais | Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada |
Tristan Oliff | New Democratic Party |
Christian Proulx | Green Party of Canada |
Marty Simms | People's Party of Canada |
Dean Wythe | Conservative Party of Canada |