Voter Information

Voting Day

The next regular Municipal and School Board Election will be held on Monday, October 26, 2026.

Who can vote?

A person is entitled to be an elector in an election held in the Municipal and School Board Election if, on voting day, he or she,

• resides in the local municipality or is the owner or tenant of land there, or the spouse of such owner or tenant;
• is a Canadian citizen;
• is at least 18 years old; and
• is not prohibited from voting.

Who cannot vote?

The following are prohibited from voting:

• A person who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution.
• A corporation.
• A person acting as executor or trustee or in any other representative capacity, except as a voting proxy.
• A person who was convicted of the corrupt practice 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. 

Student living away from home

If you are a student and consider your "home" to be the place where you live when you are not attending school, which means you plan on returning there, then you are eligible to vote in both your "home" municipality and in the municipality where you currently live while attending school.

Voters’ List

The voters’ list is a list of eligible electors in Loyalist Township. 

Elections Ontario is responsible for preparing the preliminary list of electors for each municipality and school board in Ontario. It is Elections Ontario database of both property owners and tenants that is used to prepare this preliminary list, which aids in the preparation of the final voters’ list.  You must be on the Register of Voters to cast a ballot during Municipal and School Board Elections.

Visit RegisterToVoteON.ca for information on eligibility, registration, and how to confirm, update, or add yourself to the Register.