Voting Day is October 26, 2026
Are you on the Voters' List? |
Visit Register To Vote to register, update any information that may not be current, and confirm details (residence, mailing address, spelling of name, date of birth, and school board support). Changes can be made online until Aug. 12, 2026.
On Sep. 1, 2026, applications for additions or corrections or deletions from the list may be made by completing and filing a revision form at the City Clerk's office, 5th Floor, City Hall. All applications for revision must be in the designated form, properly completed and signed. Photo-identification and proof of qualifying address will be required. Changes can be made up to and including Voting Day (Oct. 26, 2026).
Who is eligible to vote? |
A person is entitled to be an elector at an election held in a local municipality (unless prohibited by this Act or any other Act) if, on Voting Day (Monday, October 26, 2026), he or she:
- Is a Canadian citizen,
- Is at least 18 years old,
- Resides in the local municipality, or is the owner or tenant of land in the local municipality, or the spouse of such a person; and
- Is not prohibited from voting under any law.
For more detailed information:
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 his or her residence, unless he or she moves elsewhere with the intention of changing his or her permanent lodging place;
- If a person has no other permanent lodging place, the place where he or she occupies a room or part of a room as a regular lodger to which he or she habitually returns is his or her residence.
A resident elector is where a person lives, and is eligible to vote in that municipality's election. A person is only allowed to have one residence.
Non-Resident Elector (Seasonal Resident)
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.
Persons without a permanent residence may also qualify to be added to the Voters' List during the revision period by submitting an application to the Clerk. If a person has no permanent residence or lodging place, the following rules apply in determining his or her residence:
- The place to which the person most frequently returned to sleep or eat during the five weeks preceding the determination is his or her residence.
- If the person returns with equal frequency to one place to sleep and to another to eat, the place to which he or she returns to sleep is his or her residence.
- Multiple returns to the same place during a single day, whether to eat or to sleep shall be considered one return.
- A person's affidavit regarding the places to which he or she returned to eat or sleep during a given time period is conclusive, in the absence of evidence to the contrary.
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 his or her permanent lodging place, and the person's permanent lodging place is in the other local municipality.
This means that students are able to vote in the municipality where they attend school and also in the municipality where they live.
The electoral status for school purposes is shown on the Voters' List. A voter may apply for correction of the List during the revision period (Thursday, September 1, 2026 up to and including Voting Day, Monday October 26, 2026). Therefore, a person may apply to change their school support up to and including Voting Day. Qualifications for and definitions of the categories of school electors are found in the Education Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom:
- Voters must be Roman Catholic and be otherwise qualified as electors to be separate school electors. Voters must have French Language Education Rights to be supporters for French language school board.
- Non-resident owners or tenants, or spouses of owners or tenants of commercially and industrially assessed lands are not eligible to vote for school board purposes.
English-language public school board is the default for a voter unless they are qualified to be a separate or French school board supporter.
'Supporter' means which school board the school portion of the property taxes goes to.
How does online voting work? |
Once you receive your Voter Letter in the mail, you can vote online at your convenience between Oct. 15, 2026 at 10 a.m. and Oct. 26, 2026 at 8 p.m.
There will be computers available for online voting at City Hall, Main Floor Lobby (200 McIntyre St. E.) on the following dates. Please bring your Voter Letter with you to vote.
- Thursday, October 15, 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Friday, October 16, 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Monday, October 19, 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Tuesday, October 20, 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Wednesday, October 21, 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Thursday, October 22, 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
- Friday, October 23, 2026 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
Voting via the Internet takes about 5 minutes and will required your Voter ID and PIN (both located on your Voter Letter) and your date of birth.
Typical steps when voting online are as follows:
- Visit the voting website provided in your Voter Letter by entering the web address into the address bar at the top of your internet browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.)
- Enter your Voter ID number located on the Voter Letter
- Enter your PIN located on the Voter Letter
- Enter your date of birth
- Enter the Captcha challenge (distorted letters and numbers) as shown on the screen
- Follow the prompts through all contests, and complete your ballot by pressing 'Cast Ballot'
If you receive an error after several attempts to login, please contact the City Clerk's Office 705-474-0400.
Are the elections accessible? |
The City of North Bay is committed to ensuring that all qualified electors have the opportunity to vote.
The City Clerk is required to prepare a plan regarding the identification, removal, and prevention of barriers that affect electors and candidates with disabilities and make the plan available to the public in advance of the voting period.
View the City's Accessible Election Plan (to be uploaded at a later date)
All questions related to accessibility and the municipal elections should directed to the City Clerk's Office
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