How Do I Register To Vote?

If you are not on the voters list, you can register on the 33rd day before election day, up until the sixth day before election day.

You can also register at the polling station during an advance poll or on election day. To register at an advance poll, you will need to present proof of identity and resident. Acceptable identification is one valid official document showing your name, address, and signature (such as a driver’s licence); or two valid official documents, one showing your name and address (telephone or electricity bill), and one showing your name and signature (such as health or library cards).

When registered on election day, you must provide proof of your identify and residence or make a sworn statement of your identity and resident and be accompanied by another elector already registered in the same polling division, who will vouch for you by making a sworn statement. That person cannot vouch for anyone else. For more details on acceptable identification, see above. If you are not registered or have not received a voter information card from elections Canada showing the address of your polling station, you can get the address by calling the returning office in your electoral district.

If you voted in the last general election, you may be registered to vote at the address where you lived at that time. Elections Canada updates the list from a number of sources, so there is a chance that your address change may also have been registered if you have moved.

As a new citizen, you should have completed the application for citizenship through Citizenship and Immigration Canada. You are registered to vote if you checked off the consent box on the application, consenting to be added to the Register. You will receive no further confirmation.

For more information, call Elections Canada:

• Toll-free from Canada or in the United States:
  1-800-463-6868
• From anywhere in the world: 613-993-2975
• Toll-free from Mexico: 001-800-514-6868

Source: Elections Canada