As part of the City’s COVID-19 response, Elections Offices are closed to in-person visits with exceptions under the Municipal Elections Act. Stay up-to-date on changes to City services by visiting toronto.ca/covid19.
The City Clerk and Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health have determined that voting can be carried out safely with the implementation of a range of health and safety measures in the voting place:
DO NOT come to our office or the voting place if you are experiencing any COVID-19 related symptoms.
You may only vote once in the by-election regardless of how how many properties you own or rent within Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt and regardless of how many voting opportunities or options there are.
There are four days of in-person voting:
Election Day |
Friday, January 15, 2021 |
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
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Advance Vote |
Friday January 8, 2021 | 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
Advance Vote |
Saturday, January 9, 2021 | 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
Advance Vote |
Sunday, January 10, 2021 | 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. |
Electors can vote at either location:
L’Amoreaux Community Centre, Park Lane
2000 McNicoll Ave Preferred Entrance: Main Doors Accessible Entrance: Same as Preferred A Voter Assist Terminal will be located here. |
Stephen Leacock Seniors Community Centre, Main Hall
2520 Birchmount Road Preferred Entrance: Main Doors Accessible Entrance: Same as Preferred A Voter Assist Terminal will be located here. |
Electors can find their assigned voting place by using MyVote or by calling 311.
If you are unable to vote for any reason on any of the available voting days you may appoint another eligible elector to vote on your behalf.
You can request a Voting Proxy Application by emailing elections@toronto.ca or by calling 311.
Under section 44 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 an elector may act on behalf of:
Note:
It is very important to remember that the Voting Proxy Appointment form must have signatures from both you and the person you appoint as proxy in order for the City Clerk or designate to certify the form.
For more information you may consult the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.
If you are physically unable to go inside the voting place, you can request to have your ballot brought to your vehicle, outside of the building or to another area within the voting place. A friend or support person will need to go inside the voting place to let the election officials know that you require curbside voting.
Where a voting place is situated in a multi-residential building, the boundaries do not include any residences on the property.
This is not a drive-through voting option and is limited to those who are not able to enter the voting place due to barriers of unreasonable difficulty, injury or disability.
The Voter Assist Terminal (VAT) is a ballot-marking device that allows voters with disabilities and other special needs to mark their ballot privately and independently. The features include a touch screen, an audio component, a Braille key pad, a Sip/Puff tube device, a Rocker Paddle/Foot Switch and zoom features to adjust font sizes and colour contrast.
If you require the use of a Voter Assist Terminal (VAT) and one is not located at your designated voting place, you can use the designated VAT voting place on Election Day.
If you require assistance at the voting place you may bring a friend along to help or you may ask an election official for assistance. Your friend may go behind the voting screen with you however they must make an oral declaration first.
There are several ways to arrive at a voting place:
If you require assistance in another language:
Voting hours on election day are from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
You are entitled to three hours in which to vote on voting day. This does not mean you can take three hours off work. It means you’re allowed to be absent to give yourself three hours of voting time.
Typically this is at the start or end of your working hours. For example, if your working hours are from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., you are entitled to leave one hour early so that you would have from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. to vote.
Your employer may decide when it would be most convenient for you to be absent in order to vote. For example, if you work from noon to 6 p.m. your employer may decide that you should come in at 1 p.m., rather than leave work at 5 p.m.
The deadline to apply for Mail-in Voting has now passed. If you have applied to vote by mail you can check the status of your Mail-in Voting package and find out your options to return your package by the deadline of 6 p.m. on January 15.
If any of the additional voting options do not work for you, email elections@toronto.ca or call 311.
You may only vote once in the Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt by-election regardless of how many properties you own or rent within Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt. You may only vote once regardless of how many voting opportunities or options there are.
You are prohibited from voting on voting day if you are:
One piece of identification (ID) showing your name and qualifying Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt address is needed when you go to vote.
Learn more about Ontario regulation 304/13 for voter identification under the Municipal Elections Act, 1996
as amended.
The voters’ list is a list of eligible electors in the City of Toronto. The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) is responsible for preparing the preliminary list of electors for each municipality and school board in Ontario. It is MPAC’s Municipal Property Assessment database of property owners and tenants that is used to prepare this preliminary list, which aids in the preparation of the final voters’ list for Election Day.
The online voter registration deadline has passed. You can add yourself to the voters’ list when you go to vote in-person.
You can still check to see if your name appears on the voters’ list through our online tool MyVote. If your name appears on the voters’ list you can can print off or download your Voter Information Card to your smartphone.
Call 311 or email elections@toronto.ca for more information.
The City Clerk enacted emergency powers under Section 53 of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996 to implement Mail-in Voting
for the 2021 By-election for Councillor Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt. The City Clerk notified Council of the use of these emergency powers in the staff report
, that was considered at its meeting on October 21, 2020.
View the Mail-in Voting Web pages for more information.