Voter Information

Under the Municipal Elections Act (MEA), a person is entitled to be an elector at an election held in a local municipality if, on voting day, they are:

• a Canadian citizen;
• at least 18 years of age or older;
• a resident in the City of Pickering or the owner or tenant of land these, or the spouse of such owner or tenant; and,
• not be prohibited from voting under the MEA or otherwise by law.

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 in accordance with section 44 of the MEA.
• a person who was convicted of the corrupt practice described in subsection 90(3), 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.

As a Canadian citizen, voting is your right and responsibility. Your community is shaped by the outcome of an election.

The individuals who are elected takes part in making many important decisions including how tax dollars are spent in your community.

Property owners in Ontario are required to support a school board, even if they do not have children. Where a residential property is tenanted, the tenants can direct the school support for the property. Your school support designation helps identify which school board you wish to support during school board elections and ensures that school support funding is directed to the appropriate board. By default, school support is directed to the City’s English Public School Board.

Your current designation can be found on your Property Assessment Notice. As a property owner, occupant, or tenant of a property in Ontario, you must support one the of the following school systems:

• English Public
• English Separate (Catholic)
• French Public
• French Separate (Catholic)

The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) collects school support information. To learn more about school support, visit the MPAC website. You can update your school support designation online using the school support designation tool.

Review your school support by June 1, 2026, to ensure your correct school support designation is provided to Elections Ontario in time for the next municipal and school board elections on October 26, 2026.