The next Ontario election is happening on February 27th! Provincial and territorial governments in Canada have the power to manage their own public land and make decisions about:
- Health care - Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP), hospitals and medical services
- Education - Elementary and secondary school, colleges and universities, job retraining programs
- Employment - Access to regulated professions and trades, workers' rights
- Infrastructure - Building new schools, hospitals, transit, long term care homes etc.
- Transportation - Highways, driver's licences
- Services for families - Marriage and birth certificates, some child care services, subsidized housing, community services
- Some civil and criminal justice
To learn more about some of these important issues, Social Planning Toronto has put together some fact sheet here
To learn more about where each party stands on some of these important issues, please visit the Green Line 2025 Ontario Election resource guide here
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AM I ELIGIBLE TO VOTE?
To be eligible to vote, you must be:
- 18 years of age or older;
- a Canadian citizen; and
- a resident of Ontario.
HOW CAN I VOTE?
If you are on the Register, you will receive a voter information card (VIC) in the mail about when and where to vote. You must bring your VIC and one piece of ID showing your name to receive a ballot when you go to vote.
If you did not receive a Voter Information Card, you must bring one piece of ID showing both your name and home address to register and receive a ballot.
WHERE CAN I VOTE?
To find your local voting location, please use the location finder on the Ontario Election. Click here to find where you can vote on February 27th: https://voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/search?mode=postalCode