2023 By-Election for Mayor
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Election day is June 26 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Find out if you are eligible to vote and where to vote in your ward. If you didn’t receive a Voter Information Card (VIC) in the mail but you’re on the voters’ list, access your card through MyVote. You don’t need a VIC to […]

As Mr. John Tory resigned on Feb. 17, 2023, a by-election is being held to fill the role for mayor.

Who can vote

You must be a Canadian citizen, 18 years or older, either a resident in the city of Toronto or you or your spouse own or rent property in the city of Toronto, and are not prohibited from voting by law.

A corporation cannot vote, and you may not cast another person’s vote unless they appoint you to vote by proxy. Each eligible person may cast up to one vote.

If you are homeless in Toronto or without a permanent address, you may still be eligible to vote. Call 311 or email [email protected] for information or help overcoming barriers to voting.

Voting Days

  • (Now closed) Thursday June 8th to Tuesday June 13th, at these 50 Advance Voting locations, from 10AM to 7PM.
  • Monday June 26th, voting day at a polling station within the ward you live in or the ward in which you own property. Check your Voter Information Card for the nearest polling station which you should vote at for this day. Polls are open from 10AM to 8PM
  • Note: Even if you are NOT on the Voter’s List, if you are eligible, you can add yourself to the Voter’s List at the polling station on Advance Voting Days or Election Days. Encourage your eligible friends and family to vote.

Vote By Mail (now closed)

  • Applications for Mail-in voting are closed and the deadline has passed. If you did apply during that period, once you receive the Mail-in Voting package, complete the ballot and package as per the instructions, then return it to a secure yellow Mail-in Voting box at one of these locations by Thursday, June 15th at noon, or to Canada Post to be received no later than Thursday June 15th at noon. If you have not submitted your ballot kit by this point, you may still vote in person. This should go without saying, but do not cast a vote both by mail and in person.

Accessibility / Proxy / Other ways to Vote

  • To vote by Proxy you must request a Voting Proxy Appoint Form by calling 311 or emailing [email protected], then you and your proxy must complete and sign the form and have it certified in-person at 100 Queen St. W (City Hall) before 4:30PM on voting day, or by appointment on Tuesday June 20th at North York Civic Centre. The proxy must be eligible, and a proxy may vote for any or as many relatives as they have certified forms, but may only act as proxy for one person who is not a relative.
  • If you need assistance, a friend or an election official may accompany you when voting or to help you vote. Your friend must make a declaration in order to be present with you behind the voting privacy screen (See the declarations section).
  • Curbside voting can allow you to vote from your vehicle if you are unable to go inside the voting location. Have a friend notify an election official that you need assistance with curbside voting, or call 416-338-2020 or email [email protected] if you are alone.
  • Voter Assist Terminals have several accessibility options to help you mark your ballot. Advance voting locations are all equipped with VATs, if your Election Day voting locations has no Terminal, call 416-338-1111 and press 6 ahead of time to request your ballot to be transferred to a different location if needed.

Candidates

There are a total of 102 candidates for mayor. Six candidates were at a debate last night, May 31 at TMU among several other debates that occurred over the last weeks. Another debate will be held with CBC on June 6. Here is a SAMPLE ballot.

What to bring

  • A piece of official ID that shows your name and address within the city of Toronto. Here is a full list of acceptable ID
  • (Optional) Your voter information card if you have it. It will speed up the process.

Information Source: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/by-election/

If anyone has questions feel free to ask. I encourage every eligible person to vote.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•10 months ago

    I’ve literally been looking for this information for weeks, thanks so much for putting this together! Everyone get out and vote, even if you don’t think anything will happen - we’ve had insanely close mayoral elections across Canada recently.

  • @RussetEnglish
    1•10 months ago

    What can I do if I didn’t advance vote and just got a job that will have me out of town for training on the 26th? My partner is not a Canadian Citizen, but can she be my proxy? Otherwise do I have to drag a friend to City Hall and have them vote in person on the 26th?

    • RentlarOPEnglish
      2•10 months ago

      If your partner is otherwise ineligible to cast their own vote they cannot act as your proxy. Unfortunately non-citizens cannot vote in this election.

      Follow the steps under the accessibility/proxy vote section for someone else (It does seem kind of needlessly complicated).

      • @RussetEnglish
        2•10 months ago

        Thanks! Yeah, meeting up with a friend who lives near City Hall to make him my proxy. Just gotta wait for the form to come into my email because of course I can’t just download it?