Voters

You are eligible to vote if, on Election Day, you are:

• A Canadian citizen; 
• At least 18 years old; 
• A resident in the Town of Whitby or the owner or tenant of land in the Town, or the spouse of such owner or tenant (see below for additional information); and, 
• Not prohibited from voting under and law. 

There are 3 ways that you can qualify to vote in a municipality:

1. As a resident elector if you live in the municipality. You may own, rent, live in shared accommodation where you do not pay rent or live in the municipality but do not have a fixed address. Being a resident elector is the most common type of eligibility.
2. As a non-resident elector if you own or rent property in a municipality, but it’s not the one where you live. You can only be a resident elector in 1 municipality. However, you can be a non-resident elector in any other municipality (or municipalities) where you own or rent property.
3. As the spouse of a non-resident elector if your spouse owns or rents property in the municipality or municipalities other than the one where you live.

Neither you nor your spouse qualify as a non-resident elector if you do not personally own or rent the property in the municipality. For example, if the property is owned by your business or your cottage is owned by a trust, you would not qualify as a non-resident elector. 

School Support Designation

School support designation helps property owners and tenants identify which school board they wish to support in a school board election and appropriately allocate school support funding to the board of choice. As per legislation, your school support defaults to the English Public school board. The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) manages school support designations. To learn more about school board designations and/or to change your school board designation, please visit: www.MPAC.ca/SchoolSupportDesignation. 

Voter's Guide

Please view the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing 2022 Voter’s Guide for more information on who is eligible to vote. 

To use the map below, start by typing your street number and the first few letters of your street name into the search bar at the top of the map. The application will then display your address and locate your Ward.