Elections

To vote, you must be registered on the official voters' list. Ensuring your information is accurate ahead of time guarantees you receive your voter notification letter and helps streamline your voting experience.

Starting September 1, 2026, residents can contact City Hall at 613-735-6821 to confirm, update, or add their information to the voters' list.

How to Amend Your Information:

• Application: If you are not on the list or need to update your details, you must submit a completed application in person at City Hall.  Application EL15

• Required Identification: You must present valid identification showing your full name and qualifying municipal address when submitting your application.

Examples: 

• Ontario Driver's Licence 
• Ontario Photo Health Card 
• Ontario Photo ID Card
• Ontario motor vehicle permit (vehicle portion)
• Cancelled personalized cheque
• CNIB Card or Disability Service Card
• Utility Bill - Hydro, Gas, Telephone, Internet, Cable TV bills
• Property Tax Assessment
• Mortgage, Lease, or Rental Agreement - related to your qualifying address
• Income Tax Assessment Notice from the CRA
• Old Age Seurity (T4A-OAS) & CPP Statements
• Ontario Works or ODSP Statement

All electors at a voting place must show proof of name and qualifying address before receiving a ballot.  

Only one item of acceptable identification is required but it must show both name and qualifying address.

Listed here is a partial list of acceptable identification. 

• Ontario Driver's Licence 
• Ontario Photo Health Card 
• Ontario Photo ID Card
• Ontario motor vehicle permit (vehicle portion)
• Cancelled personalized cheque
• CNIB Card or Disability Service Card
• Utility Bill - Hydro, Gas, Telephone, Internet, Cable TV bills
• Property Tax Assessment
• Mortgage, Lease, or Rental Agreement - related to your qualifying address
• Income Tax Assessment Notice from the CRA
• Old Age Seurity (T4A-OAS) & CPP Statements
• Ontario Works or ODSP Statement

Your school support designation helps determine which school board voters’ list you appear on for the municipal election.

In Ontario, MPAC (Municipal Property Assessment Corporation) collects and maintains this information and provides it to Elections Ontario for the Preliminary List of Electors.

Voters should review and update their school support designation, if needed, by June 1, 2026, to help ensure their information is correct for the October 26, 2026 election.

To learn more and/or review and update your school support, visit: www.mpac.ca 

In December, 2025, the City of Pembroke Council passed By-law 2024-70 authorizing the use of internet voting, paper ballots, and vote tabulators for voting in the 2026 Municipal and School Board Election.

These voting options are intended to provide eligible electors with a voting process that is accessible, convenient, and secure.

Eligible electors can expect to receive a Voter Information Letter (VIL) at the beginning of October 2026. This letter will include the information needed to vote once the voting period opens. 

If you do not receive a voter information letter in the mail, please check with the Clerks office to see if your information is up to date by calling 613-735-6821.

The voting period will begin on October 16, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. and will close on October 26, 2026, at 8:00 p.m.

Ballots may be cast electronically using a:

• computer
• tablet, or
• smartphone

Advanced Online Voting Period Begins

Friday October 16, 2026 - 10:00 a.m.

Online voting will be available 24 hours a day until close of polls at 8:00 p.m. on October 26, 2026

Voting Day - October 26, 2026

Voting by paper ballot commences at 10:00 a.m. and closes at 8:00 p.m. at the

Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 72 - Main Hall

202 Pembroke Street East, Pembroke

A Voter Help Centre is available during the voting period to assist eligible electors with the voting process, including:

• receiving help with internet or telephone voting
• being added to the Voters’ List
• updating personal information on the Voters’ List

The Voter Help Centre will be located at:

Pembroke City Hall
1 Pembroke Street East
Pembroke, ON

Nomination papers are public documents and may be viewed by the public.

Nomination fees will be refunded if the candidate files their campaign financial statement by the required deadline of March 30, 2027.

2026 Candidates' Guide - Ontario Municipal Council and School Board Elections 

Candidates' Guide to Accessible Elections (AMCTO 2021)

Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Election Resources

AMO's Health Democracy Leadership Series: Supporting Local Leadership in run up to the 2026 Municipal Elections

AMO - Supporting Your Run For Municipal Office in 2026 : Lead Where You Live

AMO - Explore Supports for Candidates

Municipal Elections Act

Ontario Municipal Councillor's Guide

School Board Trustee Elections