Voters

Municipal government impacts your life daily. Every four years, you can help decide who will guide the future of your city.

What do you need to know as an Oshawa voter?

Who can vote?

You can cast a ballot in the City of Oshawa if you're:

a Canadian citizen;
at least 18 years old on Voting Day;
an Oshawa resident or an owner or tenant of land in Oshawa (or the spouse of such owner or tenant); and,
not prohibited by law from voting.

You may only vote once in the City of Oshawa Municipal & School Board Elections, regardless of how many properties you own or rent within the city.

Electors can update, add or confirm their information for municipal elections through Register to Vote, a service provided by Elections Ontario. Update, add or confirm your information now.

Information for post-secondary students

If you are a student and consider your “home” to be the municipality you live in when you are not attending school, which means you plan to return there, then you are eligible to vote in both your “home” municipality and in the municipality you live in while attending school.
If you are a student from Oshawa attending school in another municipality, please check with the Clerk of that municipality to find out your voting options.

Who cannot vote?

You are prohibited from voting on Voting Day if you are:

an immigrant to Canada issued a Permanent Resident Card (not a Canadian citizen);
serving a sentence of imprisonment in a penal or correctional institution;
a corporation;
acting as executor or trustee or in another representative capacity, except as a voting proxy; or,
convicted of a corrupt practice described in section 90(3) of the Municipal Elections Act, 1996.

Qualified Oshawa electors may vote for:

What's your ward? Use the City's What's my Ward? tool to find your ward and learn more about Oshawa's ward system.

The next Municipal & School Board Elections are Monday, October 26, 2026.

The City is currently exploring voting methods for the 2026 Elections. Have your say as part of the Internet Voting consultation in spring 2024.