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• As of today, we are about 14 days away from the election

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Find your riding, your local elections canada office, and your candidates:

• Use the search on the homepage: elections.ca

• Use the detailed search at: elections.ca/scripts/vis/FindED

Ways to vote (full details)

Vote on election day (April 28)

Check the hours for your timezone

Check your polling station on your voter information card or by using the Voter Information Service website.

Vote on advance polling days at your ASSIGNED polling station

They run from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on:

• Friday, April 18
• Saturday, April 19
• Sunday, April 20, or
• Monday, April 21

The rules for voting on advance polling days in the federal election differ from those of some provincial elections, where you can vote at any advance voting place in the province. You cannot do the same in the federal election. If you choose to vote during advance polling days, you must vote at your assigned polling station. To find your advance polling station, check your voter information card or use the Voter Information Service. [same links as above]

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Vote early at any Elections Canada office by April 22, 6 p.m.

Uses the special ballot process (see this link for how special ballots are different from regular ballots)

Find your nearest Elections Canada office

Hours:

• Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
• Saturday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Sunday: noon to 4 p.m.

Vote by mail

Uses the special ballot process (see this page for deadlines for when you can apply for one, and when they must receive it by. It also has information on what you must do differently when filling out this ballot)

Remember: Once you apply to vote by special ballot, you can't change your mind and vote at advance polls or on election day.

If you want to vote by mail, apply as soon as possible: elections.ca/voting-by-mail

You will need to upload copies of your proof of ID. See the list of accepted ID: elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=id.

Other Resources

Common elections related misinformation:

• https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=dis&document=index&lang=e

Guides for fighting disinformation by the Government of Canada:

• Online Disinformation
• Detecting and reporting disinformation, by the Privy Council Office
• How to identify misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation, by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

Elections Canada has released this resource with some common bits of false or misleading content about elections on social media: https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=dis&document=index&lang=e

~~We plan on pinning this resource, and we are proposing the following rules:~~

edit: Thank you for the feedback everyone, these adjusted rules will be enforced:

• Posts or comments with inaccurate or misleading information from this list will be removed, and users are encouraged to report them
• Repeatedly posting such content will result in a ban from the community until April 28 (at a minimum)

So far we haven't noticed any serious issues, but we want to get ahead of anything that might come up

• https://www.canada.ca/en/campaign/online-disinformation.html (my favourite — but be careful with the “fact-checking accounts” video, it is a bit out of date, since people can buy verification tags now)
• https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/news/2025/03/detecting-and-reporting-disinformation.html
• https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/how-identify-misinformation-disinformation-and-malinformation-itsap00300

You can also see these guides by the Government of Canada:

• Online Disinformation
• Detecting and reporting disinformation, by the Privy Council Office
• How to identify misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation, by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security

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