Voting in northwestern Ontario today? Here's what you need to know

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Canadians volition ballot contiguous to prime the adjacent national government. Here is what you request to cognize astir voting contiguous successful northwestern Ontario.

Polls adjacent astatine 8:30 p.m. CT and 9:30 p.m. ET

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 9:13 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

People marque their mode to and from an beforehand polling presumption successful Ottawa, connected Friday, April 18, 2025. Advance polls opened Friday for voters to formed their ballot successful the national predetermination up of the April 28 authoritative predetermination day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Voters spell to the polls successful the national predetermination connected Monday.

Polling stations are located passim northwestern Ontario. Polls volition beryllium unfastened from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. successful the Central clip portion and 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. successful the Eastern clip zone.

To ballot you request to beryllium astatine slightest 18 years old and a Canadian citizen.

Elections Canada notes determination are 3 options for voting:

Show your driver's licence oregon immoderate different paper issued by the Canadian authorities with your photo, sanction and existent address.
Show 2 pieces of ID that person your sanction and astatine slightest 1 indispensable person your existent address. That could see a elector accusation card, a slope statement, a inferior bill, oregon pupil card. A afloat database of accepted ID is disposable connected the Elections Canada website. Expired ID tin beryllium utilized arsenic impervious of individuality if it includes your name, and arsenic a impervious of residence.
If you don't person ID, you tin state your individuality and code successful penning and person idiosyncratic who knows you vouch for you astatine a polling station. The idiosyncratic vouching for you indispensable beryllium capable to beryllium their individuality and address. A idiosyncratic tin vouch for lone 1 person, but successful semipermanent attraction facilities.

Polling locations tin beryllium recovered by typing your postal codification into the Elections Canada website. People tin besides interaction section candidates for assistance to find their polling locations and immoderate candidates whitethorn besides connection proscription assistance if necessary.

How to travel results

CBC News will person sum of the predetermination results crossed each platforms, and CBC Thunder Bay will person sum of section races online.

You tin download the free CBC News app and motion up for section and nationalist alerts.

CBC's predetermination peculiar is acceptable to commencement astatine 6:30 p.m. ET. connected each platforms.

On Tuesday morning, the CBC's Superior Morning volition besides person a breakdown of the predetermination results successful northwestern Ontario opening astatine 6:00 a.m. connected CBC Radio 1 and connected the CBC Listen App.

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