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Elector eligibility and identification
To vote at your polling station, an elector must be
•  at least 18 years old on election day
•  a Canadian citizen
•  on the List of Electors or have a Registration or Transfer Certificate
•  living at an address assigned to your polling station

Elector identification options
Documents must be in English or French (or Inuktitut, in Nunavut) and in their
original format. E-statement and e-invoice printouts are accepted and can also
be shown on a mobile device.
Expired documents are accepted if they show the elector's name and current
address. Documents to which the name or address have been added by hand
are not accepted, unless they have been added by the issuer of the document.
Refer to Have Your ID Ready EC 90189 when you're not sure.
Note
in some areas, ID may
not show a residential
address (e.g. PO box).
If the address on
their ID matches their
address on the List of
Electors, the document
is accepted.

Option 1  Show driver's licence, provincial/territorial ID card or
any other government card with their photo, name,
and current address
Option 2  Show 2 different pieces of ID from the list: both with
their name and at least one with their current address
They have to be different (2 bank statements for the
same account are not accepted)
Option 3  Show 2 different pieces of ID from the list with their
name and have another elector attest to their address.
Both electors have to sign the Oath of Residence
Certificate
The attestor must
•  know the elector and where
they live
•  live in the same polling
division
•  be on the List of Electors
or have a Registration
Certificate

Note
all requests for electors
to take an oath must
be made through the
DRO.

•  show proof of identity and
address
•  have not attested to another
elector's address
•  have not had their own
address attested to

A DRO, Poll Clerk, candidate or representative can ask for an elector
to take an oath if one of them doubts their
•  age or Canadian citizenship — oath
•  residence because the elector's ID matches the list but doesn't
show a residential address — oath