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Registering your name on the permanent list of electors or changing your information

Summary

If you are eligible to vote, but your name is not on the list of electors, or if you notice an error, you can correct this situation.

Provincial

In this section

Is your electoral division holding an election?

You wish to register

You may register:

You wish to change your registration

You moved

To report a change of address, we recommend that you use the Service québécois de changement d'adresse (SQCA). We will automatically receive your new address.

You noticed an error

To correct an error, you must contact us.

If you no longer want your name on the list of electors

To remove your name from the list of electors, you can contact us or write a short letter requesting that your name be removed from the permanent list of electors. Attach a photocopy of two pieces of identification and mail it to us.

Regardless of which option you choose, you must provide one or more supporting documents to prove your identity and address.

Online

Until [jour -14], you can register or change your registration online. You may also apply in person until [jour -4].

Online registration or modification requests are processed from [-21 au -12].

By mail or fax

You can register or change your registration by mail or fax until [jour -14].

  1. Complete and sign the Application for entry on or a change to the list of electors (PDF) form. For a paper form, contact the returning officer of your electoral division.
  2. Return the duly completed and signed form by mail or fax to the office of the returning officer. Ensure that the signed, completed form will arrive before [jour -14].

In-person

From [jour -21 au jour -4], go to the office of your returning officer.

The notice of entry that you will receive by mail at the beginning of the election period indicates the location, dates and hours of operation of the office.

Note: you must register before [jour -14] if you wish to vote in advance on [jour -8] or [jour -7].

When and where

Normally, addresses are listed as of [jour -31].

Vote at the same time

If you register your name on the list of electors at the following dates and times, you can also vote in advance. Please note that voting starts half an hour later than the registration. It also ends one hour earlier, except on [jour -4].

  • [jour -10], from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
  • [jour -9], from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • [jour -6] and [jour -5], from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
  • [jour -4], from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Via a family member

From [jour -21 au jour -14], a family member, your spouse, or a person who lives with you can submit a request to enter your name on the list of electors or to change your entry on your behalf. They can also request a change in your entry. They will have to present your supporting documents as well as their own.

After [jour -14], only the elector themselves can file an application for registration or change to the list of electors. Please note: if you register on the list of electors during this period, you will not be able to vote during the advance polling days ([jour -8] and [jour -7]), but only during polling days at the office of the returning officer and on election day.

If you are moving

During an election period, if you move more than two weeks before the election, you must vote at the polling station of your new residence. To do this, you must change your address at the board of revisors assigned to your new address.

If you no longer want your name on the list of electors

To remove your name from the list of electors, you can apply to change your registration online, until [jour -14]. From [jour -21 au jour -4], you can also visit the office of your returning officer.

Municipal

In this section

You wish to register

There are two ways to register outside an election period:

  • A by-election is underway in your municipality

    To register or to change your entry on the list of electors during a by-election, go to the revision office at the address and during the hours indicated on the notice of entry sent by your municipality. Your parent, your spouse, or a person living with you may make a request for entry or a correction on your behalf.

    If you don't live in the municipality, but own or co-own a building, you may be eligible to vote. Contact your returning officer to verify this.

    To register, you must present two pieces of identification.

    You wish to change your registration

    You moved

    To report a change of address outside an election period, we recommend that you use the Service québécois de changement d'adresse (SQCA).

    You noticed an error

    To correct an error outside an election period, you must contact us.

    If you no longer want your name on the list of electors

    To remove your name from the list of electors at any time, you can contact us or write a short letter requesting that your name be removed from the permanent list of electors. Attach a photocopy of two pieces of identification and mail it to us.

Your name is not on the list of electors? Is there an error? Are you moving?

To register, or to change your entry on the list of electors, go to the revision office during the hours of operation given on the notice of entry sent to you by the municipality. Your parent, your spouse, or a person living with you may make the request for entry or make a correction on your behalf.

To register, you must present two pieces of identification.

If you no longer want your name on the list of electors

To remove your name from the list of electors, you can contact us or write a short letter requesting that your name be removed from the permanent list of electors. Attach a photocopy of two pieces of identification and mail it to us.

School

In this section

You wish to register

You may register:

You wish to change your registration

You moved

To report a change of address, we recommend that you use the Service québécois de changement d'adresse (SQCA). We will automatically receive your new address.

You noticed an error

To correct an error, you must contact us.

If you no longer want your name on the list of electors

To remove your name from the list of electors, you can contact us or write a short letter requesting that your name be removed from the permanent list of electors. Attach a photocopy of two pieces of identification and mail it to us.

English-language school board list of electors

When a school election is called, we establish the list of electors. This list includes the electors found on the permanent list of electors in each of the school electoral divisions. We then send the list of electors for each English-language school board to the returning officers.

To apply for registration on the list of electors, or to make a change to your entry information, you must visit the revision office. A parent, your spouse, or a person living with you may make the request for entry or make a correction on your behalf. To register, you must present two pieces of identification.

Revision office

For the location, days and hours of operation of your revision office, see the notice sent by the returning officer of your English-language school board.

If you no longer want your name on the list of electors

To remove your name from the list of electors, you can contact us or write a short letter requesting that your name be removed from the permanent list of electors. Attach a photocopy of two pieces of identification and mail it to us.

Other resources

The Charter of the French language and its regulations govern the consultation of English-language content.

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