ID to register for provincial elections
With the exception of a name change request, you must provide one piece of ID showing both your name and home address to update, add or remove your information from the Register.
Search the Register to confirm, update, add or remove your information. Alternatively, you can complete a paper application form.
ID includes most documents issued by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario or a municipality in Ontario.
Government-issued
- Ontario driver's licence
- Ontario Photo Card
- Statement of Old Age Security T4A (OAS)
- Statement of Employment Insurance Benefits Paid T4E
- Income tax notice of assessment
- Ontario motor vehicle permit (plate or vehicle portion)
- Property assessment notice from Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
- Child tax benefit statement
- Social Insurance Number confirmation letter
- Any other document showing both your name and home address issued by:
- the Government of Canada
- the Government of Ontario
Educational or Financial
- School admissions letter
- School Transcript or report card
- School tuition/fees statement
- Bank account or credit card statement
- Residential mortgage, lease or rental statement
- Cancelled personalized cheque
- Cheque stub, pay receipt or T4 issued by a person’s employer
- Insurance statement
- Signed loan or financial agreement with a financial institution
- Document showing campus residence issued by the office or officials responsible for student residence at a post-secondary institution
Other
- Utility bill (hydro, water, gas, telephone, cable TV, public utilities commission)
- Hospital records showing a person’s name and home address
- CNIB card or card from another registered charitable organization that provides services to persons with disabilities
- Letter of Confirmation of Residence
- Property tax assessment or bill from a municipality in Ontario
- Any other document showing both your name and home address issued by:
- a municipality
- a government agency
- or certified by a court in Ontario
- a Band Council in Ontario established under the Indian Act (Canada)
To change your legal name, including the use of a spouse or partner’s name, you must provide the following two pieces of ID:
A marriage certificate or a change of name certificate issued by a provincial/territorial registrar AND one piece of ID showing your current name and home address;
OR
One piece of ID showing your previous name and home address AND one piece of ID showing your current name and home address.
ID includes most documents issued by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario or a municipality in Ontario.
Government-issued
- Ontario driver's licence
- Ontario Photo Card
- Statement of Old Age Security T4A (OAS)
- Statement of Employment Insurance Benefits Paid T4E
- Income tax notice of assessment
- Ontario motor vehicle permit (plate or vehicle portion)
- Property assessment notice from Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC)
- Child tax benefit statement
- Social Insurance Number confirmation letter
- Any other document showing both your name and home address issued by:
- the Government of Canada
- the Government of Ontario
Educational or Financial
- School admissions letter
- School Transcript or report card
- School tuition/fees statement
- Bank account or credit card statement
- Residential mortgage, lease or rental statement
- Cancelled personalized cheque
- Cheque stub, pay receipt or T4 issued by a person’s employer
- Insurance statement
- Signed loan or financial agreement with a financial institution
- Document showing campus residence issued by the office or officials responsible for student residence at a post-secondary institution
Other
- Utility bill (hydro, water, gas, telephone, cable TV, public utilities commission)
- Hospital records showing a person’s name and home address
- CNIB card or card from another registered charitable organization that provides services to persons with disabilities
- Letter of Confirmation of Residence
- Property tax assessment or bill from a municipality in Ontario
- Any other document showing both your name and home address issued by:
- a municipality
- a government agency
- or certified by a court in Ontario
- a Band Council in Ontario established under the Indian Act (Canada)