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Voting Registration and Voter's List
Many seasonal residents have been dropped.
There are challenges this year with the voter list for our Township. In prior years MCAP has provided the list to municipalities. This made sense as MPAC has all the properties identified for tax valuation puposes. The issue is that MPAC has not done property assessments since 2016. The norm is to do an assessment every 4 years, but with Covid and the dramatic increase in some property values, the decision was made to delay new assessments until the "bubble" corrected. The upshot is that MPAC does not have a current list of property owners.
Thus, Elections Ontario is providing the voters list to municipalities. The difficulty is that, in a provincial election, a person can only vote in one jurisdiction (we can call it their home base). Many of our seasonal residents will have designated their full time property as their jurisdiction for the Ontario elections (say Toronto, London).
Thus, Elections Ontario may have no record of seasonal property owners in Muskoka.
The Muskoka Lakes Association has created a great informational document which clearly explains how to check and get on the voter's list. It also includes a FAQ section.
Check Voter List
August 12,2026
is the deadline for Elections Ontario to add you to the voter list.
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