Owen Sound 2026 Municipal Election

How to Vote in Owen Sound's 2026 Election

Check your voter registration now, before voting opens. Make your plan early so you have time to correct your information, review the candidates and arrange help if you need it.

City of Owen Sound election resources

Check Your Voter Registration Now

As of September 1, 2026, Owen Sound's online Voters' List Lookup is available. Check that your name and property address are listed before voting begins.

Check whether you are on the Voters' List

If information needs to be added, changed, or removed, visit the City Hall Service Counter in person with appropriate identification. Eligible voters can also register or update their information at an Election Centre during the October 16 to 26 voting period.

Election Team: 519-370-7350 · elections@owensound.ca

Voting Opens October 16

VOTE EARLY

Voting opens at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 16 and closes at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026.

Vote online or by telephone 24 hours a day throughout the voting period. Owen Sound uses Simply Voting. Election Centres provide in-person access and assistance with the electronic voting system.

Internet voting: owensound.simplyvoting.com

Official Owen Sound voter information

Your Voter Information Letter

Voter Information Letters will be mailed in October. Your letter will include voting instructions, the Simply Voting web address, the telephone number for voting, your unique PIN and the candidate list. If your letter does not arrive, visit City Hall with identification to confirm your registration and receive it.

How electronic voting works

  1. Receive your Voter Information Letter.
  2. Use the supplied PIN and your date of birth.
  3. Vote online at owensound.simplyvoting.com, or call the telephone number printed on your letter.
  4. For telephone voting, listen to the prompts and enter candidate codes using the touch-tone keypad.
  5. Review your choices and change any selection before submitting your ballot.

The City describes internet voting as faster than telephone voting. Use the back of your Voter Information Letter to organize your choices before you start. Paper ballots are not part of this election.

Election Centres

Residents can receive assistance, register or update their information, ask questions, and vote independently at an Election Centre.

City Hall

808 2nd Avenue East
  • October 16: noon to 4:00 p.m.
  • October 19 to 23: noon to 4:00 p.m.
  • October 26: noon to 8:00 p.m.

Heritage Place Mall

1350 16th Street East
  • October 17 to 18: noon to 4:00 p.m.
  • October 24 to 25: noon to 4:00 p.m.
  • October 26: noon to 8:00 p.m.

Retirement homes and long-term-care facilities will also host Election Centres for residents. Times will be posted at each facility.

Ballot planning

Make a Plan for Your Ballot

Owen Sound voters will choose one Mayor and up to seven Councillors. Scott Greig has been acclaimed Deputy Mayor, so there is no Deputy Mayor contest to decide on the ballot. Voters may also select the applicable School Board Trustee.

Nominations have closed, and the certified candidate list is now available. Review the official list on the City election website.

Telephone voting codes

The Mayor and Councillor codes follow the candidates' certified alphabetical ballot order. The codes are printed with each candidate in the comparison so you can keep the number beside the name when planning a telephone vote.

School Board Trustee codes are not listed here because no authoritative project record establishes them. Use the candidate list and instructions supplied by the City.

Source-based HelpOS election information

Compare the Candidates Before You Vote

Owen Sound voters choose one Mayor and up to seven Councillors.

HelpOS compares candidates using attributable public information including campaign platforms, questionnaires, interviews, public statements, Council records, and other published sources.

Want to see which candidates have provided voters with the most information? The comparison can be sorted by Most information available, showing how much of each candidate's position can currently be evaluated from published evidence.

Planning to vote by telephone? The Council comparison shows the dialing code beside every candidate. Choose up to seven and print or copy your shortlist before voting.

Candidates with missing information show insufficient published evidence according to the comparison model. Candidates can provide additional public positions or supporting sources as the campaign continues, and the comparison will be updated as new attributable information becomes available.

The comparison's information coverage measures available evidence, not candidate quality or endorsement. A question mark means sufficient published evidence has not been located; it does not mean opposition.

Andrii Zvorygin campaign guide

For Mayor

ANDRII ZVORYGIN
Telephone: 6#

Read Andrii's candidate page and full platform.

A Council Candidate I Work With

Thomas Arakal and I are running independent campaigns while working together on areas where our priorities align. Among your choices for Council, I encourage you to consider Thomas Arakal. Telephone: 02#.

Compare Council candidates by issue

The neutral HelpOS comparison below shows documented positions, evidence coverage and telephone voting codes for every Council candidate. Open the full Council comparison.

Official Election Information

OwenSoundVotes.ca · Certified candidate list

Information last verified September 14, 2026. The current voting details are based on the City Clerk and Deputy Clerk's September 14 election presentation.