Every four years, in accordance with the Municipal Elections Act, the City Clerk, acting as a Returning Officer, conducts elections for the offices of:
- Mayor
- One to be elected by all voters of the municipality
- Regional Councillor
- One to be elected for each ward pairing
- City Councillor
- One to be elected for each ward pairing
- School Board Trustee for:
- Peel District School Board (English Public)
- One to be elected for each ward pairing
- Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board (English Separate)
- Three to be elected across Brampton
- Conseil scolaire Viamonde (French Public)
- One to be elected across Region of Peel
- Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir (French Separate)
- One to be elected across Brampton, Caledon, Guelph and Dufferin and Wellington counties
Brampton is divided into 10 wards and voters elect representatives for their specific ward pairing, along with Mayor, and school board trustees if applicable. The candidate with the highest number of votes is elected to office.
Learn if you are eligible to vote in the upcoming municipal election.
Voters who are on the Voters' List will receive a voter notice in the mail with details about where and when to vote. If you do not receive a voter notice, you may not be on the Voters' List. Check if your voter information is up to date using the Am I On the List tool or request to add your name to the list.
Find your voting location information using the Where Do I Vote tool.
In the 2026 Municipal Election, Brampton voters will be required to go to the voting location to cast their ballot.
Voting is easy!
- Bring your voter notice and a piece of identification to the voting location.
- An election worker will search your name on the Voters' List and mark you as voted.
- You will be issued a ballot.
- Proceed behind the voting screen to mark your ballot. During advance voting, voters will use an accessible voting unit (ExpressVote) to mark their ballots. On Voting Day, voters will use a pen.
- Once you have finished marking your ballot, the tabulator attendant will feed the ballot through the vote tabulator.
- Ballots are counted by the vote tabulator and results are available after the close of voting, on Voting Day.
Voting equipment
Brampton has used electronic voting equipment for more than 17 years. Council approved the continued use of vote tabulators and accessible voting units through By-law 265-2021. The 2026 Municipal Election continues to use an in-person paper ballot voting model. Vote tabulators are used to scan and count ballots. Voting equipment must comply with the Digital Governance Standards Institute (DGSI) standard for vote tabulation systems used in Ontario elections. This standard establishes minimum requirements related to the design, installation, operation, maintenance, security, testing, transparency, accessibility, and accountability of vote tabulation systems and is intended to support the core democratic principles of accessibility, integrity, equality of the vote, ballot secrecy, transparency, and accountability.
Accessible voting units (ExpressVotes) are ballot marking devices that provide accessibility features that enable voters with disabilities to mark their ballots independently. The ballots are then fed through the vote tabulator.
Election equipment testing and verification procedures are rigorous, extensive, and thorough. Testing is conducted at multiple stages and includes logic and accuracy testing, equipment verification, ballot testing, and system validation to confirm ballots are processed and counted correctly before voting begins.
