Your 2026 Barrie municipal election, explained.
The next Barrie municipal election is Monday, October 26, 2026, with internet and telephone voting open from October 16. Independent and non-partisan: how to vote, who is running, what is genuinely contested, and the numbers behind it, with every figure traceable to a named source.
Sections
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Ward 10 voter letters
The first letters mailed to Ward 10 printed the wrong ward, and their PINs no longer work. Only the PIN in the updated letter, in the envelope with the yellow address panel, does.
Updated letters arriving since Oct 5
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How to vote
Who can vote, the voters' list and your PIN, online and phone voting, assistance centres, your new ward, debates and key dates.
6 days until voting opens
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Candidates
Every race and every candidate: their full electoral record, what they have said in their own words, and the incumbents.
60 certified candidates
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Issues
Taxes, housing, encampments, policing, strong-mayor powers, water, fire, climate, data centres and more.
23 issues, explained from the record
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Data
Election results at all three levels, council votes and expenses, campaign finance, budgets, water quality, road safety and charts.
21 data pages · 25 elections on record
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About
Who runs this, how every figure is sourced, the full source list, and every update and correction.
762 pages published
BarrieVotes.ca is an unofficial resource. This site is independent and volunteer-run; it is not a City of Barrie site, and no candidate or campaign is behind it. Who runs it and how it works. For anything that determines whether or how your vote counts, the City's election office is the authority: barrie.ca, Be.Counted@barrie.ca, or (705) 728-VOTE (8683).
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