How to Vote

Are you a Canadian resident? Are you 18 years or older? Then you can vote!

For information on how to vote in the upcoming municipal (Saskatoon) election, click here. The election is on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

For information on how to vote in the upcoming provincial election, click here. The election is on Monday, October 28, 2024.

For information on how to vote in the upcoming federal election, click here. The date of the election is yet to be announced.

If you would like computer access to register to vote online, please come to Quint during office hours and borrow our public computers. A member of our staff can also help you out with the process of registration if you would like some guidance.

Why to Vote

Participatory democracy (individuals being part of the collective decisions that impact their lives) is an ancient practice with deep roots on this land going back to the Haudenosaunee confederacy pre-colonization. From City Councillors to Members of Parliament, elected officials are given the power to represent your community and make decisions that impact your daily life. Voting is a tool meant to ensure that your local representative reflects the majority of the community when it comes to making those decisions.

In general, housing and social services are a shared responsibility of all levels of government to varying degrees. For example, the province can fund a homeless shelter and decide what kind of services it will have but the city has control over the location of that shelter.

Wards and Ridings

Our city and province are divided into electoral districts that determine which candidates you can vote for. For example, anyone can vote for the mayoral candidates because a Mayor represents your whole city but for city councillors, you vote only for the limited group of candidates who are running to represent your specific corner of the city or “ward.”

For city elections, the core communities are located in Ward 2 which you can see on the Ward map here.

For provincial elections you don’t vote for a premier, you just vote for one of the candidates who is running to represent your area or “riding” on behalf of their party. For provincial elections, the core communities fall into the Saskatoon Riversdale and Saskatoon Centre ridings. You can see the the map of Saskatoon’s ridings here.

For federal elections you don’t vote for a Prime Minister, you just vote for one of the candidates who is running to represent your area on behalf of their federal party. For federal elections, Saskatoon’s core communities are all in the riding of Saskatoon West. You can see the map of Canada’s federal ridings here.

Platforms

A platform will tell you what a specific candidate or party stands for and what they promise to do if elected. If no candidate is listed for a specific party, they have not found a candidate for our area yet.