Voting Days

Advance voting

You can vote at any of the following advance voting opportunities before election day regardless of the ward you live in.

From Tuesday, October 13 to Thursday October 15, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

  • Breithaupt Community Centre, 350 Margaret Avenue
  • Country Hills Community Centre, 100 Rittenhouse Road
  • Doon Pioneer Park Community Centre, 150 Pioneer Drive
  • Forest Heights Community Centre, 1700 Queen's Boulevard
  • Stanley Park Community Centre, 505 Franklin Street North
  • Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West 

On Friday, October 16 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

  • Kitchener City Hall, 200 King Street West
  • Fairview Park Mall, 2960 Kingsway Drive 
    • Note: Please use entrance 2 (closest to Ion station)
  • Sunrise Shopping Centre, 1400 Ottawa Street South
    • Note: This is a drive-thru voting station

On Saturday, October 17 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

  • Fairview Park Mall, 2960 Kingsway Drive
    •  Note: Please use entrance 2 (closest to Ion station)
  • Sunrise Shopping Centre, 1400 Ottawa Street South
    • Note: This is a drive-thru voting station
  • Kitchener Market, 300 King Street East 
    • Note: Voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Retirement homes and long-term care facilities 

Voters who are residents of the retirement homes and long-term care facilities list below will have the opportunity to vote at their place of residence during advance voting and on election day. Specific dates and times for voting will be shared directly with these retirement homes and facilities. These residents may choose to vote at any other advance voting place listed above or election day voting location in their ward instead of the retirement home facilities.

Ward 2

  • Fergus Place
  • Sunnyside Home
  • Venvi Briarfield Gardens
  • WRHN @ Chicopee (Freeport Campus) 

Ward 3

  • Trinity Village 

Ward 4

  • Aspira Doon Village Retirement Living 

Ward 5

  • AgeCare West Williams
  • Chartwell Westmount Retirement Residence 

Ward 6

  • The Village of Winston Park 

Ward 7

  • Chartwell Bankside Retirement Residence
  • Forest Heights Long-Term Care Facility
  • Lanark Heights Retirement Centre 

Ward 8

  • Highland Place 

Ward 9

  • Conestoga Lodge
  • Millwood Manor
  • Victoria Place 

Ward 10

  • peopleCare A.R. Goudie LTC 

Home vote upon request

Kitchener voters who cannot leave their homes due to illness, injury or disability may request a home vote visit where election workers will bring a ballot to them. The voter's caregiver(s) who are eligible voters may also vote during the home visit. Home votes will only take place within the boundaries of the City of Kitchener. 

Home voting will be available for a limited number of appointments, between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on weekdays from Thursday, October 8 until Tuesday, October 20 (not including Thanksgiving, Monday, October 12).  

Requests for home visits will be accepted starting on September 28.  

Request a Home Voting Appointment 

You can request a home visit by; 

Voters are encouraged to book their own appointment as soon as possible.  

The deadline to request a home voting appointment is at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2026.

Curbside voting

On election day, voters who wish to attend a voting place to vote but are physically unable to enter for any reason can request that an election worker attends them outside for ‘curbside voting’.

Voters can make a request to curbside vote by calling the City of Kitchener or, if they are attending with another person who can enter the voting place, telling an election worker at the voting place.

Kitchener voters looking for a convenient and accessible new voting method are encouraged to try drive thru voting.

Kitchener voters will remain in their vehicles until prompted to drive into the tent location. After turning off their vehicles, an election official will conduct the voting service at the vehicle window(s). Electors will be given a ballot in a privacy screen so that other people that may be in the vehicle cannot see their selections. Marked ballots will be collected back through the window(s) and cast into the tabulator. Once cast, the vehicle will exit the tent location.

Drive thru voting operates like the COVID-vaccination drive thru process.

It’s a convenient method for electors that may have mobility challenges, limits exposure for individuals who may have health considerations, and reduces the need to unbuckle and remove young children and seniors.

Drive thru voting locations and times

  • Date: Friday, October 16 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. 
    • Location: Sunrise Shopping Centre, 1400 Ottawa Street South
  • Date: Saturday, October 17 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
    • Location: Sunrise Shopping Centre, 1400 Ottawa Street South