City to Remind Residents to Review School Support Designation For Municipal and School Board Elections

Residents are reminded to review or update their school support designation ahead of the 2026 municipal and school board elections. 

Photo courtesy of Register to Vote.

Homeowners and tenants have until June 1 to confirm their designation through the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) to ensure their information is accurate on the voters’ list. 

The designation determines which school board trustee candidates appear on a voter’s ballot. 

In Peterborough, voters can support trustees for the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board or Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir. 

If no designation is selected, school support defaults to the English public system. The designation does not affect property taxes but is used to determine which candidates a voter can select for school board representation during the municipal election. It applies to both property owners and tenants, regardless of whether they have children enrolled in school.

Voter information maintained by Elections Ontario, along with school support data from MPAC, is used to help compile the preliminary list of electors for the municipal and school board elections. 

Residents can update their designation online or download the Application for Direction of School Support form through the MPAC website at mpac.ca/SchoolSupportDesignation.

The nomination period, during which papers may be submitted to become a candidate, runs from May 1 until Aug. 21, at 2 p.m., in accordance with provincial legislation. Additional information about eligibility requirements, nomination forms and key election dates is available at peterboroughvotes.ca.  

Residents, property owners and tenants in the City of Peterborough who are Canadian citizens and at least 18 years of age are eligible to vote.  

Students living in Peterborough while attending school can vote in the Peterborough municipal election as well as in their home municipality.  

Those experiencing homelessness, or without a permanent home or a fixed address, can still vote. 

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