Mississauga residents can vote early in the upcoming municipal election starting today.

The City of Mississauga says people don’t have to wait until election day, Oct. 26, to choose their preferred candidates in the races for mayor, 11 city council seats and trustee positions at both school boards.

Eligible voters in Mississauga can cast their ballots in advance at any number of locations across the city between Oct. 6 and Oct. 11. They can do so at Mississauga City Hall on Oct. 6-7 and at various other places from Oct. 8-11.

“Advance voting gives voters more days and more locations to cast their ballot before election day,” the city said, adding it’s the same voting process, just offered earlier to allow voters to choose a time that works best for them. “Advance voting helps make voting easier, reduces lineups and gives voters more flexibility. If you have work, school, caregiving responsibilities, travel plans or other commitments on Oct. 26, advance voting can help you make a plan and have your say.”

For those who wait until election day to cast their ballots, they must do so at a voting location in the Mississauga ward in which they live or own property, according to the city.

Those voting in the upcoming election must bring along their voter notification card, if they’ve received one, and one piece of acceptable identification, city officials said.

A voter notification card is not required to vote, “but it shows your voting information and can help speed up the process,” officials added.

Acceptable pieces of identification include:

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For more information on who’s running in Mississauga and the election in general, visit the city’s election page online.

Latest polls show mayoral race could be close

Given results from the latest polls, it appears the hotly contested mayoral race in Mississauga is up for grabs with just under three weeks remaining until election night.

Two of three polls to release results the past few days have former mayor Bonnie Crombie with narrow leads over Mayor Carolyn Parrish while a third shows the incumbent with a nine-point advantage over her predecessor.

City councillors Alvin Tedjo and Dipika Damerla round out the field of high-profile candidates in the 14-candidate field running for mayor.

In addition to the three most-recent mayoral surveys, an INSAUGA Canada head-to-head poll conducted last week showed Parrish with significantly more support than Crombie among readers who answered a question about the upcoming Mississauga election.

The poll asked: Who will you vote for as Mississauga mayor?

Exactly 1,000 votes were cast, with 628 respondents, or 62.8 per cent, choosing Parrish, compared with 372 votes, or 37.2 per cent, for Crombie.

The poll was specifically a head-to-head question between Parrish and Crombie and did not include the other candidates running for mayor.

Parrish took the mayoral reins from Crombie in 2024

Crombie left the Mississauga mayor’s post in early 2024 after 10 years to lead the Ontario Liberals and take a shot at unseating Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

Parrish subsequently won a mayoral byelection in June 2024, defeating, among others, Tedjo, Damerla and Ward 1 Coun. Stephen Dasko.

The two highest-profile mayoral candidates have gone head-to-head in a heated municipal election campaign prior to 2026, with Crombie defeating Parrish (2,479 votes to 2,239 votes) in a September 2011 byelection for the Ward 5 council seat.

The other 10 candidates for mayor of Mississauga are:

David Shaw — ran in both the 2024 mayoral byelection and 2022 municipal election for mayor. Registered to run May 1
Mike Matulewicz — ran in the 2024 mayoral byelection. Registered to run May 5
Amjad Jilani — registered to run July 14
Frank Fang — ran in the 2024 mayoral byelection and competed for the Ward 9 council seat in the 2022 municipal election. Registered to run July 15
Fadi Naami — registered to run July 20
Karam Ahmed — registered to run Aug. 20
Aamir Bhatti — registered to run Aug. 21
Gord Elliott — registered to run Aug. 21
Mohsin Khan — registered to run Aug. 18
Ana Luisa Vasquez De Espinal — registered to run Aug. 11


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