{"id":874877,"date":"2026-08-28T18:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/874877\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T18:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:54:11","slug":"voters-can-register-at-polling-station-in-3-byelections-across-canada-set-for-aug-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/874877\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters can register at polling station in 3 byelections across Canada set for Aug. 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadians who are not registered to vote can do so directly at polling stations in the three federal byelections set for Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Quebecers in the rural riding of Chicoutimi\u2013Le Fjord and voters in British Columbia and Ontario will choose a new MP to send to Ottawa on Monday, replacing outgoing former cabinet ministers in Vancouver and Toronto. <\/p>\n<p>Political watchers will be keeping a close eye on a race in rural Quebec, where the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois are keen to try to flip a Conservative seat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elections Canada said eligible voters can register by bringing proof of identity and address just before voting on election day. <\/p>\n<p>The agency recommends that unregistered electors complete an online <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4761384-1&amp;h=3337536828&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fereg.elections.ca%2FCWelcome.aspx&amp;a=enter+their+information+online\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">form <\/a>and print a pre-filled registration certificate and bring it with them for faster service at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible to vote in these by-elections, an elector must have lived in the riding of\u00a0Beaches\u2013East York, Chicoutimi\u2013Le Fjord or North Vancouver\u2013Capilano between July\u00a026, 2026, to Aug. 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>More information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.ca\/Scripts\/vis\/FindED?L=e&amp;QID=-1&amp;PAGEID=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">location<\/a> of polling stations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.ca\/content.aspx?section=vot&amp;dir=ids&amp;document=index&amp;lang=e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">list of accepted ID documents<\/a> can be found on Elections Canada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elections.ca\/content.aspx?section=vot&amp;dir=ids&amp;document=index&amp;lang=e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787943251_298_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canadians who are not registered to vote can do so directly at polling stations in the three federal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-874877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=874877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}