Who Can Vote

RESIDENT ELECTORS:

To register as a resident elector, you must:

Be 18 years of age or older when they register to vote or 18 years or older on general voting day
Be a Canadian citizen;
Have been a resident of BC for at least six months immediately before they register to vote;
Be a resident of the municipality or electoral area on the day they register to vote, or be a resident of the Reserve on the day you register to vote; and,
Not be disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in local elections or be otherwise disqualified by law.
 

NON-RESIDENT PROPERTY ELECTORS:

To register as a non-resident property elector, you must:

Be 18 years of age or older when they register to vote or 18 years or older on general voting day;
Be a Canadian citizen;
Have been a resident of BC for at least six months immediately before they register to vote;
Be the registered owner of real property in the jurisdiction where they intend to vote for at least 30 days immediately before they register to vote; and,
Not be disqualified under the Local Government Act or any other enactment from voting in local elections or be otherwise disqualified by law.
 

In addition, for non-resident property electors:

The only persons who are registered owners of the property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust and,

If more than one individual is a registered property owner, only one of those individuals may, with the written consent of the majority of the individual owners, register as a non-resident property elector.

Please see the attachments below for the forms required to be filled out to register as a non-resident property elector.

Corporations, businesses and permanent residents of Canada (landed immigrants) who have not yet become Canadian Citizens are not permitted to vote.