Voters are entitled to three consecutive hours free from work to vote during advance voting or on Voting Day.

This doesn't mean you get to just take off from work for three hours though. It just means you have to be given a window of three hours to vote at some point during the day. So if you work from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, you still have three hours before your shift begins to vote (8:00 AM to 12:00 PM).

Your boss can't dock your pay or penalize you for taking time to vote. You actually have to be paid your regular wage for the hours you're not working while you vote. Have that conversation with your employer now as they have the right to decide when you get your time off!

For more info on Time off Work for voting, click here.

If you already know you're going to be busy or away on vacation (lucky you) on Election Day, make a plan to vote early!

You can also vote now at any electoral district office. Find the nearest one to you here!

If you're a student, you can register and vote in either the riding where you live while going to school or the electoral district you usually live in when you’re not at school (like maybe with your parents). In either case, you need to be registered to that riding and have ID to show you live there.

Where you vote depends on where your reserve is. Elections Canada has increased the amount of polling stations on reserves and the number of voting days.

It's also made election info available in more than a dozen Indigenous languages. Check it out here.

If you're away from Canada during the election, you can request a vote-by-mail package. Actually, you don't need any reason to vote-by-mail and it's a good option if you're also playing it safe with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Request your package here.

Let's say you just moved and the address on your Driver's License isn't up to date yet. No worries!

Look up where to vote at the Elections Canada website and bring proof of your new address. They'll update your registration for you and let you vote right away.

In order to vote, you have to register. But folks who are homeless may not have a permanent address. So what do you do? You can use the address of a shelter, hostel or similar place that provides food, lodging or other social services.

When you vote you also need to show ID, which can be a challenge for homeless people. If you don't have any physical ID, you can declare your identity and address in writing and have someone you know vouch for you. 

The voucher must be:

• a registered voter resident in the riding you want to vote in, OR
• a spouse, parent, grandparent, adult child, adult grandchild or adult sibling of the voter, OR
• a person with the authority to make personal care decisions for the voter