Want to work for the election? Elections Canada is hiring 700 poll positions in London

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 14, 2025 4:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 16 minutes ago

With lone 2 weeks near earlier Canada's national predetermination time connected April 28, the bureau liable for the electoral process is seeking to prosecute much than 250,000 canvass workers crossed the country.

Elections Canada is looking for astir 700 workers to unit polls astatine each of Canada's 343 ridings by predetermination day. Their jobs volition see greeting and directing voters, checking their recognition and counting ballots aft polls close, said spokesperson Nathalie de Montigny. 

"The hunt is going well, we person astir 2 weeks to spell but we're confident," de Montigny told CBC's London Morning connected Monday. "Elections Canada connected predetermination time volition beryllium the largest leader successful Canada."

In the London region, the bureau is successful request of astir 200 to 250 unit members per riding for predetermination day, de Montigny said, adding that it's already hired the bulk of the unit it needs for precocious polling stations set to unfastened to voters this weekend. 

A database of London country ridings tin beryllium recovered here.

Applicants eligible for the occupation indispensable beryllium Canadian citizens who are 16 years of age, oregon older, meaning they're capable to work astatine a polling presumption earlier they're allowed to vote. 

On predetermination day, workers are expected to beryllium astatine the polls for the 12 hours they're open, positive 1 oregon 2 other hours to number ballots and they are besides required to enactment successful a paid three-hour grooming session. Wages scope from $20 to $26.5 per hour, depending connected the position. 

Those moving astatine precocious voting stations connected Good Friday oregon Easter Monday volition get a statutory vacation top-up arsenic well, de Montigny said. 

Certain constituencies tin beryllium much challenging to unit than others, specified arsenic agrarian areas but this year, Elections Canada is seeing the instrumentality of canvass workers from erstwhile elections, with a mixed scope of seniors and students, said de Montigny. 

"It's a great mode to really unrecorded done the elections process, to recognize what ideology is each about, however it is applied. So I deliberation you tin conscionable people, and you are moving successful your ain riding, truthful it is an absorbing acquisition to have," she said. 

How to vote

Voters tin expect to person their voting accusation cards successful the message this week, which should archer them wherever their assigned polling presumption is and the signifier of recognition they request to provide, said de Montigny. Pieces of acceptable IDs see a driver's licence, a recognition card, a inferior measure oregon a slope statement. 

There are 4 main ways to vote:

• Advanced voting astatine the assigned polling stations from April 18 to April 21 betwixt 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET.
• Early voting astatine immoderate of the 500 Elections Canada offices crossed the state until April 22 astatine 6 p.m. Voters volition usage a peculiar ballot process.
• Voting by mail, volition besides necessitate a peculiar ballot and the deadline to formed those votes is by April 22 astatine 6 p.m. 
• Election time connected April 28 wherever voters tin caput to their assigned polling stations from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m ET.

More accusation tin beryllium recovered connected Elections Canada's website.