Information for candidates

Find out how to run as a candidate in °ÄÃÅÓÀÀû municipal council and school board elections. Read the candidate's guide.

You can also visit the . This site has information about school board trustees and the school board elections. Read the guides about:

School board associations

There are associations for each of °ÄÃÅÓÀÀû’s 4 school boards:

  • (OCSTA)
  • (OPSBA)

Information for school boards

Get to know your municipality.

Learn about the trustee determination and distribution process. This process determines the number of trustee positions in each school board.

Trustee determination and distribution

Before each regular election, the board of trustees of each district school board must distribute the positions of the members to be elected across the board's area of jurisdiction. The steps are set out in O. Reg. :412/00 and the process is referred to as trustee determination and distribution.

The Trustee determination and distribution guide provides information to help boards with this process, including answers to frequently asked questions about election rules.

Trustee determination and distribution calculator

The °ÄÃÅÓÀÀû Education Services Corporation (OESC) provides a .

If you would like to do the calculation manually, please refer to the steps and templates in the Trustee determination and distribution guide.

Contact us

Education Equity Secretariat
Governance â€“ Operations & Board Supports Unit
315 Front Street West, 13th Floor
Toronto, °ÄÃÅÓÀÀû
M7A 0B8
lcgb@ontario.ca