Here’s how to vote in the Northwest Territories on election day 2025: Monday, April 28.
To vote you must be a Canadian citizen, at least 18 years old on election day and able to prove your identity and current address.
You can check if you’re registered to vote, update your address or register online on Elections Canada’s website. You can also register to vote and update your voter information at your assigned polling station on Monday.
If you have a voter information card, bring it to your polling station – but you don’t need it to vote as long as you have other ID.
Several options to prove your identity and address are accepted, including if you don’t have government-issued ID.
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Inform yourself
Before you cast your ballot, learn about the NWT candidates running in the election, where they and their parties stand on issues of importance, and what role the federal government plays in governance.
Four candidates are running to be the NWT’s next MP: Rebecca Alty for the Liberal Party, Kimberly Fairman for the Conservative Party, Kelvin Kotchilea for the New Democratic Party and Rainbow Eyes (Angela Davidson) for the Green Party.
You can find interviews with all four candidates, an election promise tracker and other information at Cabin Radio’s election hub.
When and where to vote
You can find where to vote on election day – as well as the accessibility of your assigned polling station – on Elections Canada’s website. You will need your postal code and possibly your address to find your voting location.
Polling stations will be open for 12 hours on election day, from 7:30am to 7:30pm.
Here’s an Elections Canada list of polling stations in the NWT. You should double-check this information on the Elections Canada website if you are at all unsure, and Yellowknife voters should check the Elections Canada website or your voter information card (if you have one) to learn which polling station you should attend.
- Aklavik: Sittichinli Complex
- Behchokǫ̀: Kǫ Gocho Centre
- Colville Lake: Community hall
- Délı̨nę: Arena hall
- Dettah: Chief Drygeese Centre
- Enterprise: Community hall
- Fort Good Hope: Community complex
- Fort Liard: Hamlet office
- Fort McPherson: Community centre
- Fort Providence: Nahecho Keh Centre
- Fort Resolution: Antoine Beaulieu Memorial Hall
- Fort Simpson: Recreation centre
- Fort Smith: Roaring Rapids Hall
- Gamètì: Community hall
- Hay River: Recreation centre
- Inuvik: Midnight Sun Recreation Complex
- Jean Marie River: Henry E Kelly Memorial Hall
- Kakisa: Community hall
- Kátł’odeeche First Nation: Chief Lamalice Complex
- Łútsël K’é: Z’an Lockhart Community Hall
- Nahanni Butte: Assembly hall
- Ndılǫ: Gymnasium
- Norman Wells: Mackenzie Mountain School
- Paulatuk: Hamlet office
- Sachs Harbour: Hamlet office
- Sambaa K’e: First Nation building
- Tsiigehtchic: Gymnasium
- Tuktoyaktuk: Council chamber
- Tulita: Arthur Mendo Arena
- Ulukhaktok: Council chamber
- Wekweètì: Community government building
- Whatì: Johnny Nitsiza Cultural Centre
- Wrigley: Community complex
- Yellowknife: Chateau Nova Hotel, Explorer Hotel, multiplex, Range Lake North School, Sir John Franklin School, St Joseph School
