Here's what you need to know to vote in Ottawa's municipal election

Voters line up outside an advance polling station in Ottawa. Oct. 14, 2022. (Chris Black/CTV News Ottawa)

Ottawa residents head to the polls on Monday to elect a new mayor, councillors and school board trustees.

Polling stations will be open in all 24 wards across the city of Ottawa from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday is also the last day for voters to return their special mail-in ballots at the Elections Office on Cyrville Road or any Ottawa Client Service Centre.

The city of Ottawa is warning voters may have to wait in line at some polling stations.

"We process people as quickly as possible; but, as we've seen in advance polls, there was some line-ups," Manager of Municipal Elections Michele Rochette said. "This is a good thing; that means people are out and engaged."

CTVNewsOttawa.ca looks at what you need to know to vote on Monday in Ottawa.

HOURS OF VOTING

Polling stations will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE DO I VOTE?

The city of Ottawa says you can vote in the ward at your assigned voting place.  Voting places are listed on your voter notification letter.

If you did not receive a voter notification letter, you can verify your voting place by:

"There's going to be numerous voting places in every ward," Rochette said. "If you want to know where to go vote and you don't have a voter notification, go to Ottawa.ca/vote – we have a tool there. It says, 'Where do I vote?' Put your qualifying address in, it will tell you exactly where you can vote."

WHO CAN VOTE?

The city of Ottawa says an eligible elector in the city of Ottawa must be:

VOTER NOTIFICATION

"We need you to bring a piece of ID, with your name and your qualifying address and they will help you through the process once you get there," Rochette said.

"If you don’t have that, it’s still OK - we have just some additional forms you’ll have to fill out in order to be able to vote at your voting location."

You can present one of the following as a piece of personal identification at the polling station

ADVANCE POLLS

More than 79,000 people have already casts ballots in Ottawa's municipal election.

The city hosted four Special Advance Voting Days and two Advance Voting days. Here is the voting turnout for the six advance voting days

Special Advance Voting Days: 18,876 votes cast

Advance Vote Day 1 (Oct. 7): 26,773 votes cast

Advance Vote Day 2 (Oct. 14): 33,842 votes cast

VOTER TURNOUT

A look at voter turnout for the previous city of Ottawa municipal elections.

2003: 33 per cent (185,017 votes cast)

2006: 54 per cent (300,039 votes cast)

2010: 44 per cent (269,547 votes cast)

2014: 39.92 per cent (252,464 votes cast)

2018: 42.55 per cent (269,772 votes cast)