Trustee Electoral Zone Boundary Review

Trustee Electoral Zone Boundary Review
Posted on 10/12/2021
Trustee Electoral Zone Boundary Review

The OCDSB has 12 elected trustees and each trustee represents one electoral zone. These zones must be based on the City’s ward boundaries. 

The City of Ottawa (the City) recently completed a comprehensive review of its ward boundary configuration and has adopted a new ward structure that will be used for the next three municipal elections. The OCDSB must adjust its trustee zone boundaries to align with the City’s 24 new wards.

Electoral zones can be comprised of one or more municipal wards, but the combined wards must adjoin. Municipal wards cannot be divided, they must be wholly included inside an electoral zone. 

School attendance boundaries are different from electoral zone boundaries. School attendance boundaries define the catchment area for students who are eligible to attend the school. A review of electoral zone boundaries does not impact on the school attendance boundary - where students go to school is not affected by electoral zone boundary changes. 

Currently, the OCDSB electoral zones have some large differences in electoral population and there are some geographic configurations which could be better aligned. These are issues that may be remedied through this review.

Visit our consultation page to learn more, review our preliminary electoral zone models, and share your feedback.

Virtual Town Hall
We will be hosting a virtual town hall meeting to share more details on Tuesday, November 2nd at 7:00 p.m. You can register at this link. 

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