Federal Election 2025: Polls open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. today for voters in Beaches-East York, Scarborough Southwest and Toronto-Danforth

An Elections Canada voting sign in the Beach. Photo by Alan Shackleton.

It’s federal election day today as Canadians go to the polls across the country on Monday, April 28, to choose our next government.

Voters in the ridings of Beaches-East York, Scarborough Southwest and Toronto-Danforth will have from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30  p.m. today to cast their ballot.

The locations of local polling stations will be on the Voter Information Cards (VIC) sent out by Elections Canada. For more information on how and where to vote today, please go to the Elections Canada website at https://www.elections.ca/home.aspx

Here are the candidates running in the ridings covered by Beach Metro Community News in this federal election:

BEACHES-EAST YORK

Shannon Devine – NDP

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith – Liberal

Diane Joseph – Independent

Jack Pennings – Green

Jocelyne Poirier – Conservative

Elizabeth Rowley – Communist

Steve Rutchinski – Marxist-Lenist

SCARBOROUGH SOUTHWEST

Bill Blair – Liberal

Amanda Cain – Green

Imran Khan – Centrist Party of Canada

Christine Nugent – Marxist-Leninist

Michael Poulin _ People’s Party

Fatima Shaban – NDP

Asm Tarun – Conservative

TORONTO-DANFORTH

Julie Dabrusin – Liberal

Clare Hacksel – NDP

Ashik Hussain – Conservative

Silvia Stardust – Green

Liz White – Animal Protection Party

Beach Metro Community News is reminding our readers that we will have reporters out tonight covering the federal election results in our local ridings. Please check in at our website at https://beachmetro.com/ late tonight or early Tuesday morning for the results.