10/10/2026
The ballot is open, and Waterloo Region voters need to look past campaign slogans. 🗳️
The 2026 municipal election is Monday, October 26. Advance voting is already open in Cambridge, with additional dates ahead:
📍 Cambridge: advance voting opened September 26
📍 Kitchener: October 13–17
📍 Waterloo: October 10, 16, 17 and 18
One important change: the Regional Chair is now a provincially appointed position and will not appear on the ballot. Accountability for regional decisions involving water, transit and servicing has moved. Voters will still elect Regional Councillors in Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo.
Before voting, ask every candidate three direct questions:
1️⃣ Intensification: Where should new housing be built, and what density can existing roads, schools, transit and neighbourhood services realistically support?
2️⃣ Water allocation: How will the municipality secure its share of regional water capacity? Is the proposal supported by confirmed allocation, or is it only an approval in principle?
3️⃣ Infrastructure timing: What servicing agreements, capital projects and completion dates must be in place before residents can occupy new homes, and who is accountable if those timelines slip?
Housing policy is infrastructure policy. A zoning approval is not the same as confirmed servicing, and a promise of growth is not a construction schedule.
This is non-partisan civic information. Compare the answers, check the commitments and vote based on the details.
Kim Louie, Real Estate Broker partnered with Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger Realty | Your Waterloo Region Real Estate Resource
📲 519.573.0837
📧 [email protected]
💻 www.kimlouie.net
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