Referendum to stop privatization of Ontario’s public hospitals this Friday & Saturday

Cornwall, Ontario – Almost a thousand voting stations will be staffed by thousands of volunteers in a massive effort to force the Ford government to respect democratic process and input on their hospital privatization plans.

Vote counting & results announcement information listed here.

A map listing all voting stations across the province is available online at https://publichospitalvote.ca/find-voting-station This is what it looks like (below). On the website, you can zoom in for details and a list by region is below the map. Media are invited to go and see the voting taking place at voting stations across Ontario.

Map I: Southern Ontario to Northeast Ontario           

Map II: Northwestern Ontario

• Online voting is also available for all Ontario residents at PublicHospitalVote.ca
• Voting closes on Saturday, May 27 at midnight.
• At time of writing, more than 160,000 votes have been received online and in advance polls.

Province-wide results will be announced outside Queen’s Park on Wednesday May 31 at 10 a.m.

A massive pile of ballots from the people’s referendum will be brought in from across Ontario and piled in front of the Legislature to be delivered to the government.  Local health coalitions across the province will be counting ballots on Saturday evening May 27 or Sunday, May 28 as listed below and announcing results locally on Tuesday, May 30 as listed below.

Contact us at [email protected]

List of contacts and information for media to view vote counting and receive local/province-wide results:

Algoma Region  

• Vote results will be announced outside Roy Romano’s office at 390 Bay St, Sault Ste. Marie at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30.
• Contact: Albert Dupuis 613-808-7710, [email protected]

Atikokan Region:

• Contact: Diana Coulomb 807-598-1189

Chatham-Kent:

• Vote counting will take place at 36 Plantation Place, Chatham at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 28.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 10 AM outside the front entrance of Sydenham District Hospital in Wallaceburg.
• Contact: Shirley Roebuck 226-402 2724, [email protected]     

Cornwall & Region:

• Vote counting will take place at the Automotive Room in the Benson Centre, Cornwall, starting at noon, Sunday, May 28.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 10 am in front of the Cornwall Community Hospital, on McConnell Avenue, midway between the emergency entrance and the general parking entrance.  
• Contact: Louise Lanctot 613-932-1943, [email protected]

Durham Region:

• Vote counting will take place at Valleyview Clubhouse, 81 Gladstone Ave., Oshawa starting at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 28.
• Vote results will be announced outside Lakeridge Health in Alexandra Park at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30.
• Contact: Lance Livingstone 905-431-0823, [email protected]

Fort Frances:

• Contact: Richard McKinnon 807-274-5013.

Guelph & Wellington County:

• Vote counting will take place at 7 Sugarbush Place, Guelph, starting at 1 pm, Sunday, May 28.
• Vote results will be announced on Monday, May 29 at 10 am at 116 Gordon St, Guelph ON at Speed River beside Boathouse Tea Room.
• Contact: Barb Hogg 519-821-2077, [email protected] & Brit Hancock 289-690-6758, [email protected]

Grey Bruce:

• Vote counting for the northern half of the region, including Meaford, Town of Blue Mountains (Thornbury, Clarksburg), Owen Sound, Rockford, Eugenia will take place on Sunday, May 28, at 107 Kiowana Beach Rd., Meaford.
• Contact: Norah Beatty 519-477-3513, [email protected]

• Vote counting for the southern half of Grey-Bruce will take place on Sunday, May 28 in the afternoon at 105 8th Street South East in Chesley under the supervision of Shawn Morrow, a well-respected local business person.
• Contact: Brenda Scott 519-375-5812,  [email protected]

Haliburton:

• Vote counting will take place at 1 pm on Sunday, May 28 at the Haliburton Highlands Outdoor Association, 6712 Gelert Rd.
• Vote results will be announced at 10 am on Tuesday, May 30 at Head Lake Park in Haliburton Village near the Information Center.
• Contact: Bonnie Roe 705-457-6579, [email protected]

Halton Region:

• Contact Helen Lee 416-500-6128, [email protected]

Kingston & Region:

• Vote counting will take place at 393 Knightsbridge Road, Kingston on Sunday, May 28 at noon.
• Vote results will be announced at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30 at the corner of Princess and Concession Sts.
• Contact:Joan Jardin 613-305-2716, [email protected]

London:

• Vote counting will take place starting at 11 a.m., Sunday, May 28 at London Health Coalition Referendum HQ/Reimagineco 206 Piccadilly St, London
• Vote results will be announced at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30 at London Health Coalition Referendum HQ/Reimagineco 206 Piccadilly St, London
• Contact Peter Bergmanis 519-860-4403, [email protected]

Muskoka Region:

• Vote results will be announced in front of Graydon Smith MPP’s office, 230 Manitoba St., Bracebridge at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30.
• Contact: [email protected]

Niagara Region:

• Vote results will be announced at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30 in front of the St. Catharines Hospital at the corner of 4 ^th Avenue and First Avenue Louth.
• Contact: Sue Hotte 905-932-1646, [email protected] 

Norfolk County:

• Vote counting will take place at 19 Somerset Drive, Port Dover on Saturday evening May 27.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 11 a.m. at Powell Park, 250 Main St., Port Dover.
• Contact: Gail Heald-Taylor 519-428-6083,  [email protected]

North Bay and Region:

• Vote counting will take place on Sunday, May 28 at 11 a.m. at the Campaign office 335 Main Street East North Bay. 
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 10 a.m. at the OPSEU office,150 First St. East.
• Contact: Henri Giroux 705-471-7746, [email protected]

Ottawa:

• Vote counting will take place at The Spot Community Room at the Carlingwood Shopping Centre, 2121 Carling Avenue, Ottawa on Sunday, May 28 from 12 – 3 p.m.
• For vote results on Tuesday, May 30 please contact Ed Cashman at 343-999-6886, [email protected]

Peel Region:

• Vote counting will take place at 1022 Franconia Dr, Mississauga on Sunday, May 28, starting at 11 a.m.
• Vote results will be announced at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30 outside Trillium Health Partners Mississauga Hospital, 77 Queensway West, on the sidewalk, north side of the hospital.
• Contact: Mohammad Aumeer, 416-770-7858, [email protected]

Peterborough Region:

• Vote counting will take place on Sunday May 28 from 10 a.m. until completed at the campaign office in the Maple Ridge Plaza, 1840 Lansdowne St. W. Peterborough.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday May 30 at 10 a.m. at the campaign office in Maple Ridge Plaza 1840 Lansdowne St W. Peterborough. 
• Contact: Marion Burton 705 868-7352,  [email protected]  

Renfrew County:

• Vote counting will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday May 28 at the Giant Tiger, 171 Alexander St #1, Pembroke.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday May 30 time and location TBA.
• Contact: Leona Haley [email protected]

Sarnia-Lambton:

• Vote counting will take place at the Dunlop United Church, 757 Rosedale Ave., Sarnia on Sunday, May 28 at 12:30 p.m.
• Vote results will be announced in front of the Sydenham District Hospital in Wallaceburg at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30.
• Contact: June Weiss 519-466-3372, [email protected]

Simcoe County:

• Vote counting will take place at the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario office, 351 King St. #3, Barrie starting at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 28.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 11:30 a.m. in the Sunnidale Park Arboretum at 265 Sunnidale Road, Barrie.
• Contact: Anisa Carrascal 647-835-7870, [email protected]

Stratford:

• Vote counting will take place at 9 Douro Street, Stratford on Saturday, May 27 starting at 6:30 p.m.
• Vote results: media contact: Paula Bentley [email protected]

Toronto:

• Vote counting will take place at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 28 at USW Hall, 25 Cecil St.
• Toronto results will be announced with the Ontario-wide results on Wednesday, May 31 at 10 a.m. outside the Main Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto. Volunteers from communities across Ontario will come in to the city with their ballots and create a huge pile in front of the Legislature.
• Contact: [email protected] 

Thunder Bay:

• Vote counting will take place on Sunday, May 28 starting at 1 p.m. at the OPSEU Regional Office, 326 Memorial Ave.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday May 30th at 2:00pm at the OPSEU Regional Office, 326 Memorial Ave.
• Contact: Jules Tupker 807-577-5946, [email protected]

Waterloo Region:

• Vote counting will take place at the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario-Waterloo Region Office 610 Wabanaki Dr Kitchener ON on Sunday, May 28 from 12 – 5 p.m.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 8:30 AM outside the Main Entrance to Grand River Hospital, 835 King St W., Kitchener.
• Contact: Jim Stewart 519 588 5841 [email protected]

Windsor:

• Vote counting will take place at Chapter Two Brewery, 2345 Edna St., Windsor, Sunday,      May 28, 12 -2 p.m.
• Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 10 am  at the Southeast corner of Prince Road and Glenfield St, Windsor, next to the new Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare site.
• Contact: Patrick Hannon 519-796-0410, [email protected]