How to file a municipal election Nomination Paper (Form 1) — and autofill it with my-id.ca
File a municipal election nomination without retyping your details
A municipal election Nomination Paper repeats your name, address, and contact details. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
- Service page: Nominations — 2026 candidates' guide, ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Nomination Paper — Form 1 — 017-9499p
What this form is about
Form 1 is completed by a person who wishes to be a candidate in an Ontario municipal council or school board election and is filed with the municipal clerk.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your name and qualifying address.
- Your contact details.
- The office you are running for.
Confirm the current nomination dates and fee on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your details once. Save your name, address, and contact details in my-id.ca.
- Autofill the repeating fields. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Complete the declaration yourself.
- File with the clerk within the nomination period.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Election and registration forms repeat the same personal details. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — each one starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Form 1 ask for?
- Your name, qualifying address, contact details, and the office you are running for, plus a declaration. my-id.ca can store your personal details for autofill.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It keeps your name, address, and contact details ready so the repeating fields fill quickly; the office and declaration are yours to complete.
- Where do I file it?
- With the clerk of the municipality responsible for the election, with the prescribed fee. Confirm the current dates and process on ontario.ca.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.