For campaigns and local businessesSurrey: 8 days to go
Candidates, parties and local businesses can buy a sponsored spot on voche.me, in any of the five elections it covers, and candidates can have their profile built the way they want it. Everything paid for is marked “Sponsored”.
Where your ad goes
A spot is bought on one election’s pages. Pick the election on the form, or ask about more than one and an editor will reply with both.
SurreyVotes Saturday, October 17, 2026
Advertising here is governed by the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, and an advertiser from outside a campaign registers with Elections BC.
See the Surrey 2026 pages
VancouverVotes Saturday, October 17, 2026
Advertising here is governed by the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act, and an advertiser from outside a campaign registers with Elections BC.
See the Vancouver 2026 pages
British ColumbiaVotes Saturday, October 24, 2026
Advertising here is governed by the Election Act, and an advertiser from outside a campaign registers with Elections BC.
See the BC provincial 2026 pages
OttawaVotes Monday, October 26, 2026
Advertising here is governed by the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, and an advertiser from outside a campaign registers with the Ottawa City Clerk.
See the Ottawa 2026 pages
TorontoVotes Monday, October 26, 2026
Advertising here is governed by the Municipal Elections Act, 1996, and an advertiser from outside a campaign registers with the Toronto City Clerk.
See the Toronto 2026 pagesWhat you can buy
A sponsored box on the page where voters browse every candidate, above the list in ballot order.
Every election
A sponsored box beside the election news, which the site updates every hour.
Every election
A sponsored box on the page where voters compare candidates side by side.
Vancouver
We help you build your voche.me profile the way you want it. A customized profile is marked “Sponsored” and carries what the law of your election asks for, in every election on this site.
Dates that matter
We start no ad and change no ad on voting day, in any election. These are the last days to be on the site.
Voting day is Saturday, October 17, 2026. An ad that is up by the end of October 16 stays up, unchanged, while people vote.
Voting day is Saturday, October 17, 2026. An ad that is up by the end of October 16 stays up, unchanged, while people vote.
Voting day is Saturday, October 24, 2026. An ad that is up by the end of October 23 stays up, unchanged, while people vote.
Voting day is Monday, October 26, 2026. An ad that is up by the end of October 25 stays up, unchanged, while people vote.
Voting day is Monday, October 26, 2026. An ad that is up by the end of October 25 stays up, unchanged, while people vote.
Our rules
What the law asks
We check every ad against the Act of the election it runs in, and an ad without what that Act asks for does not run. Each summary below is our reading of the Act. Open the one that covers your election.
Your ad has until October 16 to go up.
A candidate’s or party’s ad names the financial agent, says the agent authorized it, and gives a BC phone number, email or mailing address.
The price is an election expense, and it counts toward your campaign’s spending limit (also section 63.05).
An ad from anyone outside a campaign that supports or opposes a candidate or party needs a sponsor registered with Elections BC. The sponsor must act with no help from any campaign (section 31), and the ad must say the sponsor is registered.
An ad that does not support or oppose a candidate or party, and takes no side on an election issue, is outside the Act’s meaning of election advertising.
We check each ad’s label before it goes up, and an ad without the right label does not run. This summary is our reading of the Act. Read the full text on voche.me, and call Elections BC at 1-800-661-8683 if you are unsure.
Your ad has until October 16 to go up.
A candidate’s or party’s ad names the financial agent, says the agent authorized it, and gives a BC phone number, email or mailing address.
The price is an election expense, and it counts toward your campaign’s spending limit (also section 63.05).
An ad from anyone outside a campaign that supports or opposes a candidate or party needs a sponsor registered with Elections BC. The sponsor must act with no help from any campaign (section 31), and the ad must say the sponsor is registered.
An ad that does not support or oppose a candidate or party, and takes no side on an election issue, is outside the Act’s meaning of election advertising.
We check each ad’s label before it goes up, and an ad without the right label does not run. This summary is our reading of the Act. Read the full text on voche.me, and call Elections BC at 1-800-661-8683 if you are unsure.
Your ad has until October 23 to go up.
A candidate’s or party’s ad names the financial agent of the candidate or of the party, says that agent authorized it, and gives a way to reach them, such as a phone number, a mailing address or an email address. A phone number or mailing address has to be in British Columbia (section 229 (2)).
The price is an election expense, and it counts against the limit on what your campaign may spend during the campaign period. Section 204 adjusts that limit for inflation after the election is called, and Elections BC publishes the amount that applies to this election.
Anyone outside a campaign who pays for an ad that promotes or opposes a party or a candidate must be registered with Elections BC as a third party sponsor first, and must act apart from every campaign. The ad has to say the sponsor is registered (section 231 (1) (b)).
The Act limits what anyone outside a campaign may spend on advertising, both in one electoral district and across the province, and section 235.1 (3) adjusts each limit for inflation. Elections BC publishes the amounts that apply to this election.
For an ad in a periodical publication or on radio or television, the Act caps what a party, a constituency association or a candidate may be charged at the lowest rate charged for the same advertising in that campaign period. voche.me is a website, and its one price list gives every campaign the same rate.
An ad that does not promote or oppose a party or a candidate, directly or indirectly, and takes no position on an issue a party or candidate is associated with, falls outside what the Act calls campaign period election advertising.
We check each ad’s label before it goes up, and an ad without the right label does not run. This summary is our reading of the Act. Read the full text on voche.me, and call Elections BC at 1-800-661-8683 if you are unsure.
Outside advertisers must be registered by October 23.
An ad bought by or for a candidate names the candidate. Before it runs, the candidate gives us in writing the candidate’s name and the name, business address and phone number of the person who deals with us for the campaign.
Anyone outside a campaign who pays for an ad that promotes, supports or opposes a candidate must first be registered with the City Clerk. The ad shows the advertiser’s name, the municipality where it is registered, and a phone number, mailing address or email address.
A registered advertiser gives us in writing its name, the name, business address and phone number of the person who deals with us, and its municipality of registration. We do not run the ad until we have it.
We keep that information, a copy of the ad and the price we charged for four years after the ad appears, and the public may inspect these records during normal business hours.
The price of an election campaign ad or an outside advertiser’s ad is an expense under the Act.
An ad that does not promote, support or oppose a candidate, or a yes or no answer to a ballot question, is outside the Act’s meaning of a third party advertisement.
We check each ad’s details before it goes up, and an ad without them does not run. This summary is our reading of the Act. Read the full text on voche.me, and ask the Ottawa City Clerk’s election office if you are unsure.
Outside advertisers must be registered by October 23.
An ad bought by or for a candidate names the candidate. Before it runs, the candidate gives us in writing the candidate’s name and the name, business address and phone number of the person who deals with us for the campaign.
Anyone outside a campaign who pays for an ad that promotes, supports or opposes a candidate must first be registered with the City Clerk. The ad shows the advertiser’s name, the municipality where it is registered, and a phone number, mailing address or email address.
A registered advertiser gives us in writing its name, the name, business address and phone number of the person who deals with us, and its municipality of registration. We do not run the ad until we have it.
We keep that information, a copy of the ad and the price we charged for four years after the ad appears, and the public may inspect these records during normal business hours.
The price of an election campaign ad or an outside advertiser’s ad is an expense under the Act.
An ad that does not promote, support or oppose a candidate, or a yes or no answer to a ballot question, is outside the Act’s meaning of a third party advertisement.
We check each ad’s details before it goes up, and an ad without them does not run. This summary is our reading of the Act. Read the full text on voche.me, and ask the Toronto City Clerk’s election office if you are unsure.
Questions
No one can promise that. Those companies decide what their tools show, and no website controls it. An ad on voche.me reaches the people who read voche.me.
Yes. Choose “More than one election” on the form and say which ones. Each election is a separate order, on its own pages, under its own Act.
Yes. We work with your campaign on the words, the photos and the layout. A customized profile counts as your campaign’s election advertising, so it is marked “Sponsored” and carries what your election’s Act asks for, and its price is an election expense. Fixing a mistake on any profile stays free, through the report form.
An editor replies with the price list and the open dates, and asks for the details your election’s Act requires before an ad runs. The ad or the customized profile goes up once it is paid for and those details are checked.
Start here
Tell us who you are, which election you want, which spot or service, and for which dates. If you are a candidate or a party, name your financial agent.
The election you pick is on the message the editors receive, so the reply covers the right pages.