Electoral Districts

To determine the areas from which representatives are elected, the province is divided into five electoral districts:

OCSWSSW Electoral District Map

Electoral District One

Elects one social work councillor and one social service work councillor
Composed of the geographic area within the territorial boundaries of the Districts of Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Cochrane, Timiskaming, Sudbury, Algoma, Manitoulin, Parry Sound and Nipissing and the District Municipality of Muskoka.

Electoral District Two

Elects one social work councillor and one social service work councillor
Composed of the geographic area within the territorial boundaries of the Counties of Hastings, Lanark and Renfrew, the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville, Lennox & Addington, Prescott & Russell, Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, the County of Prince Edward, the Frontenac Management Board, the City of Kingston and the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.

Electoral District Three

Elects two social work councillors and two social service work councillors
Composed of the geographic area within the territorial boundaries of the Counties of Haliburton, Victoria, Peterborough, Northumberland and Simcoe, the Regional Municipalities of Durham, York and Peel and the City of Toronto.

Electoral District Four

Elects two social work councillors and two social service work councillors
Composed of the geographic area within the territorial boundaries of the Regional Municipalities of Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth, Niagara, Waterloo and Haldimand-Norfolk, the Counties of Dufferin and Wellington and the County of Brant.

Electoral District Five

Elects one social work councillor and one social service work councillor
Composed of the geographic area within the territorial boundaries of the Counties of Grey, Bruce, Huron, Perth, Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Lambton and Essex and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.