Here’s where you can watch the 2026 municipal election results in Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Port Hope, and Cobourg after polls close at 8 p.m. on Monday (October 26). Results will begin to be available 30 to 60 minutes after the polls close.
For Peterborough, Cogeco YourTV will be covering election results live on Cable 700 and also livestreaming on YouTube.
Cogeco’s election coverage begins at 8 p.m., with incumbent mayor Jeff Leal (who is not running for re-election), Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith, and former mayor Sylvia Sutherland as scheduled guests.
Unofficial election results will be posted online on the City of Peterborough’s website at www.peterborough.ca/election once results are received from each polling location.
Online voting results will be combined with the corresponding in-person voting results for city council and school board trustee positions. Votes cast during advance and accessible voting will also be included.
The city clerk will certify the official election results as soon as possible following Election Day.
For Kawartha Lakes, results will be announced in person at Victoria Park Armoury at 210 Kent Street West in Lindsay.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m., with a real-time audiovisual presentation showing the closing of the voting period taking place in council chambers at City Hall.
Results will be displayed on screen in the Armoury and published shortly after on the city’s website at www.kawarthalakes.ca/electionresults.
For the Municipality of Port Hope, election results will be announced in-person at the Capitol Theatre at 20 Queen Street, with doors opening at 7:30 p.m.
After polls close, the city clerk and auditor will tally and verify the results, which will be projected on the stage screen and announced by the city clerk.
Results will be posted simultaneously online at porthopevotes.ca as well as the municipality’s Facebook and Instagram.
For Cobourg, the city clerk and election returning officer will post the results to a projection screen in the Concert Hall at Victoria Hall at 55 King Street West. All Cobourg residents are invited to attend and view the unofficial results as they are released by the city clerk.
Unofficial results will also be posted online at www.cobourgvotes.ca/results.
Later on Monday night, kawarthaNOW will be publishing the unofficial results for all four municipalities, as well as the eight townships of Peterborough County, the four townships of Haliburton County, and the Town of Bancroft in Hastings County.
