Reported wait times at Kingston area polls on Election Day 2021

Monday, Sept 20, 2021 was election day and Kingstonians largely benefited from short line-ups at poll stations, with two notable exceptions. We compiled a list of polling locations and their wait times, as reported by our readers and followers throughout the day, and most voters reported wait times under 5 at polling stations throughout the city.

Significant delay times were reported, however, at the MacGillivray-Brown Hall polling station on Barrie St, and the St. Luke’s Anglican Church polling station on Nelson St. For most of the day, these polling stations, which served a largely post-secondary student population, saw wait times of over two hours.

By 11:30 P.M., two hours after polls had ostensibly closed, both polling stations still had significant line-ups of residents waiting to vote – 75 at St. Luke’s Church and about 40 at MacGillivray-Brown Hall.. Staffers at the polling station estimated that voting would be complete at these stations at some point between midnight and 1 A.M. At St. Luke’s Church, most exiting voters indicated that they had been in line for over three hours, while at MacGillivray-Brown, staffers estimated wait times to be about 2.5 hours.

Average wait times from the various polling stations, as reported to us by residents, were as follows:

Last updated at 11:30 p.m.