Breadcrumb Home / About Us / Programs / OpenData 2018 Municipal Election - Vote Methods How votes are cast continues to move to technology-based methods. 178 municipal governments will use internet/phone method, which is 84 more than the previous election. The use of mail-in ballots this election has dropped by 46% and likely reflects a move to a method that is safe from a postal strike. Chart 5 illustrates the predominant methods used. Municipal Information & Data Analysis System The Municipal Information & Data Analysis System (MIDAS) is a web-based tool that provides access to raw municipal Financial Information Return (FIR) schedule data for all Ontario municipalities. The FIR is the main data collection tool used by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to collect financial and statistical information on municipalities. MIDAS converts FIR data into reports. 2018 Municipal Election Results - Candidate Data This dataset contains Municipal post-election data, including (but not limited to): number of voters, voter turnout (%), alternative voting methods and other municipal election statistics. 2018 Municipal Election - Municipal Data This dataset contains Municipal post-election data, including (but not limited to): number of voters, voter turnout (%), alternative voting methods and other municipal election statistics. 2018 Ontario Municipal Election Voter Turnout With Population Municipalities - At large vs Ward List of municipalities that are At large or Ward, or both. Status at 2018 Municipal Elections. Seats on Council The chart illustrates the number of municipalities with different number of council seats. There is a minimum of five members of council, one of whom is the head of council. 45% or 195 of all 444 municipalities in Ontario have a council size of 5 members.