Elections were not held in Armour, Armstrong, Brethour, Chamberlain, Chapleau, Charlton and Dack, Dawn-Euphemia, Dorion, Drummond/North Elmsley, East Garafraxa, Enniskillen, Evanturel, Front of Yonge, Gordon/Barrie Island, Hilton, Hilton Beach, Hornepayne, Howick, Kerns, Lake of the Woods, Laurentian Hills, Minto, Oil Springs, Perry, Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, South River, Tay, The Archipelago, Thessalon and Thornloe.

[6][7][8] However, in 2020 the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed the Supporting Ontario's Recovery and Municipal Elections Act, 2020,[9] which removed the option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections.

The results for mayor of Cornwall were as follows:[18] The results for Cornwall City Council were as follows: Incumbent mayor Ted Lojko was challenged by military veteran John Beddows and perioperative nurse Greg Truesdell.

The seat was vacated after Natalie Stam resigned for health reasons.

[26] Running to replace him includes city councillors Pat Dunn, Doug Elmslie and Kathleen Seymour-Fagan.

[35] Candidates running to replace her include former Liberal MPP Jeff Leal and city councillors Henry Clarke and Stephen Wright.

Town councillor Gauri Shankar has been acclaimed as mayor of Prescott.