Between June 5 and June 15, 2025, Canadian Jews can vote for their vision of the Jewish people in Israel and around the world.

Make sure your point of view is represented in the next World Zionist Congress. By voting, you will be able to choose one of the many slates representing diverse political beliefs, religious denominations and cultural traditions. The 19 delegates elected from the Canada will join hundreds from Israel and around the world at the 39th World Zionist Congress in October 2025, the international “parliament of the Jewish people”, to make decisions and set policies regarding key institutions that support global Jewish life and which allocate over $1 Billion annually to support Israel and World Jewry (including the World Zionist Organization, Jewish National Fund and the Jewish Agency for Israel). Canadian Jews have a rare opportunity to make a direct impact on the future direction of Israel and diaspora affairs.

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SLATES

There are 9 slates running in the 2025 Canadian Election for the 39th World Zionist Congress. Click on each slate’s name and see their platform statement and list of candidates. Each voter will select one slate to vote for (one does not vote for individual candidates).

Slates are listed in the order they will appear on the ballot (chosen by random selection).

  1. United For Israel
  2. Vote Reform – ARZA Canada
  3. Orthodox Israel Coalition (OIC) - Mizrachi
  4. MERCAZ Your Voice. Your Values. Your Vote.
  5. United Eretz Hakodesh and Shaas
  6. Herut Canada
  7. Hatikvah
  8. Likud Canada / Canadians for a Safe Israel
  9. Young Judea

FAQ

To be eligible to vote in the Canadian Election to the 39th World Zionist Congress you must:

  • Be Jewish (and not subscribe to another religion)
  • Be 18 years or older by June 1, 2025
  • Be a Canadian citizen or a legal permanent resident in Canada
  • Maintain your primary residence in Canada
  • Accept the Jerusalem Program
  • Have not voted in the November 2022 Knesset election (and will not vote in any future Knesset election which may be held prior July 28, 2025)

Click here to register and then vote. Each person can only register and vote one time. Registration and voting can most easily be done anytime in minutes online from your computer, smartphone, tablet or other mobile device. There is a $2 fee to register which covers the administrative costs of the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF) to run the election and payment of the Zionist Shekel for 2025. This payment also permits the individual to join the movement, and serves to prevent fraud by making sure that individuals are voting and are only doing so once. Payments can be made by credit card,. Votes are secret and are recorded by Votem Corp., an independent private election management firm retained by CZF.

The 39th World Zionist Congress (WZC) will be held in Jerusalem from October 28. It is the only democratically elected global Jewish forum and is the direct continuation of The First Zionist Congress, convened by Theodor Herzl in 1897. That gathering was the genesis of the modern Zionist movement and the original meeting of great minds that collectively put to paper the idea that the Jewish people should have a state of their own. Today, the WZC, which now meets about every five years, is the overall supreme ideological and policy-making body of the Zionist movement. The delegates and the bodies they form at the WZC determine the leadership and influence the policies of Israel’s National Institutions: the World Zionist Organization (WZO), the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemet Leyisrael (JNF) and Keren Hayesod – which together allocate over $1 billion annually in funding in support of Israel and Jewish communities around the world.

The Jerusalem Program is a set of ideals and principles that established the foundations of Zionism. It states:

The Jerusalem Program is a set of ideals and principles that established the foundations of Zionism. It states: Zionism, the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, brought about the establishment of the State of Israel, and views a Jewish, Zionist, democratic and secure State of Israel to be the expression of the common responsibility of the Jewish people for its continuity and future. The full text can be found here.

In Canada the Canadian Zionist Federation (CZF), as the national umbrella Zionist federation, organizes a grassroots public vote where the Canadian Jewish community elects 19 delegates to the WZC, which includes 525elected delegates from Jewish communities worldwide. The election in Canada is overseen by an “Area Election Committee” established by CZF under the rules of the World Zionist Organization.

CZF is comprised of 10 national Jewish Zionist organizations and works across a broad ideological, political and religious spectrum linking the Canadian Jewish community together in support of Israel, Zionism and the Jewish people. CZF is the Zionist Federation in Canada affiliated with the World Zionist Organization (WZO). Learn more at czf.ca.

Please email CZF at elections@czf.ca More information is available at www.czf.ca.