Federal & Provincial Services
The Canadian political system has three levels of elected government: Federal, Provincial, and Municipal. Follow the links to learn more about the political system and political parties.
Federal Government & Services
To learn more about our Federal government’s programs and services visit:
• Government of Canada
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Call Centre Service
• Health Canada
• Service Canada
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada
• Building Canada
• Canada Benefits
• Additional list of Federal web sites
• Welcome to the Parliament of Canada
Our local Members of Parliament (MP) are Dave Van Kesteren and Bev Shipley. You can call our MPs for help and advocacy with services and programs offered by the Federal government.
If you are a Canadian Citizen and want to learn, more about the Federal elections visit A Guide to Voting in the Canadian Federal Election.
Provincial Government & Services
To learn more about our Provincial government’s programs and services visit:
• Service Ontario - Life Events
• Employment Ontario
• Provincial Government Information Centre
• Government of Ontario
• Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration
• Ontario Immigration
• Business Immigration Ontario
• Office of the Premier
• Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs
• Additional Access to the Government of Ontario
• Service Ontario - access to publications
Chatham-Kent's has two districts for the Provincial government. Your Member of Provincial of Parliament (MPP) depends on where you live.
The MPP for Chatham-Kent-Essex is Rick Nicholls. View a map of the Chatham-Kent-Essex Electoral District.
The MPP for Lambton-Kent-Middlesex is Monte McNaughton. View a map of the Lambton-Kent-Middlesex Electoral District.
You can call your MPP for help and advocacy with services and programs offered by the Provincial government.
A Guide to Voting in Ontario’s Provincial Election will help you learn more on our elections system.