Vote Compass does not provide voting advice and its results should not be taken as such.  It is intended as a democratic exercise that promotes electoral literacy and stimulates voter engagement.

Candidate positions were determined by a team of university researchers in consultation with the candidates featured in Vote Compass. Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of the candidate's calibrations; however, they may not in all cases reflect candidates’ self-assessment of their position. The research team imputes candidate positions based on publicly available texts, samples of which are made available within Vote Compass. The research team then initiates a direct dialogue with each of the candidates represented in Vote Compass as an additional check as to the accuracy of its calibrations. All candidates are provided with an opportunity to review and, if necessary, challenge the calibrations before Vote Compass is launched.

Vote Compass has been reviewed by the Office of Research Ethics at the University of Toronto. This review deemed Vote Compass exempt from an ethics review, under the Tri-council policy statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans, 2nd Edition (TCPS-2), Article 2.4. For more information, feel free to contact [email protected].