2026 Toronto municipal election

2026 Toronto municipal election
← 2022 October 26, 2026 2030 →
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Municipal elections are scheduled to be held on October 26, 2026, to elect the mayor and 25 city councillors in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition, school trustees will be elected to the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire Viamonde and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir. The election will be held in conjunction with those held in other municipalities in the province of Ontario.

The nomination period for candidates opened on May 1, 2026, at 8:30 am and closes on August 21, 2026, at 2 pm.^[1]

Mayoral election

Incumbent mayor Olivia Chow has not formally declared her candidacy for a first full term,^[2] though she is widely expected to run.^[3]

City council elections

Changes in membership between elections

Gary Crawford, councillor for Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest since 2010, resigned to run for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 2023 Scarborough—Guildwood provincial by-election.^[4] The by-election to replace him was won by Parthi Kandavel.
Jennifer McKelvie, councillor for Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park since 2018, resigned to run for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2025 Canadian federal election.^[5] The by-election to replace her was won by Neethan Shan.
Jaye Robinson, councillor for Ward 15 Don Valley West since 2010, died in 2024. The by-election to replace her was won by Rachel Chernos Lin.

Incumbents not standing for re-election

Brad Bradford, councillor for Ward 19 Beaches—East York since 2018, will not seek re-election in order to run for mayor of Toronto.^[6]^[7]
Gord Perks, city councillor for Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park since 2006.^[8]

Ward 1 Etobicoke North

Incumbent city councillor Vincent Crisanti was elected in 2022, having previously sat on council from 2010 to 2018, and has registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Abraham Abbey^[9]
Alaa Adib^[9]
Saima Babar^[9]
Vincent Crisanti, incumbent^[9]
Norman Hamilton^[9]

Results

Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre

Incumbent city councillor Stephen Holyday was first elected in 2014 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Jennifer Alexander^[9]

Results

Ward 3 Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Incumbent city councillor Amber Morley was first elected in 2022 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park

Incumbent city councillor Gord Perks was first elected in 2006. He announced on April 30, 2026 that he will not be standing for re-election.^[8]

Registered candidates

Nadia Guerrera,^[9] Ontario Liberal Party candidate in York South—Weston for the 2022 provincial election and in Parkdale—High Park for the 2025 provincial election.^[10]
Diana Chan McNally,^[9] housing advocate^[11]
Bridget Ogundipe^[9]
Adam Pham^[9]
Vanessa Raponi^[9]

Results

Ward 5 York South—Weston

Incumbent city councillor Frances Nunziata was first elected to Toronto City Council in 1998 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Daniel Di Giorgio^[9]
Nekpen Obasogie^[9]
Chiara Padovani,^[9] tenant advocate, runner-up in Ward 5 in the 2022 municipal election^[12]

Results

Ward 6 York Centre

Incumbent city councillor James Pasternak was first elected in 2010 with and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 7 Humber River—Black Creek

Incumbent city councillor Anthony Perruzza was first elected to Toronto City Council in 2006 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Lorna Antwi^[9]
Amanda Coombs^[9]

Results

Ward 8 Eglinton—Lawrence

Incumbent city councillor Mike Colle was first elected in 2018 and has registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Mike Colle, incumbent^[9]
Jason McDonald^[9]
Daniel Trayes^[9]

Results

Ward 9 Davenport

Incumbent city councillor Alejandra Bravo was first elected in 2022 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 10 Spadina—Fort York

Incumbent city councillor Ausma Malik was first elected in 2022 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Bashar Kassir^[9]
Paul Nash^[9]

Results

Ward 11 University—Rosedale

Incumbent city councillor Dianne Saxe was first elected in 2022 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Gabriel Blanc,^[9] former policy analyst for Councillor Shelley Carroll^[13]
Keenan Courtis^[9]
Terri Hawkes^[9]
Alice Li^[9]
Huy Lieu^[9]

Results

Ward 12 Toronto—St. Paul's

Incumbent city councillor Josh Matlow was first elected in 2010 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 13 Toronto Centre

Incumbent city councillor Chris Moise was first elected in 2022 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Joe Cadeau^[9]
Walied Khogali Ali,^[9] co-chair of the Regent Park Neighbourhood Association, fifth-place candidate in Ward 13 in the 2018 election^[14]
Curran Stikuts,^[9] former advocacy director of The 519 community centre^[14]
Nicki Ward,^[9] former president of a housing co-op, runner-up in Ward 13 in the 2022 election,^[14]^[15] Green Party candidate in Toronto Centre in the 2022 provincial election

Results

Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth

Incumbent city councillor Paula Fletcher was first elected in 2003 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 15 Don Valley West

Incumbent city councillor Rachel Chernos Lin was first elected in 2024 in a by-election and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 16 Don Valley East

Incumbent city councillor Jon Burnside was elected in 2022, having previously sat on council from 2014 to 2018, and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 17 Don Valley North

Incumbent city councillor Shelley Carroll was first elected in 2003 and has registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Shelley Carroll, incumbent^[9]
Sabrina Zuniga^[9]

Results

Ward 18 Willowdale

Incumbent city councillor Lily Cheng was first elected in 2022 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Natik Yusifov^[9]

Results

Ward 19 Beaches—East York

Incumbent city councillor Brad Bradford was first elected in 2018 and has declined to run for re-election, instead running for mayor.

Registered candidates

James Dann,^[9] former manager of waterfront parks for the City of Toronto^[13]
Natalie Johnson, journalist with CTV News^[16]^[9]
Tycen Legg^[9]
Kevin Morrison, Toronto Catholic District School Board trustee^[9]
Adam Smith,^[9] third-place finisher in 2022
Austin Vieira^[9]
Jeff Wahl^[9]

Results

Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest

Incumbent city councillor Parthi Kandavel was first elected in 2023 in a by-election and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Ariel-Rachel Karokis^[9]
Philip Mills^[9]

Results

Ward 21 Scarborough Centre

Incumbent city councillor Michael Thompson was first elected in 2003 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Taiba Ahmed^[9]
Krissan Veerasingam^[9]

Results

Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt

Incumbent city councillor Nick Mantas was first elected in 2021 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Dan Lovell, ran for the NDP in Scarborough—Agincourt in the 2025 federal election^[9]^[17]

Results

Ward 23 Scarborough North

Incumbent city councillor Jamaal Myers was first elected in 2022 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Kevin Li^[9]

Results

Ward 24 Scarborough—Guildwood

Incumbent city councillor Paul Ainslie was first elected in 2006 and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park

Incumbent city councillor Neethan Shan was elected in 2025 in a by-election, having previously sat on council from 2017 to 2018, and has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Shawn Allen,^[9] placed third in the 2025 by-election^[12]

Results

Toronto District School Board elections

The Ontario government passed legislation in May 2026 which reduced the number of Toronto District School Board wards to 12 from 22.^[18]^[19]

TDSB Ward 1 (Etobicoke North)

Incumbent trustee Dennis Hastings (Etobicoke North) has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

TDSB Ward 2 (Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke Lakeshore)

Incumbent trustees and Dan MacLean (Etobicoke Centre) and Patrick Nunziata (Etobicoke—Lakeshore) have not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

TDSB Ward 3 (Humber River-Black Creek and York Centre)

Incumbent trustees Matias de Dovitiis (Humber River—Black Creek) and Alexandra Lulka Rotman (York Centre) have not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Justin Mensah^[9]

Results

TDSB Ward 4 (York South-Weston and parts of Davenport)

Incumbent trustee Liban Hassan (York South-Weston) has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Oren Chervinsky^[9]
Weidong Pei, incumbent (Willowdale)^[9]

Results

TDSB Ward 5 (Eglinton-Lawrence and Willowdale)

Incumbent trustee Shelley Laskin (Eglinton-Lawrence) has not registered to run for re-election. Incumbent trustee Weidong Pei (Willowdale) has registered to run in Ward 4.

Registered candidates

David Gulyas^[9]

Results

TDSB Ward 6 (Spadina-Fort York and Parkdale-High Park)

Incumbent trustees Alexis Dawson (Spadina-Fort York) and Debbie King (Parkdale-High Park) have not registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

TDSB Ward 7 (Toronto-St. Paul’s, University-Rosedale, and Toronto Centre)

Incumbent trustee Deborah Williams has not registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Nasir Mohammad^[9]

Results

TDSB Ward 8 (Don Valley West and Don Valley North)

Incumbent trustees Stacey Cline (Don Valley West) and James Li (Don Valley North) have not registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

TDSB Ward 9 (Don Valley East and Toronto-Danforth)

Incumbent trustees Farzana Rajwani (Don Valley East) and Sara Ehrhardt (Toronto-Danforth) have not registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

TDSB Ward 10 (Beaches-East York and Scarborough Southwest)

Incumbent trustees Michelle Aarts (Beaches-East York) and Malika Ghous (Scarborough Southwest) have not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

TDSB Ward 11 (Scarborough Agincourt and Scarborough North)

Incumbent trustees Manna Wong (Scarborough Agincourt) and Yalini Rajakulasingam (Scarborough North) have not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Ravicha Ravinthiran^[9]

Results

TDSB Ward 12 (Scarborough Centre, Scarborough-Guildwood, and Scarborough-Rouge Park)

Incumbent trustees Zakir Patel (Scarborough—Guildwood) and Anu Sriskandarajah (Scarborough-Rouge Park) have not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Toronto Catholic District School Board elections

Ward 1 Etobicoke

Incumbent trustee Joseph Martino has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 2 Etobicoke

Incumbent trustee Markus de Domenico has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Sara Concordia^[9]

Results

Ward 3 North York

Incumbent trustee Ida Li Preti has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Susel Munoz Plasencia^[9]

Results

Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park and Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Incumbent trustee Teresa Lubinski has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 5 North York

Incumbent trustee Maria Rizzo has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 6 York

Incumbent trustee Frank D'Amico has registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Frank D'Amico, incumbent^[9]

Results

Ward 7 Scarborough—Agincourt

Incumbent trustee Mike Del Grande has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 8 Scarborough

Incumbent trustee Garry Tanuan has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 9 Toronto

Incumbent trustee Kevin Morrison has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 10 Toronto

Incumbent trustee Daniel Di Giorgio has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Teresa Colonna^[9]

Results

Ward 11 East York and Toronto

Incumbent trustee Angela Kennedy has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Ward 12 Scarborough

Incumbent trustee Nancy Crawford has not yet registered to run for re-election.

Registered candidates

Results

Notes

References

^ "Become a Candidate – City of Toronto". Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
^ Freeman, Joshua (2 February 2026). "Toronto mayor dodges questions about re-election as she touts 'affordable' budget". CTV News. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
^ Harrison, Lane (1 May 2026). "Who's in, who's out and storylines to watch as candidates sign up for the 2026 municipal election". CBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "The left has Progress Toronto. A new advocacy group hopes to fill gap on centre-right". CBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
^ "Jennifer McKelvie resigns as Toronto councillor to become Ajax MP". 8 May 2025. Archived from the original on 13 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
^ "Brad Bradford preparing to run for mayor of Toronto again". QP Briefing. 30 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
^ Lilley, Brian (18 June 2025). "LILLEY: Brad Bradford makes hard and fast pitch to replace Chow". Toronto Sun.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Spurr, Ben (30 April 2026). "Gord Perks calls it quits: Toronto councillor looks back on 20 years at city hall – and the personal tragedy that fuels his political passion". Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
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^ https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/politics-government/ontario-election-2025-parkdale-high-park-candidates-running-10268914 ^{[bare URL]}
^ Johnston-Wheeler, Emma (10 November 2025). "Toronto housing advocates warn Ford government's Bill 60 will expedite homelessness". Toronto Today. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Harrison, Lane (1 May 2026). "Who's in, who's out and storylines to watch as candidates sign up for the 2026 municipal election". CBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-hall/notable-moments-first-day-torontos-municipal-election-campaign-12225382 ^{[bare URL]}
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Oatley, Gabe (7 May 2026). "Election candidates take aim at Councillor Moise for Toronto Centre seat". Toronto Today. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
^ "Declaration of 2022 results" (PDF). City of Toronto.
^ Habibinia, Mahdis (11 May 2026). "Longtime CTV journalist to run for Toronto city council seat". Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
^ "Canada election 2025 results: Scarborough-Agincourt". Global News. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
^ "A look at the 12 new trustee wards of the Toronto District School Board". CityNews. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
^ "A look at the 12 new trustee wards of the Toronto District School Board". Toronto Today. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

External links

City of Toronto - Elections

[1] "Become a Candidate – City of Toronto". Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

[2] Freeman, Joshua (2 February 2026). "Toronto mayor dodges questions about re-election as she touts 'affordable' budget". CTV News. Retrieved 5 February 2026.

[3] Harrison, Lane (1 May 2026). "Who's in, who's out and storylines to watch as candidates sign up for the 2026 municipal election". CBC News. Retrieved 4 May 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[4] "The left has Progress Toronto. A new advocacy group hopes to fill gap on centre-right". CBC News. Retrieved 5 March 2026.

[5] "Jennifer McKelvie resigns as Toronto councillor to become Ajax MP". 8 May 2025. Archived from the original on 13 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.

[6] "Brad Bradford preparing to run for mayor of Toronto again". QP Briefing. 30 May 2025. Archived from the original on 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

[7] Lilley, Brian (18 June 2025). "LILLEY: Brad Bradford makes hard and fast pitch to replace Chow". Toronto Sun.

[Perks-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Spurr, Ben (30 April 2026). "Gord Perks calls it quits: Toronto councillor looks back on 20 years at city hall – and the personal tragedy that fuels his political passion". Toronto Star. Retrieved 30 April 2026.

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[10] ttps://www.torontotoday.ca/local/politics-government/ontario-election-2025-parkdale-high-park-candidates-running-10268914 ^{[bare URL]}

[11] Johnston-Wheeler, Emma (10 November 2025). "Toronto housing advocates warn Ford government's Bill 60 will expedite homelessness". Toronto Today. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

[who-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b Harrison, Lane (1 May 2026). "Who's in, who's out and storylines to watch as candidates sign up for the 2026 municipal election". CBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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[W13-14] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Oatley, Gabe (7 May 2026). "Election candidates take aim at Councillor Moise for Toronto Centre seat". Toronto Today. Retrieved 7 May 2026.

[15] "Declaration of 2022 results" (PDF). City of Toronto.

[16] Habibinia, Mahdis (11 May 2026). "Longtime CTV journalist to run for Toronto city council seat". Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 May 2026.

[17] "Canada election 2025 results: Scarborough-Agincourt". Global News. 22 April 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2026.

[18] "A look at the 12 new trustee wards of the Toronto District School Board". CityNews. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

[19] "A look at the 12 new trustee wards of the Toronto District School Board". Toronto Today. 28 April 2026. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

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