Election day · October 26, 2026
Toronto votes
October 26.
Non-partisan coverage of the mayor's race and all 25 ward councils.
The race for mayor
22 candidates registered for the city's top job.
22 registered
Bahira Abdulsalam
Mayoral candidate
Brad Bradford
Mayoral candidate
Darrell Brown
Mayoral candidate
Braeden Chow
Mayoral candidate
Olivia Chow
Mayor of Toronto
Cory Deville
Mayoral candidate
Laura Ellis
Mayoral candidate
Renato Fallico
Mayoral candidate
Edward Gong
Mayoral candidate
Faizan Haider
Mayoral candidate
Peter Handjis
Mayoral candidate
Heather He
Mayoral candidate
Georgios Kalkounis
Mayoral candidate
Isidoros Kyrlangitses
Mayoral candidate
Michael Lamoureux
Mayoral candidate
Sarah McVie
Mayoral candidate
Odessa Paloma Parker
Mayoral candidate
Kannan S'ree Jr
Mayoral candidate
Lyall Sanders
Mayoral candidate
Naomi Sayers
Mayoral candidate
Robert Shusterman
Mayoral candidate
Weizhen Tang
Mayoral candidate
Three numbers to know
Across the mayor's race and 25 ward councils, as of last refresh. Nominations close August 21, 2026.
Down from 41% in 2018 — the lowest municipal turnout in two decades.
Toronto requires campaign finance filings by March 31, 2027. Until then, transparency is partial.
Wards to watch
Where the 2026 race is most crowded — and where it isn't yet.
Ward 4
9 candidates
Parkdale—High Park
Incumbent
Gord Perks
Status pending
Population
104,715
Ward 19
9 candidates
Beaches—East York
Incumbent
Brad Bradford
Open — incumbent running for mayor
Population
108,500
Ward 11
8 candidates
University—Rosedale
Incumbent
Dianne Saxe
Status pending
Population
102,385
Ward 10
6 candidates
Spadina—Fort York
Incumbent
Ausma Malik
Status pending
Population
135,400
Ward 13
6 candidates
Toronto Centre
Incumbent
Chris Moise
Status pending
Population
116,930
Ward 20
6 candidates
Scarborough Southwest
Incumbent
Parthi Kandavel
Status pending
Population
110,095
The accountability tools
Beyond who's running — how they actually govern.
How we work
How we collect data
Public filings from the City of Toronto Clerk, Open Data Toronto, and verified candidate channels. Every datapoint links back to its source.
How we handle corrections
Errors are corrected within 48 hours, the change is logged on the page, and a note is added to our weekly digest.
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Choose a ward — or all of Toronto — and we'll send what changed, who said what, and which votes came up.