Methodology
How WardWatch is built.
WardWatch is a non-partisan information project covering the 2026 Toronto municipal election. This page describes where our data comes from, what we will not publish, and how the project is funded.
Where our data comes from
- City of Toronto Clerk
- Candidate filings, council motions, voting records.
- Daily
- Open Data Toronto
- Ward boundaries, demographic profiles, council schedules.
- Weekly
- Statistics Canada 2021 Census
- Ward demographics: population, languages, age, income, housing.
- Static (2021 Census)
- OpenNorth Represent
- Elected official names, contact, biographical structure.
- Weekly
- Wayback Machine
- Archived candidate websites and platform statements.
- On retrieval
- Verified candidate channels
- Posts on X, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and personal sites — only platforms with confirmed handles.
- Hourly
- Ontario news outlets
- Toronto Star, CBC, Globe and Mail, The Local, TVO Today, Spacing.
- Hourly
What we don't publish
- — Leaked documents we cannot verify.
- — Anonymous accusations.
- — Unverified screenshots.
- — Anything pre-conviction in legal matters.
Funding and independence
WardWatch is operated by PoliAlerts Inc., a political-intelligence software company. We accept no advertising, no campaign donations, and no paid endorsements.