The 2022 municipal election will be held on Monday, October 24. Advance voting takes place from October 7–14.
Visit Toronto Elections to:
- find out who is running in your ward;
- find information about how to vote, accessibility accommodations, ID requirements, and more;
- learn more about Toronto's election rules and process; and
- find educational guides and tools.
Watch this page for more resources on voter engagement, events, and information relevant to nonprofits who are engaging in the election.
- Events
- Advocacy Campaigns
- Candidate Tracker
- Information for Candidates and Third-Party Advertisers
- News, Opinion, and Analysis
Events
We'll post election events as we learn of them. In the meantime, check out the events we're hosting.
Advocacy campaigns
Poverty
United Way Greater Toronto has put together a checklist that you can use to gauge where candidates stand on urgent issues.
Climate action and the environment
https://election.torontoenvironment.org/
https://www.communitybenefits.ca/what_s_at_stake_in_toronto_s_municipal_election
Affordable housing
https://right2housingto.ca/toronto-election-2022/
Transit
Poverty and tenant rights
https://acorncanada.org/resource/toronto-acorn-municipal-platform
Ending Homelessness
https://taeh.ca/end-homelessness-2022
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Candidate Tracker
The Local's Candidate Tracker is a comprehensive tool to help voters stay informed about who’s running for office. It has fact-checked biographies of council and mayoral candidates, and soon, school trustee information and head-to-head comparisons of where candidates stand on major issues.
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Information for candidates and third-party advertisers
More information on third-party advertising here
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario website has a guide to running for Council, information on a campaign to create more diverse Council tables, and more. Find more candidate resources here
Friday, September 23
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Final spending limits provided to candidates and registered third-party advertisers
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Final self-contribution limit provided to candidates running for Mayor and Councillor (does not apply to School Board Trustee candidates)
Friday, October 21
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Last day to register as a third-party advertiser
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News, opinion, and analysis
- Why Toronto’s left needs to be more like Doug Ford
- The next term of council is a time to mobilize
- Will John Tory’s ‘prudent’ leadership be tough enough to tackle Toronto’s big issues if he’s re-elected?
- With at least 5 incumbents out, Toronto council will have a new look after fall election
- Why these downtown Toronto wards may be a key battleground in October’s election
- Population disparities between Toronto’s 25 wards
- Make housing an issue with your candidates in this fall’s election
- Toronto the mediocre? Why we need to elect leaders who won’t settle for ‘good enough’
On the power of incumbency
- Polls showed she had a chance to defeat a sitting councillor in the last election. Then Toronto’s mayor stepped in
- Open wards and the power of incumbency
- How Toronto’s Councillors became nearly unbeatable
On democracy
- Why Toronto city councillors are running for the exits and what that says about civic democracy
- The number of candidates in this year’s election has hit a record low. Here’s why that’s bad for Toronto
- Death threats, racist taunts, brick throwing: How a rising tide of toxic abuse is battering Toronto city hall
- Allowing youths to cast mock ballots could be a counterweight to low turnout and political shenanigans
- The gaping holes in our election accountability system
- 2018 Toronto Voter Turnout - Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership
On diversity, inclusion, and representation
- Getting more immigrants to run for political office means paving the way for active citizenship
- Will municipal elections lead to more diverse representation on councils? Don’t hold your breath
- ‘You’ve got to work three times harder’: Why Toronto council is not as diverse as the city it serves
On the Province's move to give Toronto "strong mayor" powers:
- Ontario passes 'strong mayor' legislation, giving Toronto, Ottawa mayors veto power
- ‘Strong mayor’ powers contingent on aligning with provincial goals
- Former Toronto mayors warn ‘Strong Mayors’ act will harm local democracy
- Doug Ford is Premier of Ontario. Why does he want to be Mayor of Toronto?
- What all Toronto mayoral candidates should say about being a ‘Strong Mayor’
- PODCAST: Spacing Radio 067, Toronto Election: the case against a strong mayor system
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