Latest Toronto election news

Latest Toronto election news

Jennifer Keesmaat, a candidate for mayor in 2018, joins “This Matters” to talk about the 2023 mayoral byelection.

Podcasts | This Matters

Edward Keenan: An insider’s look at the race for mayor from Jennifer Keesmaat

The former candidate talks about the financial challenges of running for mayor and offers her personal experiences with the current front-runners.

Six take-aways from the CBC’s Toronto mayoral debate

Star ColumnistsOpinion

Edward Keenan: Why the repeated attacks on Olivia Chow just make the other mayoral candidates look silly

Explainers

Who’s leading in the Toronto mayoral race? See the latest election polls

Check our graphic regularly to see who’s leading in the polls ahead of the June 26 mayoral election.

Do 102 names fit on a ballot?! Everything you need to know about voting in the mayoral election

Here’s what you need to know for the upcoming byelection, from where to find your nearest polling station to how to vote by mail.

The six leading mayoral candidates, top left to right. Ana Bailao, Josh Matlow, Mitzie Hunter. Bottom row left to right Olivia Chow, Brad Bradford and Mark Saunders.

Star ColumnistsOpinion

Edward Keenan: The race to be Toronto’s mayor is finally set: Here are the six leading contenders

Opinion and analysis

ContributorsOpinion

Matt Elliott: Olivia Chow’s property tax plan might add up, but she needs to show us the math

Star ColumnistsOpinion

Edward Keenan: Will Mitzie Hunter’s grand Scarborough subway plans help put her mayoral bid on the right track?

Star ColumnistsOpinion

Edward Keenan: Toronto’s mayoral debate season kicks off with a protest, many winning lines — and one clear loser

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Can Ana Bailão, left, overcome Oliva Chow’s substantial lead in the polls with three weeks till election day?

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Bob Hepburn: How Ana Bailão can catch Olivia Chow in Toronto mayoral race

Bailão appears to have the most room to grow because she has key advantages that position her best to break away from the pack.

Toronto mayoral candidates set to clash at debate focusing on issues affecting older residents

ContributorsOpinion

We have the tools to build affordable housing in Toronto

ContributorsOpinion

What Toronto mayoral candidates need to learn from abroad about financing transit

Mayoral candidate Brad Bradford and wife welcome second daughter

New poll says Olivia Chow widened her lead over rivals as advance voting set to start in mayoral election

Can't we do better?

The Star series “Can’t we do better?” documented issues like overflowing litter bins, crumbling public housing, unfilled potholes, recreation programs that are failing to keep up with demand, and dead raccoons being left on city streets for days.

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‘We can do better’: John Tory promises improvements to city services after Star series

Can't we do better?Opinion

Shawn Micallef: In Toronto’s long, slow decline not everyone feels the pinch — but everyone shares the blame

Toronto is a tale of two cities right now: one privately rich and the other publicly impoverished.

Toronto is privately rich but publicly impoverished, and needs to do better for all of our sake.

Can't we do better?

Forget broken elevators. The real problem with the state of TTC repairs may be what you can’t see

Can't we do better?

Trashy litter bins, decrepit transit, cancelled swimming lessons: Toronto, can’t we do better? The stories in the Star series

CAN'T WE DO BETTER?

Toronto is lax about work done by utilities. We all pay for it with poorly patched roads and sidewalks that are dangerous

Podcasts | This Matters

Toronto, the not so good. Can’t we do better?