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The 2022 Toronto municipal election is scheduled to be held on Monday, October 24, 2022 to elect a mayor and city councillors in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Registration for candidates for the office of mayor, councillor, and school board trustee opened on May 2, 2022. The deadline for candidate nominations is August 19, 2022 at 2 p.m.

Mayoral election
Incumbent mayor John Tory has announced that he intends to run for a third term. He does not yet have any declared challengers.

Incumbents not running for re-election and/or who resigned prior to the election

 * Ana Bailão, councillor for Ward 9 Davenport, announced that she will not run again.
 * Joe Cressy, councillor for Ward 10 Spadina—Fort York and its predecessor since 2014, resigned to become a vice-president of George Brown College.
 * Michael Ford, councillor for Ward 1 Etobicoke North, vacated his seat as a result of his election to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the June 2, 2022 Ontario general election.
 * Kristyn Wong-Tam, councillor for Ward 13 Toronto Centre and its predecessor since 2010, resigned to run for the Ontario NDP in the 2022 Ontario general election.

Ward 1 Etobicoke North
Incumbent city councillor Michael Ford was elected in 2018 with 42.26% of the vote. He was the candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 2022 Ontario general election in the York South—Weston district and was elected to the Ontario legislature on June 2, 2022..


 * Registered candidates
 * Christopher Noor
 * Dev Narang
 * Avtar Minhas

Ward 2 Etobicoke Centre
Incumbent city councillor Stephen Holyday was elected in 2018 with 38.58% of the vote. He has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Stephen Holyday

Ward 3 Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Incumbent city councillor Mark Grimes was elected in 2018 with 40.90% of the vote. He has not indicated whether he will seek re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Zeynel Ari, a Turkish pizza-maker who achieved fame for giving out free pizza to homeless residents of Toronto.
 * Amber Morley, a community health promoter who ran against Grimes in the 2018 election and placed second.

Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park
Incumbent city councillor Gord Perks was elected in 2018 with 44.55% of the vote. He has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Gord Perks, incumbent city councillor
 * Siri Agrell, a former journalist who served as John Tory's director of strategic initiatives during his first term and was a senior political adviser to Kathleen Wynne

Ward 5 York South—Weston
Incumbent city councillor Frances Nunziata was elected in 2018 with 32.18% of the vote. She has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Frances Nunziata, incumbent city councillor
 * Chiara Padovani, an advocate for housing rights, housing advocate, and founding member of York South-Weston (YSW) Tenants. Padovani ran for election in York South-Weston in 2018 and placed third.
 * Gabriel Takang

Ward 6 York Centre
Incumbent city councillor James Pasternak was elected in 2018 with 47.61% of the vote.

Ward 7 Humber River—Black Creek
Incumbent city councillor Anthony Perruzza was elected in 2018 with 36.80% of the vote. Perruzza has said in an interview reported in March 2022 that he has not yet decided whether he will run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Christopher Mammoliti, Toronto District School Board Vice-Chair and Trustee for Ward 4, Humber River - Black Creek and son of former city councillor Giorgio Mammoliti
 * Amanda Coombs

Ward 8 Eglinton—Lawrence
Incumbent city councillor Mike Colle was elected in 2018 with 41.34% of the vote. He has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Mike Colle, incumbent city councillor
 * Evan Sambasivam, a graduate of Queen's University's Applied Economics program running with concerns about homelessness, improving public transportation, and public spending transparency and efficiency

Ward 9 Davenport
Incumbent city councillor Ana Bailão was elected in 2018 with 83.62% of the vote. She is not running for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Grant Gonzales
 * Shaker Jamal, a union representative for the United Steelworkers, co-organizer of BetterTO, a salon that ran quarterly events from 2017-2018 dedicated to discussing topical city issues, including housing, policing, and childcare.

Ward 10 Spadina—Fort York
Incumbent city councillor Joe Cressy was elected in 2018 with 55.06% of the vote. He announced that he will not be seeking re-election and resigned effective April 30, 2022 to accept a position as vice-president of George Brown College.


 * Registered candidates
 * Ausma Malik, the Director of Advocacy and Organizing at the Atkinson Foundation and former Toronto District School Board Trustee for Ward 10 (Trinity-Spadina) from 2014-2018. Cressy has endorsed Malik as a candidate.
 * Rocco Achampong, a lawyer who previously ran in the 2018 municipal elections, but withdrew to focus his efforts on a court case challenging the legality of the 2018 council cut.
 * Peter George
 * Igor Samardzic
 * April Engelberg
 * Karlene Nation
 * Andrei Zodian

Ward 11 University—Rosedale
Incumbent city councillor Mike Layton was elected in 2018 with 69.56% of the vote.

Ward 12 Toronto—St. Paul's
Incumbent city councillor Josh Matlow was elected in 2018 with 51.60% of the vote.

Ward 13 Toronto Centre
Incumbent city councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam was elected in 2018 with 50.26% of the vote. She announced that she will not be seeking re-election and resigned effective May 4, 2022 to run in the provincial election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Christopher Moise, Toronto District School Board Trustee for Ward 10, University - Rosedale and Toronto Centre

Ward 14 Toronto—Danforth
Incumbent city councillor Paula Fletcher was elected in 2018 with 42.27% of the vote.

Ward 15 Don Valley West
Incumbent city councillor Jaye Robinson was elected in 2018 with 49.22% of the vote. She has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Jaye Robinson
 * David Ricci

Ward 16 Don Valley East
Incumbent city councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong was elected in 2018 with 43.33% of the vote.


 * Registered candidates
 * Stephen Ksiazek, President of Don Mills Residents Inc (DMRI), a residents association.

Ward 17 Don Valley North
Incumbent city councillor Shelley Carroll was elected in 2018 with 40.44% of the vote. She has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Shelley Carroll, incumbent city councillor

Ward 18 Willowdale
Incumbent city councillor John Filion was elected in 2018 with 31.06% of the vote.


 * Registered candidates
 * Michael Sosedov, a Toronto Transit Commission Station Group Manager.

Ward 19 Beaches—East York
Incumbent city councillor Brad Bradford was elected in 2018 with 38.56% of the vote. He has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Brad Bradford, incumbent city councillor

Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest
Incumbent city councillor Gary Crawford was elected in 2018 with 35.73% of the vote. He has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Gary Crawford, incumbent city councillor
 * Kevin Rupasinghe, graduate of the University of Toronto's Master of Engineering in Cities Engineering and Management, Co-Chair of the Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto (RaBiT), board member of Unlock Democracy Canada, an electoral reform advocacy group, and former Cycle Toronto Senior Advocacy Manager
 * Parthi Kandavel, a former Toronto District School Board Trustee for Ward 18, Scarborough Southwest.
 * Sonny Mir

Ward 21 Scarborough Centre
Incumbent city councillor Michael Thompson was elected in 2018 with 69.05% of the vote. He has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Michael Thompson

Ward 22 Scarborough—Agincourt
Incumbent city councillor Nick Mantas was elected in 2021 in a by-election when Jim Karygiannis, who was removed from city council, with 26.98% of the vote. He has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Nick Mantas
 * Anthony Internicola, a former People's Party of Canada candidate for the Scarborough—Agincourt riding in the 2019 Canadian federal election.

Ward 23 Scarborough North
Incumbent city councillor Cynthia Lai was elected in 2018 with 27.02% of the vote. She has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Cynthia Lai, incumbent city councillor
 * Jamaal Myers, a lawyer working for TD Bank, a transit advocate and member of Scarborough Transit Action,  and member of the Scarborough Business Association
 * Phillip Francis

Ward 24 Scarborough—Guildwood
Incumbent city councillor Paul Ainslie was elected in 2018 with 66.82% of the vote. He has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Paul Ainslie, incumbent city councillor

Ward 25 Scarborough—Rouge Park
Incumbent city councillor Jennifer McKelvie was elected in 2018 with 40.21% of the vote. She has registered to run for re-election.


 * Registered candidates
 * Jennifer McKelvie, incumbent city councillor