Candidate for Councillor in Ward 17 Capital who describes herself as a community advocate and founder of a women and child protection foundation.
Farah Gulzar is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 17 Capital, with a nomination dated June 2, 2026. She gave the City no website or social media account. CBC News says she founded an organization called Quik Goals Women and Child Protection Foundation. In her own answers to CBC News, CTV News Ottawa and NCR Now she names housing affordability, reliable transit, safe streets and sidewalks, parks and accountability to residents as her priorities, supports a maximum property tax increase of 3 percent for 2027, and calls the police budget appropriate. voche.me has not verified the foundation or the length of her community work, which are her own statements.
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Farah GulzarOttawa municipal election
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01 / Introduction
About Farah Gulzar
The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Farah Gulzar’s nomination for Councillor in Ward 17 Capital dated June 2, 2026, and shows no registration in the Contribution Rebate Program. It lists no website and no social media account for her. She is one of three candidates in the ward, with the sitting Councillor Shawn Menard and Jaac Doduck. CBC News reports that she founded an organization called Quik Goals Women and Child Protection Foundation. In NCR Now she describes herself as the founder, president and director of the Quick World Women and Child Protection Foundation and says she has served her community for more than 12 years. The two names differ, and voche.me did not check either with Corporations Canada or the foundation.
Her own statements are the main source on this page. On LinkedIn she announced her campaign in a post that says she filed her nomination papers that day. In the CBC News questionnaire she lists community and non-profit leadership and community advocacy as her experience, and says she has lived in the ward for more than 8 years. She names housing affordability and the cost of living as Ottawa’s biggest challenge, and says she would support a maximum property tax increase of 3 percent for 2027 and a transit levy for OC Transpo deficits beyond money from other levels of government. In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire she says she could support a dedicated infrastructure levy only if it is transparent and tied to measurable results. She calls the police budget appropriate, tied to accountability and prevention. She supports free or lower-cost transit for children and youth and off-peak transit for seniors, and says new development should pay its fair share of roads, sidewalks, transit and parks.
Her answers in NCR Now and the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire repeat the same themes: reliable and affordable transit, safer streets and sidewalks, better parks, community gardens and facilities for youth and seniors, a review of City spending for waste, and regular reports to residents on what they said and what the City did about it. No public role is on record in the profile. The sources read hold no complaint against her.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
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Housing affordability and the cost of living
In the CBC News questionnaire she names housing affordability and the rising cost of living as Ottawa’s biggest challenge, and says she would increase affordable and attainable housing, speed up responsible development approvals and protect existing affordable units.
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In NCR Now she says affordability covers rent, transportation, groceries, utilities and insurance, and that she would ask before major spending how it affects ordinary Ottawa families.
In the CBC News questionnaire she says she would improve reliability and frequency on underserved routes, publish reports on missed trips and delays, and make transit more affordable for children, youth and seniors outside peak hours.
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She chooses a transit levy to address OC Transpo deficits beyond money from other levels of government, and in NCR Now says she would not support fare increases as the first solution.
In the CBC News questionnaire she names safer and better-maintained streets and pedestrian infrastructure as the top infrastructure need, and says she would take a data-driven approach to the busiest and most dangerous intersections and let residents report recurring problems.
Parks, community facilities and services for seniors and youth
In the CBC News questionnaire she lists better parks and community facilities, more accessible recreation, support for seniors and youth, cleaner public spaces, community gardens and safe spaces for pets.
She says she would hold regular community meetings and report to residents on “What We Heard” and “What We Did”, and publish a public dashboard of infrastructure commitments, funding and completion.
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In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire she says city decisions should be easier to understand and consultations should have meaningful follow-up.
She says she would support a maximum property tax increase of 3 percent for 2027, and says police funding must be tied to accountability, measurable outcomes and community needs.
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She answers that the police budget is appropriate. In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire she says she would not support an automatic increase without clear evidence of need, and that she could support a dedicated infrastructure levy only if it is transparent and targeted.
Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for Ward 17 (an Internet Archive copy) and its open data file, CBC News of August 25, 2026 and her CBC News questionnaire, CTV News Ottawa of September 2026, NCR Now of September 1, 2026, and two public LinkedIn posts.
Gaps. She gave the City no website or social media account, and no campaign website was found. Her foundation, the length of her community work and her residence in the ward are her own statements, and the foundation is named differently by CBC News and by her. voche.me did not check them with Corporations Canada or any other body. Her LinkedIn profile page could not be read, and only two posts were. No news report beyond the ward pages was found. The voche.me questionnaire has not been sent.
03 / Background
Experience & community
12 years or more, as she describes it
Founder, president and director of a women and child protection foundation
In NCR Now she names the Quick World Women and Child Protection Foundation and says she has served her community for more than 12 years. CBC News calls the organization Quik Goals Women and Child Protection Foundation. voche.me did not check the organization or her role with it.
In the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire she describes community engagement, administration, advocacy and helping residents use government and community services. voche.me has not checked this.
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No questions and answers have been supplied.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
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Is this an official page for Farah Gulzar?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Farah Gulzar's own campaign.
Does Farah Gulzar currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Farah Gulzar.
How many sources does this Farah Gulzar profile cite?
This profile lists 9 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Farah Gulzar's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Farah Gulzar in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Farah Gulzar is running in?
The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
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