The City's list of certified candidates shows Sheetal Narwal's nomination for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville dated May 1, 2026. The City's list of elected officials for 2022 to 2026 names Glen Gower as Councillor for Ward 6, and CBC News reported that Gower is not seeking re-election, so no sitting member is running in this ward.
CBC News describes her as a cybersecurity executive, and CTV News Ottawa calls her a security executive and community advocate. Her campaign website says she has over 20 years of experience, helped build Microsoft datacenters, helped protect Ontario's healthcare cyber-infrastructure, led a Canadian security company as chief executive, and served as a board director of YWCA Durham. Her X profile reads Former CEO Harkav Security, Ontario Health, YWCA Durham Board. In the CTV News questionnaire she says she stepped down as chief executive in 2026 and holds no current business role, has lived in Ottawa for six years, and chose Stittsville in 2025. In the CBC News questionnaire she gives her time in the ward as 2 years. These are her own statements, and voche.me has not checked them with the employers or the YWCA.
Her campaign website says she has knocked on more than 9,500 doors, and in the CBC News questionnaire she says more than ten thousand. Its priorities include traffic and transit, safe and liveable neighbourhoods, better value for tax dollars and healthcare access. In the CBC News questionnaire she names the Robert Grant Avenue extension as the top infrastructure need, would not name a maximum 2027 tax increase, says the police budget should be increased with measurable results, and gives 5 on a scale where 5 is strongly agree to the statement that adding more homes to built-up areas will be important for housing in the ward.
At the debate on September 17, 2026, CBC News reported that she cited Barrhaven as a suburb already struggling with parking and bus service problems, and Stittsville Central reported that she largely agreed that Robert Grant Avenue should come before Carp Road, and proposed a route-level transit reliability report for Ward 6. The sources voche.me read hold no complaint or allegation about her.
