--- title: "Sheetal Narwal: candidate for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville, Ottawa 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/sheetal-narwal" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:05:43.146Z" meta: description: "Sheetal Narwal is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville, with a nomination dated May 1, 2026. CBC News..." "og:description": "Sheetal Narwal is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville, with a nomination dated May 1, 2026. CBC News..." "og:title": "Sheetal Narwal: candidate for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville, Ottawa 2026" "twitter:description": "Sheetal Narwal is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville, with a nomination dated May 1, 2026. CBC News..." "twitter:title": "Sheetal Narwal: candidate for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville · Ottawa 2026 # Sheetal Narwal Cybersecurity executive and former chief executive of a security company, running for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville. Sheetal Narwal is on the City of Ottawa's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 6 Stittsville, with a nomination dated May 1, 2026. CBC News describes her as a cybersecurity executive. Her campaign says it will publish route-level bus reliability for Ward 6, press for the Robert Grant Avenue extension, hold the City to dates for projects and push for the health hub. She says she has lived in the ward since 2025. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Sheetal NarwalOttawa municipal election *Sheetal NarwalCouncillorv.* 01 / Introduction ## About Sheetal Narwal 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. [Nine candidates compete to be Stittsville's new councillor ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/stittsville-ward-six-race-2026-10-07) Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. 01 ### Traffic, transit and delivery dates Her campaign says it will request signal timing and turning-movement reviews at the worst intersections, set a 10-business-day response standard for resident traffic concerns and push OC Transpo to publish real reliability data for Ward 6 routes.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire she says she would publish route-level reliability for Ward 6 every month, and a ward-level project schedule with starting dates, reporting every year on any delays. In the CBC News questionnaire she names the Robert Grant Avenue extension as the top infrastructure need in the ward. She gave no answer on how to address OC Transpo deficits.
[Sheetal Narwal campaign · About and priorities ](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/about) 02 ### Safe and liveable neighbourhoods Her campaign says it will push for traffic calming near schools and crossings, tree-canopy reviews before approvals, parks that grow with new housing and more police presence and mobile patrols in Ward 6.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire she says police funding should be increased with measurable results, and asks for an annual plain-number report on response times and patrol hours by ward.
[Sheetal Narwal campaign · About and priorities ](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/about) 03 ### Value for tax dollars Her campaign says it will demand measurable outcomes before major spending, put underused City buildings and land in Ward 6 to better use, and push for open bidding for major contracts.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire she says she would not name a maximum 2027 tax increase, and that she would support an increase only if the City says what each dollar buys and later reports whether it was delivered.
[Sheetal Narwal campaign · About and priorities ](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/about) 04 ### Healthcare close to home Her campaign says it will advocate to reduce City barriers for medical practices opening in Stittsville, and to deliver the proposed Kanata-Stittsville Primary Care Health Hub.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire she says the health hub is at the land stage on municipal property at Maple Grove.
[Sheetal Narwal campaign · About and priorities ](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/about) 05 ### Growth and housing Stittsville Central reported that she would require safe access, walking links and park space to be in place or firmly scheduled before residents move in, and publish a plain-language summary within a week of a pre-application ward meeting.
Read the full position Stittsville Central also reported that she would ask staff to identify and publish suitable City-owned sites in Ward 6 within six months, and propose an annual Ward 6 green report card.
[Stittsville Central · How Ward 6 candidates would manage Stittsville's growth, September 29, 2026 ](https://stittsvillecentral.ca/how-ward-6-candidates-would-manage-stittsvilles-growth/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City's list of certified candidates for Ward 6 and its list of elected officials, her campaign website and X profile page, the CBC News questionnaire and two CBC News reports, the CTV News Ottawa questionnaire, and three Stittsville Central articles. Gaps. Her career, the company name, the YWCA role and her years in the ward are her own statements and were not checked against records. Her campaign website loads in the browser, and the text read here is the page source, which holds one block of text for every page on the site. Her Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn pages showed no posts without a login. She did not take part in the Ecology Ottawa survey. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ward 6 Stittsville (list last updated August 21, 2026)](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-6-stittsville) 03 / Background ## Experience & community Over 20 years, as she describes it ### Technology and cybersecurity leadership Her campaign website lists work on Microsoft datacenters and on Ontario's healthcare cyber-infrastructure, and her X profile names Ontario Health. voche.me did not check employment records. [Sheetal Narwal campaign · About and priorities](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/about) Until 2026, as she describes it ### Chief executive, a Canadian security company In the CTV News questionnaire she says she led the company and stepped down in 2026. Her X profile names it as Harkav Security. No company records were opened. [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 6, Stittsville, September 11, 2026](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-councillor-in-ward-6-stittsville/) Years not given, as she describes it ### Board director, YWCA Durham Her campaign website and the CTV News questionnaire give this role. No YWCA records were opened. [Sheetal Narwal campaign · About and priorities](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/about) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Sheetal Narwal directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Sheetal Narwal's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Sheetal Narwal? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Sheetal Narwal's own campaign.
Does Sheetal Narwal currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Sheetal Narwal.
How many sources does this Sheetal Narwal profile cite? This profile lists 14 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Sheetal Narwal's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Sheetal Narwal 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 Sheetal Narwal is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Councillor ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ward 6 Stittsville (list last updated August 21, 2026) ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-6-stittsville)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · Elected Officials 2022-2026 (all rows) ](https://services.arcgis.com/G6F8XLCl5KtAlZ2G/arcgis/rest/services/_Elected_Officials_2022_2026/FeatureServer/0)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Sheetal Narwal campaign · Home ](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Sheetal Narwal campaign · About and priorities ](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/about)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Sheetal Narwal on X · profile page ](https://x.com/SheetalNarwal)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · Stittsville: Here's who's running to be your Ottawa city councillor, August 24, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/stittsville-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7312442)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · Stittsville's 9 candidates make their pitches to voters during debate, September 18, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/stittsville-all-candidates-debate-9.7348605)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 6 Stittsville, Sheetal Narwal (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28713289/sheetal-narwal-ward-6-stittsville.pdf)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 6, Stittsville, September 11, 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-councillor-in-ward-6-stittsville/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Stittsville Central · Ready to vote? 2026 Ward 6 Stittsville candidates respond to questions, September 13, 2026 ](https://stittsvillecentral.ca/ready-to-vote-2026-ward-6-stittsville-candidates-respond-to-questions/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Stittsville Central · Ward 6 candidates debate roads, transit and responsible growth, September 19, 2026 ](https://stittsvillecentral.ca/ward-6-candidates-debate-roads-transit-and-responsible-growth/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Stittsville Central · How Ward 6 candidates would manage Stittsville's growth, September 29, 2026 ](https://stittsvillecentral.ca/how-ward-6-candidates-would-manage-stittsvilles-growth/)Checked October 6, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Sheetal Narwal campaign website](https://sheetalnarwal.ca/) [Sheetal Narwal on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/people/Sheetal-Narwal-for-Stittsville-Ward-6/61577467446166/) [Sheetal Narwal on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/sheetalnarwal1/) [Sheetal Narwal on X](https://x.com/SheetalNarwal) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Ahmed Alsabaawi**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-alsabaawi) [Councillor**Ahmed Rashid**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-rashid) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Sheetal Narwal a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/on/ottawa-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.