Councillor in Ward 7 Humber River-Black Creek · Toronto 2026
Amanda Coombs
Candidate for Councillor in Ward 7 Humber River-Black Creek who also ran in Ward 7 in 2022, and founder of a youth organization, by her own account.
Amanda Coombs is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 7 Humber River-Black Creek, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows her third of 3 candidates in Ward 7 in 2022, with 2,282 votes, and The Green Line and the Downsview Advocate name her as a 2022 candidate. York University’s news service names her as the founder of Back 2 Basickz Youth Support Services.
Amanda Coombs appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 7 Humber River-Black Creek. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 1, 2026 and the campaign website voteamandacoombs.com.
The City Clerk’s declaration of results for the October 24, 2022 general election lists Amanda Coombs third among 3 candidates for Councillor in Ward 7 Humber River-Black Creek, with 2,282 votes. Anthony Perruzza was elected with 8,707 and Christopher Mammoliti was second with 3,215. The 3 declared totals add up to 14,204 votes, so her share was 16.1 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. The Green Line says she ran against Anthony Perruzza in the 2022 election, and the Downsview Advocate’s September 2022 candidate list names her among the Ward 7 candidates. Those two sources are what link the entry to this candidate. The Local says she has run for Ward 7 councillor twice. voche.me found no source for the earlier run.
York University’s news service reported on February 27, 2024 that Back 2 Basickz Youth Support Services, founded by York alumna Amanda Coombs, opened a centre in Scarborough, and that the program began in the Jane and Finch neighbourhood in 2013. It names her as the organization’s executive director. Her campaign website calls her the founder of Back 2 Basickz and says she works with the Toronto Community Crisis Team. The Local describes her as a Toronto Community Crisis Service access facilitator at Gerstein Crisis Centre and says she was a tenant director on the Toronto Community Housing Corporation board from 2018 to 2021. voche.me did not check those two statements against the employer or the board.
Her sources give different lengths of service as a tenant representative: over 8 years on the Downsview Advocate’s 2022 page, 13 years on her About page and 14 years in the Advocate’s 2026 summary. No length is used here.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
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Cost of living, housing stability, vulnerable residents and community safety, as listed by her campaign
Her Platform page lists four pillars. Cost of living covers housing affordability, food access and financial stability. Housing stability covers eviction prevention, tenant supports and housing advocacy. Support for vulnerable residents covers services for seniors, youth, newcomers and single-income households. Community safety covers safe public spaces, community programs and responsive services, with a focus on prevention.
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Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, its Members of Council page, the City Clerk’s declaration of results for 2022, the About us and Platform pages of her campaign website, the Downsview Advocate’s 2022 and 2026 candidate summaries, York University’s news report of February 27, 2024, The Local’s Ward 7 candidate page and The Green Line’s Ward 7 guide. The sitting Ward 7 councillor is Anthony Perruzza, listed on the City’s Members of Council page. He is on the City’s list of certified candidates and is seeking re-election.
Gaps. Her campaign website carries text that belongs to other campaigns: its About page has a heading about priorities for Scarborough and names a George Johnston and a Vanessa, and its Platform page invites ideas for Parkdale-High Park. None of that is used. The earlier Ward 7 run The Local mentions was not found in a source. Her degree, her roles and her organization’s programs come from her own materials and the sources above, and were not checked with the university or the organization. Her X and Facebook accounts load pages with no readable post text to a plain request. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Candidate for Councillor, Ward 7 Humber River-Black Creek
The City Clerk’s declaration of results lists Amanda Coombs with 2,282 votes, third among 3 candidates. Anthony Perruzza was elected. The match to this candidate rests on The Green Line’s report and the Downsview Advocate’s 2022 candidate list.
Founder and executive director, Back 2 Basickz Youth Support Services
York University’s news service names her as the founder and executive director of the organization, which began in the Jane and Finch neighbourhood in 2013 and opened a Scarborough centre in January 2024.
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When is the election Amanda Coombs is running in?
The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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