--- title: "Chiara Padovani: candidate for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/chiara-padovani" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:10:20.014Z" meta: description: "Chiara Padovani is a candidate for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results..." "og:description": "Chiara Padovani is a candidate for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results..." "og:title": "Chiara Padovani: candidate for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Chiara Padovani is a candidate for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results..." "twitter:title": "Chiara Padovani: candidate for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, Toronto 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston · Toronto 2026 # Chiara Padovani Candidate for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, second in the ward in 2022 by 94 votes. Chiara Padovani is a candidate for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows her second in this ward on October 24, 2022 with 9,983 votes, 94 fewer than the winner, and third in 2018 with 5,358 votes. Her campaign website describes her as a social worker and human rights activist who helped found the York South-Weston Tenant Union. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Chiara Padovani, from Chiara Padovani campaign.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/chiara-padovani-640.webp) *Chiara PadovaniCouncillorv.* [Image: Chiara Padovani campaign](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/about) 01 / Introduction ## About Chiara Padovani Chiara Padovani appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston. 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 chiarapadovani.ca. The City Clerk’s declaration of results for the October 24, 2022 general election lists Chiara Padovani second among 3 candidates for Councillor in Ward 5 York South-Weston, with 9,983 votes. Frances Nunziata was elected with 10,077 and Gabriel Takang had 1,107. The 3 declared totals add up to 21,167 votes, so her share was 47.2 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. The Clerk’s 2018 declaration lists her third among 5 candidates in the same ward with 5,358 votes of 24,518, a share of 21.9 percent calculated by voche.me. The Local reports that she ran in Ward 5 in both years, and her campaign website says she came within 94 votes of the incumbent in 2022, which ties both entries to her. Her campaign website says she is a human rights activist and social worker who works with the North York Harvest Food Bank, helped found the York South-Weston Tenant Union, and spent six years in Argentina and Ecuador working on human rights, specifically housing and women’s rights. It says that after 2022 she turned her campaign office into a community hub that she ran as a volunteer for over 3 years, and that she and her team ran a free tax clinic for seniors, stopped hundreds of evictions and saved tenants over $5 million in rent. Those are the campaign’s own claims, and voche.me has not checked them against another source. Her platform pages cover housing and tenant rights, safe roads and better transit, opportunities for youth, protecting homes from flooding, and main street revitalization. In her answers for the Toronto Public Library’s Know Your Vote T.O. project, which the library says candidates write themselves and it does not fact-check, she names housing as her first priority and says she would keep the TTC fare freeze and fare capping. 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 ### Housing and tenant rights Her campaign website lists an anti-AGI bylaw (AGI means an Above Guideline Increase, a rent rise above the yearly limit), rent control on all housing built on public land, penalties for landlords who skip repairs, more RentSafeTO inspectors, in-unit inspections, a tenant organizer in her constituency office, and City purchase of existing housing units to convert them to rent geared to income.
Read the full position This is the campaign’s platform. It is a pledge, and no record shows any of it done.
[Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Housing and Tenant Rights ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/housing) 02 ### Protecting homes from flooding Her campaign website lists permitting sewage ejection pumps in flood-plain homes, clearing the Black Creek Canal and sewers, a community emergency response plan for Rockcliffe-Smythe, a peer review of the design of the City’s $323 million Black Creek flood mitigation project, and a ban on new development in the flood plain.
Read the full position This is the campaign’s platform. It is a pledge.
[Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Protecting Homes from Flooding ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/flooding) 03 ### Safe roads and better transit Her campaign website says she has done road safety audits at five named intersections, and lists short-term fixes such as road paint, crosswalk signals and signs, and long-term fixes such as raised crosswalks and intersections and new sidewalks.
Read the full position This is the campaign’s account of its own work and its platform.
[Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Safe Roads and Better Transit ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/roads) 04 ### Youth opportunities Her campaign website lists opening schools to public use after school hours, cutting City recreation program waitlists, and creating youth jobs.
Read the full position This is the campaign’s platform. It is a pledge.
[Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Opportunities for Youth ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/youth) 05 ### Main street revitalization Her campaign website lists fines on landlords whose buildings repeatedly house illegal cannabis dispensaries, a Commercial Vacant Properties Tax, cleaner main streets, and bringing back the Weston Road Santa Claus Parade and the Weston Farmer’s Market.
Read the full position This is the campaign’s platform. It is a pledge.
[Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Mainstreet Revitalization ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/mainstreet) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates, the City Clerk’s declarations of results for 2022 and 2018, the home, Meet Chiara, Platform, Housing, Roads, Youth, Flooding and Mainstreet pages of her campaign website, her Know Your Vote T.O. page, The Local’s Ward 5 candidate page and The Green Line’s Ward 5 guide. Every statement taken from her campaign website or her Know Your Vote T.O. answers is written as the campaign’s own account. Her election results come from the City Clerk’s documents. Gaps. The Local reports that a 2024 video she posted on X made a statement about the Integrity Commissioner’s report on the sitting Councillor, and that unions and a political group endorsed her in 2026. voche.me did not open the video or an endorsement notice, so neither is repeated. Her website names no job dates, and the food bank, the tenant union and the claimed results of her community hub were not checked against another source. Her Facebook page loads only a sign-in screen to a plain request, so no post was read. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2018 Toronto municipal election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf) [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · home page](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/) [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Meet Chiara](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/about) [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Platform](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/platform) [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Housing and Tenant Rights](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/housing) [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Safe Roads and Better Transit](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/roads) [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Opportunities for Youth](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/youth) [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Protecting Homes from Flooding](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/flooding) [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Mainstreet Revitalization](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/mainstreet) [Know Your Vote T.O. · Ward 5 candidate page](https://knowyourvote.to/candidates/ward-5-york-south-weston-chiara-padovani) [The Local · Ward 5 York South-Weston candidates, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-5-york-south-weston-2026/) [The Green Line · Ward 5 York South-Weston guide, October 1, 2026](https://thegreenline.to/stories/toronto-municipal-election-ward-5-york-south-weston/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community Years not stated on her website ### Social worker, North York Harvest Food Bank Her campaign website says she works with the North York Harvest Food Bank as a social worker. The website gives no start date and voche.me did not check the food bank’s own pages. [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Meet Chiara](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/about) Dates not stated on her website ### Helped found the York South-Weston Tenant Union Her campaign website says she helped found the York South-Weston Tenant Union. The Local describes her as a former co-chair and one of its founders, citing her website. [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Meet Chiara](https://www.chiarapadovani.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 Chiara Padovani 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 Chiara Padovani's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Chiara Padovani? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Chiara Padovani's own campaign.
Does Chiara Padovani currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Chiara Padovani.
How many sources does this Chiara Padovani 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 Chiara Padovani's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Chiara Padovani 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 Chiara Padovani is running in? The 2026 Toronto 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 Toronto · list of certified candidates ](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election ](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2018 Toronto municipal election ](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/97da-2018clerksofficialdeclarationofresults.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · home page ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Meet Chiara ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/about)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Platform ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/platform)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Housing and Tenant Rights ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/housing)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Safe Roads and Better Transit ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/roads)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Opportunities for Youth ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/youth)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Protecting Homes from Flooding ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/flooding)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Chiara Padovani for York South-Weston · Mainstreet Revitalization ](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/mainstreet)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Know Your Vote T.O. · Ward 5 candidate page ](https://knowyourvote.to/candidates/ward-5-york-south-weston-chiara-padovani)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Ward 5 York South-Weston candidates, updated September 21, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-5-york-south-weston-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Green Line · Ward 5 York South-Weston guide, October 1, 2026 ](https://thegreenline.to/stories/toronto-municipal-election-ward-5-york-south-weston/)Checked October 4, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Chiara Padovani campaign website](https://www.chiarapadovani.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Aanchal Vashistha**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/aanchal-vashistha) [Councillor**Aaron Lal**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/aaron-lal) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Chiara Padovani 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/toronto-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.