About Hong Xiao
Hong Xiao appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 17 Don Valley North. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 19, 2026.
The Local’s candidate tracker, updated as of September 21, 2026, says no information could be found online about this candidate and that no platform is available. voche.me searched for the name and found no campaign website, statement or news report that it could confirm belongs to this candidate. TTCriders’ page of Ward 17 candidate responses does not list this candidate. Searches for the name also return pages about other people with similar names, and no source links any of them to this campaign.
Priorities & positions
Campaign-source summarySummarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
No platform positions have been supplied.
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, The Local’s Ward 17 tracker and TTCriders’ page of Ward 17 candidate responses. Name, office and nomination date are as the City prints them.
Ward context. The sitting Ward 17 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Shelley Carroll, who is also a candidate. The 7 candidates for Ward 17 on the City’s list are Hassan Mubarak Noor Mohamed, Hong Xiao, Jeffery Adamson, Jethro Adir Kavod, Roy Samathanam, Sabrina Zuniga and Shelley Carroll. The City Clerk’s 2022 results for Ward 17 list 6 candidates: Shelley Carroll (12,897 votes, elected), Daryl Christoff (2,429), Calvin Xu (1,367), Angela Lindow (577), Justin Knott (409) and Sandakie Ekanayake (286). A search for a 2026 debate or all-candidates meeting in the ward found none. The Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results holds no entry under this surname, so no 2022 result is attached to this candidate.
Gaps. The City’s list shows no campaign website for this candidate. Web searches for the name found no page that belongs to the candidate. Empty sections record that nothing was verified. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Experience & community
Background not supplied
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Questions for the candidate
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Is this an official page for Hong Xiao?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Hong Xiao's own campaign.
Does Hong Xiao currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Hong Xiao.
How many sources does this Hong Xiao profile cite?
This profile lists 3 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Hong Xiao's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Hong Xiao 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 Hong Xiao is running in?
The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
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 Checked
- The Local · Ward 17 Don Valley North candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026 Checked
- TTCriders · Ward 17 Don Valley North candidate responses Checked
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