--- title: "Imad Abdulkadir: candidate for mayor, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/imad-abdulkadir" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:09:40.404Z" meta: description: "Imad Abdulkadir is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 14, 2026. The City's list shows no ca..." "og:description": "Imad Abdulkadir is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 14, 2026. The City's list shows no ca..." "og:title": "Imad Abdulkadir: candidate for mayor, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Imad Abdulkadir is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 14, 2026. The City's list shows no ca..." "twitter:title": "Imad Abdulkadir: candidate for mayor, Toronto 2026" --- ** Mayor · Toronto 2026 # Imad Abdulkadir Artist and community organizer running for Mayor on affordability, safety and access. Imad Abdulkadir is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 14, 2026. The City's list shows no campaign website. The Local reports that the campaign focuses on affordability, safety on the TTC and access for people with physical access needs and mental illness. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Imad Abdulkadir, from Imad Abdulkadir campaign, via imadbutalsohappy.ca.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/imad-abdulkadir-640.webp) *Imad AbdulkadirMayorv.* [Image: Imad Abdulkadir campaign, via imadbutalsohappy.ca](https://imadbutalsohappy.ca/) 01 / Introduction ## About Imad Abdulkadir Imad Abdulkadir appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Mayor. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 14, 2026 and gives no campaign website. The Local's candidate page, updated as of September 21, 2026, says Imad Abdulkadir describes themselves as a multidisciplinary artist who makes musical mashups under the alias Mad.I.M. It also says they are involved with Campaign for Community (C4C), an organization founded at the University of Toronto that “seeks to bring together and build community,” and that they are interested in turning it into a non-profit organization. These are the candidate's own descriptions as The Local reports them, and voche.me did not confirm them with another source. 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 ### Affordability The Local reports that the campaign is focused on increasing affordability in Toronto. [The Local · Toronto Mayoral Candidates 2026 (updated as of September 21, 2026) ](https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayoral-candidates-2026/) 02 ### Safety on Toronto streets and the TTC The Local reports that the campaign is focused on making Toronto and the TTC safer. [The Local · Toronto Mayoral Candidates 2026 (updated as of September 21, 2026) ](https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayoral-candidates-2026/) 03 ### Access for people with physical access needs and mental illness The Local reports that the campaign is focused on making the city more accessible for people with physical access needs and mental illness. [The Local · Toronto Mayoral Candidates 2026 (updated as of September 21, 2026) ](https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayoral-candidates-2026/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto's list of certified candidates and The Local's candidate page for the 2026 mayoral race. Name, office and nomination date are as the City prints them. The biography and the three priorities come only from The Local's summary of the candidate's campaign. Gaps. The City's list shows no campaign website, and no campaign statement written by the candidate was found. The Local's description of the platform is a summary by the outlet and may not carry the candidate's own wording. The C4C organization and the alias Mad.I.M were not found on a page of their own. No public role is on the profile. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [The Local · Toronto Mayoral Candidates 2026 (updated as of September 21, 2026)](https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayoral-candidates-2026/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community Dates not given ### Involved with Campaign for Community (C4C) The Local reports that Imad Abdulkadir is involved with C4C, an organization founded at the University of Toronto, and wants to turn it into a non-profit organization. voche.me did not find a page of the organization itself. [The Local · Toronto Mayoral Candidates 2026 (updated as of September 21, 2026)](https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayoral-candidates-2026/) 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 Imad Abdulkadir 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 Imad Abdulkadir's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Imad Abdulkadir? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Imad Abdulkadir's own campaign.
Does Imad Abdulkadir currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Imad Abdulkadir.
How many sources does this Imad Abdulkadir profile cite? This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Imad Abdulkadir's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Imad Abdulkadir 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 Imad Abdulkadir is running in? The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Mayor 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 - [The Local · Toronto Mayoral Candidates 2026 (updated as of September 21, 2026) ](https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayoral-candidates-2026/)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. Verified website, social and contact links will appear here when supplied. No campaign links supplied yet. ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Mayor**Alex Cruze**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/alex-cruze) [Mayor**Alton Frederick**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/alton-frederick) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Imad Abdulkadir 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.