Sitting Councillor for Ward 16 Don Valley East, seeking re-election.
Jon Burnside is the City of Toronto’s Councillor for Ward 16 Don Valley East, and his City profile says he was elected in 2022 and was Councillor for the former Ward 26 Don Valley West from 2014 to 2018. His nomination for 2026 was filed on June 2, 2026. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows him winning the ward on October 24, 2022 with 8,147 votes, the most of 11 candidates.
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Jon Burnside appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 16 Don Valley East. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as June 2, 2026 and the campaign website jonburnside.ca.
The City’s Members of Council page lists Councillor Jon Burnside for Ward 16 Don Valley East. His City profile, which ends with the line “Information provided by the Councillor”, says he was elected in 2022 and that he was City Councillor for the previous Ward 26 (Don Valley West) from 2014 to 2018. It lists his committees and boards as the General Government Committee, North York Community Council and the Housing Services Corporation, and the Wexford Heights Business Improvement Area. The profile page shows July 31, 2026 as its modification date. CBC News reported in 2022 that he lost the 2018 race to fellow incumbent Jaye Robinson after the province cut the council from 47 to 25 wards.
The City Clerk’s declaration of results for the October 24, 2022 general election lists Jon Burnside first among 11 candidates for Councillor in Ward 16 Don Valley East, with 8,147 votes, marked elected. Stephen Ksiazek was second with 3,778. The 11 declared totals add up to 18,234 votes, so his share was 44.7 percent and Ksiazek’s was 20.7 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures.
His City profile, text he supplied, says he served 10 years as a Toronto Police officer, started a healthy food delivery service that he operated in the Greater Toronto Area for 14 years until his election, and led the creation of a free house league hockey program in Flemingdon Park. voche.me did not check these with the police service. His campaign website, the campaign’s own statement, adds that he was Manager, Strategic Initiatives at the City of Toronto, where it says he led the City’s encampment office, and lists board and committee memberships with community groups.
The Local’s candidate tracker, written by that outlet’s journalists, says that this term he voted against the RapidTO Surface Network Transit Plan, and voted against asking the province to let people who are unhoused receive the shelter part of their benefits. It also says that in the 2024 budget he moved to ask the TTC to consider raising fares, which failed, and that he passed a motion to ask the City to look into maximum fines after a construction bin blocked a bike lane. These are The Local’s accounts. The City’s decisions site refused the request (HTTP 403), so voche.me did not read the City’s record of any of these votes and cites none.
His campaign site describes a record in the 2022 to 2026 term and says he “was not a member of Mayor Chow’s inner circle”. It states that Council approved his motion that makes Canada’s flag the only country’s flag flown at City Hall. Those are the campaign’s own statements. TTCriders’ page of Ward 16 candidate responses shows No Response beside his name for each of its 18 questions.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
His Delivering Results page says the City must stop taking on provincial and federal duties so it can focus on core responsibilities such as road maintenance, parks and emergency services.
This is the campaign’s own statement.
His campaign says it promotes a renewed vision for the Ontario Science Centre site that addresses local concerns about liveability and creates new uses for education, recreation and the community.
Jon Burnside · Delivering ResultsHis campaign says Toronto police leadership must do better in meeting residents’ needs, and that the TTC must be a safe, reliable and efficient transit system.
Jon Burnside · Delivering ResultsHis Why Jon page lists a 24-hour callback guarantee, personal conversations with residents, on-site meetings with City staff, and a constituency office in the ward.
Jon Burnside · Why JonEvidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, its Members of Council page and Councillor Burnside’s profile, the City Clerk’s declaration of results for 2022, four pages of his campaign website (home page, Bio, Delivering Results and Why Jon), CBC News from 2022, The Local’s Ward 16 tracker and TTCriders’ page of Ward 16 candidate responses. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account.
Ward context. The sitting Ward 16 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Jon Burnside, who is also a candidate. The 4 candidates for Ward 16 on the City’s list are Jon Burnside, Sinan Erdemir, Didi Moffat and Stacey Moffatt. The City Clerk’s 2022 results for Ward 16 list 11 candidates: Jon Burnside (8,147 votes, elected), Stephen Ksiazek (3,778), Jonathan Mousley (1,282), Colin Mahovlich (1,059), Samina Alim (945), Stella Kargiannakis (700), Walter Alvarez-Bardales (616), Nick Pachis (579), Dimitre Popov (549), John Simms (410) and George Asimakis (169). A search for a 2026 debate or all-candidates meeting in the ward found none.
Gaps. The City’s decisions site refused the request (HTTP 403), so no recorded vote is cited from the City. The votes in this record come from The Local’s account and are labelled as its own. The Local gives no counts. His campaign’s statements about the flag motion, the Safety Hub, the Summer Youth Academy and the police funding plan were not checked against Council records. His campaign site links no social media account. A Facebook page named for him was opened and showed only his name. No 2026 debate or all-candidates meeting for the ward was found. The questionnaire has not been sent.
The City’s Members of Council page lists him as the Ward 16 Councillor. His City profile says he was elected in 2022 and lists his committee and board seats.
City of Toronto · Councillor Jon BurnsideHis City profile, text he supplied, gives these years. CBC News reported in 2022 that he lost the 2018 race to fellow incumbent Jaye Robinson. voche.me read no City page that gives his start date for this role.
City of Toronto · Councillor Jon BurnsideHis City profile, text he supplied, gives 10 years of service. voche.me did not check this with the police service.
City of Toronto · Councillor Jon BurnsideProposed 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.
Ask Jon Burnside directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
Facts voche.me can state about Jon Burnside's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Jon Burnside's own campaign.
Yes. Jon Burnside currently serves as City Councillor, Ward 16 Don Valley East.
This profile lists 11 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Jon Burnside 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.
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