Candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, an information technology professional.
Nathan Yusifov is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. His campaign website says he has worked in information technology and project management for companies including AT&T, IBM, Dell and HP, and holds two Master’s degrees. Its policy pages cover housing, taxes, transit and safety.
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Nathan Yusifov appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 1, 2026 and no campaign website. The Local’s Ward 18 tracker links yusifov.ca as his website.
His About page, the campaign’s own statement, says he holds Master’s degrees in Radioelectronics and Applied Mathematics, built a career in information technology and project management with companies including AT&T, IBM, Dell and HP, and has also worked as an actor. The Local’s tracker says he describes himself as an information technology professional who has worked for AT&T and IBM. voche.me did not check his degrees or employment with the universities or the companies.
His policy pages, the campaign’s own statements, say density must come with proper planning and that developers should pay their share toward parks, recreation centres, childcare spaces and roads. They say tax increases have become the default answer to budget pressure and that core services should come first, and they call for transit priority lanes and better scheduling. On safety they list better lighting, responsive City services and active community spaces.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
His Housing page says new housing must come with proper planning, and that developers should pay their share toward parks, recreation centres, childcare spaces and roads.
Nathan Yusifov · Housing policyHis Taxes page says core services should come first and that tax increases have become the default answer to budget pressure, and calls for efficiency and transparency in spending.
Nathan Yusifov · Taxes policyHis Transit page calls for transit priority lanes, better scheduling and closer coordination between City planning and the TTC.
Nathan Yusifov · Transit policyHis Safety page says safety depends on better lighting, responsive City services, active community spaces and thoughtful planning.
Nathan Yusifov · Safety policyEvidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates and Members of Council page, six pages of his campaign website (home, About, Housing, Taxes, Transit and Safety), The Local’s Ward 18 tracker, Build Canada’s Ward 18 page, TTCriders’ Ward 18 page and The Green Line’s list of ward debates. No public office is on record in his profile. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account. The City’s list shows no website for him. The Local’s tracker links yusifov.ca as his website, and its pages carry his name and the Ward 18 race.
Ward context. The sitting Ward 18 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Lily Cheng, who is also a candidate. The 6 candidates for Ward 18 on the City’s list are Lily Cheng, Nicole Daneshvar, David Magazzinich, Hamid Shakeri, Nathan Yusifov and Ardeshir Zarezade. The City Clerk’s 2022 results for Ward 18 list 4 candidates: Lily Cheng (8,337 votes, elected), Markus O’Brien Fehr (6,709), Daniel Lee (4,617) and Elham Shahban (318). Of the other five 2026 candidates, none appears by name anywhere in the Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results. Build Canada’s Ward 18 page says no candidate had answered its questionnaire, and TTCriders’ page records no response from any of the five candidates it lists for the 18 questions it asked. The Green Line’s list of ward debates names none for Ward 18. A name search returned a mention of an all-candidates debate registration for Ward 18, but the page carrying it was not opened, so voche.me states no date, host or attendance.
Gaps. The Local’s tracker reports that a website and flyers about the incumbent’s record on drug policy are linked to him, and says he did not reply to its request for comment. voche.me found no second source and no response from him, and leaves that matter out. His Endorsements page names endorsers. voche.me did not check any of them with the people or organizations named. His degrees and employment were not checked. His social media accounts were not found on his site and were not searched for. TTCriders’ page lists five Ward 18 candidates and he is not among them. Build Canada’s page lists no questionnaire answers from him. The questionnaire has not been sent.
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