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Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre · Toronto 2026

Nicki Ward

Candidate for Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre, who finished second in the ward in 2022.

Nicki Ward is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026 and the campaign website NickiWard.ca. The City Clerk’s declaration of results shows a Nicki Ward second in Ward 13 on October 24, 2022 with 3,940 votes, behind Chris Moise with 10,457, and The Local ties that result to this candidate.

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About Nicki Ward

Nicki Ward appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre. 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 NickiWard.ca.

The City Clerk’s declaration of results for the October 24, 2022 general election lists Nicki Ward second among 9 candidates for Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre, with 3,940 votes. Chris Moise was first with 10,457 and was marked elected. The 9 declared totals add up to 21,568 votes, so her share was 18.3 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. The Local’s Ward 13 tracker says that in 2022 she came second to Chris Moise in this ward, which ties the City’s entry to this candidate. The Local also says she ran for council before in University-Rosedale and as a Green Party candidate in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. voche.me did not check those earlier races.

Her website’s Qualified page, the campaign’s own statement, lists a role as chief executive of Canada’s largest housing co-operative, which it describes as 1,000 residents and a capital budget of $100 million, executive board experience in the private, non-profit and public sectors, and senior management work in the health and financial sectors. The Local gives its own description: a former president of a large housing co-op in Toronto Centre, a former board member of The 519 and a former insurance executive. voche.me did not check these roles with the organizations.

Her Effective page, the campaign’s own statement, says that as Councillor she would hold City departments and initiatives to objective benchmarks for success or failure, and it names accountability as the core of the job. The Local reports that she supports abstinence-based rehabilitation for people who use drugs instead of harm reduction, wants the federal government to put 5 percent of its National Housing Strategy budget toward housing co-ops in Toronto, and wants the City to track and audit incidents on the TTC.

The Eyeopener reported on September 29, 2026 that she is one of 73 signers of a TTCriders pledge to keep transit affordable. TTCriders’ page of Ward 13 candidate responses lists her as answering Yes to each of its 18 questions. That page is TTCriders’ record.

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Priorities & positions

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Accountability for City departments, as stated by her campaign

Her Effective page says she would hold City departments and initiatives to objective benchmarks for success or failure.

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This is the campaign’s own statement, and the page gives no specific benchmarks.

Nicki Ward · Effective
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Housing co-operatives and transit safety, as reported by The Local

The Local reports that she wants the federal government to put 5 percent of its National Housing Strategy budget toward housing co-ops in Toronto and wants the City to track and audit incidents on the TTC.

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This is The Local’s summary of her platform. voche.me did not open the pages it draws on.

The Local · Ward 13 Toronto Centre candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026

What voche.me has checked

Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, the City Clerk’s declaration of results for 2022, four pages of her campaign website (home page, Authentic, Qualified and Effective), The Local’s Ward 13 tracker, TTCriders’ page of Ward 13 candidate responses and The Eyeopener on a transit town hall. No public office is on record in her profile. The sitting Ward 13 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Chris Moise, who is also a candidate. The 11 candidates for Ward 13 on the City’s list are Chris Moise, Cleveland Marshall, Curran Stikuts, Daniel Tate, Joe Cadeau, Morgan Harris, Nicki Ward, Norman MacLeod, Tom Cai, Victoria Davis and Walied Khogali Ali. Every statement taken from her campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account.

Gaps. The 2019 and 2021 federal races and the earlier University-Rosedale race come from The Local only, and voche.me did not check them against Elections Canada or the City. Her housing co-op and board roles come from her website and The Local and were not checked with the organizations. Her X and YouTube accounts returned page shells with no readable posts. Her website also carries personal details, which voche.me leaves out. The questionnaire has not been sent.

Experience & community

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Chief executive of a housing co-operative, as stated by her campaign

Her Qualified page describes the role as leading Canada’s largest housing co-operative, with 1,000 residents and a capital budget of $100 million. voche.me did not check this with the co-operative.

Nicki Ward · Qualified

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Does Nicki Ward currently hold public office?

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How many sources does this Nicki Ward profile cite?

This profile lists 8 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.

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When is the election Nicki Ward is running in?

The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.

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