--- title: "Nicki Ward: candidate for Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/nicki-ward" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:10:05.695Z" meta: description: "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 th..." "og:description": "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 th..." "og:title": "Nicki Ward: candidate for Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "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 th..." "twitter:title": "Nicki Ward: candidate for Councillor in Ward 13 Toronto Centre, Toronto 2026" --- ** 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. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Nicki Ward, from Qtarchive, via Wikimedia Commons.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/nicki-ward-640.webp) *Nicki WardCouncillorv.* [Image: Qtarchive, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicki_Ward_original_unedited_background.jpg) [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) 01 / Introduction ## 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. 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 ### 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.
Read the full position This is the campaign’s own statement, and the page gives no specific benchmarks.
[Nicki Ward · Effective ](https://www.nickiward.ca/effective) 02 ### 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.
Read the full position 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 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-13-toronto-centre-2026/) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf) Research status ## 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. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf) [Nicki Ward · campaign home page](https://www.NickiWard.ca/) [Nicki Ward · Qualified](https://www.nickiward.ca/qualified) [Nicki Ward · Effective](https://www.nickiward.ca/effective) [The Local · Ward 13 Toronto Centre candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-13-toronto-centre-2026/) [TTCriders · Ward 13 Toronto Centre candidate responses](https://www.ttcriders.ca/2026ward13) [The Eyeopener · Town hall talks transit ahead of municipal election, September 29, 2026](https://theeyeopener.com/2026/09/town-hall-talks-transit-ahead-of-municipal-election/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2022, as published by the City Clerk ### Candidate for Councillor, Ward 13 Toronto Centre The City Clerk’s declaration of results lists Nicki Ward second with 3,940 votes of 21,568, and The Local ties that result to this candidate. [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf) Not dated on her website ### 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](https://www.nickiward.ca/qualified) 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 Nicki Ward 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 Nicki Ward's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Nicki Ward? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Nicki Ward's own campaign.
Does Nicki Ward currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Nicki Ward.
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.
Why do some questions on Nicki Ward's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Nicki Ward 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 Nicki Ward is running in? The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Councillor 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 - [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2022 Toronto municipal election ](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9085-FinalDeclaration-of-Results-for-the-2022-Toronto-Municipal-Election.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Nicki Ward · campaign home page ](https://www.NickiWard.ca/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Nicki Ward · Qualified ](https://www.nickiward.ca/qualified)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Nicki Ward · Effective ](https://www.nickiward.ca/effective)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Ward 13 Toronto Centre candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-13-toronto-centre-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [TTCriders · Ward 13 Toronto Centre candidate responses ](https://www.ttcriders.ca/2026ward13)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Eyeopener · Town hall talks transit ahead of municipal election, September 29, 2026 ](https://theeyeopener.com/2026/09/town-hall-talks-transit-ahead-of-municipal-election/)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. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Nicki Ward campaign website](https://www.NickiWard.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Aanchal Vashistha**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/aanchal-vashistha) [Councillor**Aaron Lal**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/aaron-lal) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Nicki Ward 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.