--- title: "Nicole Daneshvar: candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/nicole-daneshvar" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:10:10.358Z" meta: description: "Nicole Daneshvar is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on August 17, 2026...." "og:description": "Nicole Daneshvar is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on August 17, 2026...." "og:title": "Nicole Daneshvar: candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Nicole Daneshvar is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on August 17, 2026...." "twitter:title": "Nicole Daneshvar: candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, Toronto 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale · Toronto 2026 # Nicole Daneshvar Candidate for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a campaign platform on open records and transit data. Nicole Daneshvar is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 18 Willowdale, with a nomination filed on August 17, 2026. Her campaign website, which the City list does not show, says she is a member of the Law Society and chairs Heritage Beyond Borders. Its platform pledges a public ward dashboard, quarterly town halls and replies to residents within 48 hours. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 Nicole DaneshvarToronto municipal election *Nicole DaneshvarCouncillorv.* 01 / Introduction ## About Nicole Daneshvar Nicole Daneshvar 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 August 17, 2026 and no campaign website. The Local’s Ward 18 tracker links votefordaneshvar.com as her website. Her About page, the campaign’s own statement, calls her a community advocate, humanitarian, media professional and public servant with “nearly two decades” of service across Toronto. It says she has been a member of the Law Society since 2008, is a Notary Public and serves as Chair of Heritage Beyond Borders. The Local’s tracker says she is a licensed paralegal, that her website says she chairs Heritage Beyond Borders, and that on Instagram she says she is a public relations representative for the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada. voche.me did not check these roles with the Law Society or the organizations. Her platform page sets out three pillars: accountability and transparency, data-driven systems, and community and liveability. It names specific commitments: a public ward dashboard tracking spending, service requests and commitments, quarterly town halls in person and online, a reply to every constituent inquiry within 48 hours, and support for affordable housing that does not sacrifice neighbourhood character. These are the campaign’s statements. 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 ### Open records and answers, as her campaign states Her Platform page says she will publish a public ward dashboard tracking spending, service requests and commitments, hold quarterly town halls, and answer every constituent inquiry within 48 hours. [Nicole Daneshvar · Platform ](https://votefordaneshvar.com/platform) 02 ### Transit and city services, as her campaign states Her Platform page says she will advocate for real-time transit data and better TTC service on key Ward 18 corridors, and push for infrastructure maintenance that fixes things before they fail. [Nicole Daneshvar · Platform ](https://votefordaneshvar.com/platform) 03 ### Housing, green space and small business, as her campaign states Her Platform page says she will protect and expand green space, support affordable housing that does not sacrifice neighbourhood character, back small businesses on the Yonge Street corridor, and fund newcomer and multilingual services. [Nicole Daneshvar · Platform ](https://votefordaneshvar.com/platform) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates and Members of Council page, three pages of her campaign website (home, About Nicole and Platform), 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 her profile. Every statement taken from her campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account. The City’s list shows no website for her. The Local’s tracker links votefordaneshvar.com as her website, and its pages carry her 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. Her Law Society membership, notary status and organization roles were not checked with the Law Society or the organizations. Her Instagram profile opened and returned only a summary, so nothing from it is used. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [Nicole Daneshvar · campaign home page](https://votefordaneshvar.com/) [Nicole Daneshvar · About Nicole](https://votefordaneshvar.com/about) [Nicole Daneshvar · Platform](https://votefordaneshvar.com/platform) [The Local · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-18-willowdale-2026/) [Build Canada · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate page](https://www.buildcanada.com/toronto/vote/2026/wards/18) [TTCriders · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate responses](https://www.ttcriders.ca/2026ward18) [The Green Line · Find your ward councillor candidates at these Toronto events](https://thegreenline.to/stories/find-councillor-candidate-toronto-2026/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community ### Background not supplied Work, public service and community involvement will appear here when supplied. No experience has been added to this profile. 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 Nicole Daneshvar 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 Nicole Daneshvar's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Nicole Daneshvar? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Nicole Daneshvar's own campaign.
Does Nicole Daneshvar currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Nicole Daneshvar.
How many sources does this Nicole Daneshvar 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 Nicole Daneshvar's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Nicole Daneshvar 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 Nicole Daneshvar 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 - [Nicole Daneshvar · campaign home page ](https://votefordaneshvar.com/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Nicole Daneshvar · About Nicole ](https://votefordaneshvar.com/about)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Nicole Daneshvar · Platform ](https://votefordaneshvar.com/platform)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-18-willowdale-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Build Canada · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate page ](https://www.buildcanada.com/toronto/vote/2026/wards/18)Checked October 4, 2026 - [TTCriders · Ward 18 Willowdale candidate responses ](https://www.ttcriders.ca/2026ward18)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Green Line · Find your ward councillor candidates at these Toronto events ](https://thegreenline.to/stories/find-councillor-candidate-toronto-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. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Nicole Daneshvar campaign website](https://votefordaneshvar.com/) ## 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 Nicole Daneshvar 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.