--- title: "Paul Collins: candidate for mayor, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/paul-collins" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:09:43.259Z" meta: description: "Paul Collins is on the City of Toronto's list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 18, 2026. His campaign website describes..." "og:description": "Paul Collins is on the City of Toronto's list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 18, 2026. His campaign website describes..." "og:title": "Paul Collins: candidate for mayor, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Paul Collins is on the City of Toronto's list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 18, 2026. His campaign website describes..." "twitter:title": "Paul Collins: candidate for mayor, Toronto 2026" --- ** Mayor · Toronto 2026 # Paul Collins Author and freelance commercial director running for Mayor again. Paul Collins is on the City of Toronto's list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on August 18, 2026. His campaign website describes him as a freelance commercial director and author and lists ten election promises. The City's declaration of results gives him 168 votes in the 2023 mayoral by-election. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Paul Collins, from Paul Collins campaign, via X.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/paul-collins-640.webp) *Paul CollinsMayorv.* [Image: Paul Collins campaign, via X](https://x.com/Collins416Mayor) 01 / Introduction ## About Paul Collins Paul Collins appears on the City of Toronto's list of certified candidates for Mayor. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as August 18, 2026. His campaign website says he is a freelance commercial director and author who has also worked as a film technician, and that he has worked on municipal campaigns since 1997. The Local describes him as an author and freelance commercial director who ran for mayor in 2023. These are his own statements, and voche.me has not checked them against another source. The City's declaration of results for the 2023 mayoral by-election lists a Paul Collins with 168 votes. The Local confirms that this candidate ran for mayor in 2023. 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 ### Stock market listing rules His website says companies that own property should not be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, to address the affordability crisis, and that medicines and products with addictive ingredients should not be listed, to fight the opioid crisis. The Local notes that this is not within the scope of the mayor's powers. [Paul Collins campaign website ](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/) 02 ### TTC His website pledges that the TTC, Toronto's public transit system, will not be privatized. It also proposes a subway that runs more often and 24 hours a day, with a $1 subway-only fare as one idea, and building the Sheppard subway out to the Toronto Zoo. [Paul Collins campaign website ](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/) 03 ### Tax incentives for touring stage shows His website proposes the same tax incentives that film and television productions get for touring Broadway stage companies, and says empty theatres in the city would gain from more visitors. [Paul Collins campaign website ](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/) 04 ### Paid internships His website proposes a paid 14-week internship for at least one year of high school, and paid internships for college and university students. [Paul Collins campaign website ](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/) 05 ### Toronto as its own province His website proposes championing Toronto becoming its own province, and until then asking the Province of Ontario to pay homeless and transit costs. It gives no cost figure. [Paul Collins campaign website ](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto's list of certified candidates, the home page of the campaign website he gave the City, the City's declaration of results for the 2023 mayoral by-election, and The Local's candidate page. His proposals come from his campaign website and are written here as his campaign's proposals. Gaps. The website names no employer or date for most of his past work, and voche.me found no independent record of it. The website's heading still shows a 2023 slogan on the page's top line, and its body text is for 2026. The two X accounts the website names were not opened. A web search for his name returned The Local, election trackers and his X account, and no news report with his own words. No public role is on the profile. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Toronto · list of certified candidates](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/elections/candidate-list/) [The Local · Toronto Mayoral Candidates 2026 (updated as of September 21, 2026)](https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayoral-candidates-2026/) [Paul Collins campaign website](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/) [City of Toronto · Declaration of Results, 2023 By-Election for Mayor](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8eef-Declaration-of-Results-for-the-2023-Toronto-By-Election-for-Mayor-Final.pdf) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2023 ### Candidate in the Toronto mayoral by-election The City's declaration of results lists a Paul Collins with 168 votes. [City of Toronto · Declaration of Results, 2023 By-Election for Mayor](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8eef-Declaration-of-Results-for-the-2023-Toronto-By-Election-for-Mayor-Final.pdf) Dates as given on the site ### Freelance commercial director and film technician His campaign website says he freelances as a commercial director and film technician, directed a 2002 documentary called Just Talk and has worked on municipal campaigns since 1997. voche.me found no other source for these statements. [Paul Collins campaign website](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/) 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 Paul Collins 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 Paul Collins's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Paul Collins? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Paul Collins's own campaign.
Does Paul Collins currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Paul Collins.
How many sources does this Paul Collins profile cite? This profile lists 4 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Paul Collins's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Paul Collins 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 Paul Collins is running in? The 2026 Toronto municipal election, including the Mayor 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 - [The Local · Toronto Mayoral Candidates 2026 (updated as of September 21, 2026) ](https://thelocal.to/toronto-mayoral-candidates-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Paul Collins campaign website ](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [City of Toronto · Declaration of Results, 2023 By-Election for Mayor ](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/8eef-Declaration-of-Results-for-the-2023-Toronto-By-Election-for-Mayor-Final.pdf)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. [Paul Collins campaign website](https://authorpaulcollinstorontomayor.weebly.com/) [Paul Collins on X (@Collins416Mayor)](https://twitter.com/Collins416Mayor) [Paul Collins on X (@authorpcollins)](https://x.com/authorpcollins) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates) [Mayor**Alex Cruze**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/alex-cruze) [Mayor**Alton Frederick**](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/alton-frederick) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Paul Collins 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.