Actress and flood-protection organizer running for Mayor on co-operative housing and a two-year property tax freeze.
Sarah McVie is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Mayor, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. NOW Toronto and The Local describe her as an actress best known for the CBC comedy Workin’ Moms. Her campaign website lists co-operative housing on City-owned land, a two-year property tax freeze, infrastructure work and community-led planning.
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Sarah McVie 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 May 1, 2026 and gives the campaign website mayormcvie.ca. The website carries her name and describes her campaign as grassroots and non-partisan, which are the campaign’s own words.
NOW Toronto reported on May 11, 2026 that she is best known for playing Val on the CBC series Workin’ Moms, and that she received three Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series, in 2021, 2022 and 2024. voche.me read a summary of that article and did not check the nominations with the awarding body. The Local adds that she is an organizer with the Black Creek Flood Coalition, a group of Black Creek residents who ask the City for flood protection and for help with the cost of flood damage.
NOW Toronto quotes her as saying that neighbours all over the city tell her they do not feel heard and that there is a disconnect between leadership and residents. The article says her campaign centres on courage, cooperation and innovation, and on listening to residents in every ward before proposing solutions. Her campaign website uses the same three words and calls for accountability, power and resources for residents. Her campaign website also announces an event on October 6, 2026 at Water to Wine, the first day of advance voting.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
Her campaign website says that in the first 60 days she would inventory City-owned buildings for housing redevelopment, release them for co-operative ownership models, clear the co-operative housing waitlist, and pilot grocery co-operatives and vertical farms.
The website says at least two thirds of new government housing transfer funding should go to non-market projects.
Her campaign website says she would work with all levels of government to upgrade Toronto’s infrastructure, create jobs and train workers, and turn the decommissioned Scarborough RT line into a park called the Scarborough Sky Line.
Mayor McVie · PlatformHer campaign website says she would freeze property taxes for two years, run a core services review, and add revenue from a ride-share congestion charge, stormwater fees, energy capture from waste and an increase in the vacant home tax to 7 percent. It also says she would pilot Free TTC Fridays.
Mayor McVie · PlatformHer campaign website says she would fund community-led planning in every neighbourhood by 2030, run public education campaigns, and publish performance dashboards with targets for congestion, housing, transit, repairs and service times.
Mayor McVie · PlatformEvidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, the home page and Platform page of the campaign website she gave the City, a summary of a NOW Toronto article of May 11, 2026, The Local’s candidate page, and the sign-in pages of her Instagram and Facebook accounts. Her plans come from her campaign website and are written here as her campaign’s proposals.
Gaps. The NOW Toronto article was read through a page-summary tool, so the saved copy is a summary and not the full text, and its Canadian Screen Award nominations were not checked with the awarding body. The Black Creek Flood Coalition role comes from The Local only. The Instagram and Facebook pages showed a sign-in page, so no post is used and the Instagram video The Local describes was not seen. Statements on the Platform page about housing waitlist numbers, tax increases and federal funding are hers and were not checked against City or federal records. No City or school board role is on her profile. The questionnaire has not been sent.
NOW Toronto reports that she played Val on the CBC series Workin’ Moms and received three Canadian Screen Award nominations. voche.me did not check the nominations with the awarding body.
NOW Toronto · Sarah McVie made us laugh on TV, now she wants to lead Toronto as mayor, May 11, 2026The Local reports that she is an organizer with the coalition. voche.me did not find a page from the coalition that names her.
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