--- title: "Shawn Allen: candidate for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park, Toronto 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/candidates/shawn-allen" last_updated: "2026-10-10T04:10:17.835Z" meta: description: "Shawn Allen is a candidate for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. He ran in the 2025 by-election and fin..." "og:description": "Shawn Allen is a candidate for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. He ran in the 2025 by-election and fin..." "og:title": "Shawn Allen: candidate for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park, Toronto 2026" "twitter:description": "Shawn Allen is a candidate for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. He ran in the 2025 by-election and fin..." "twitter:title": "Shawn Allen: candidate for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park, Toronto 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park · Toronto 2026 # Shawn Allen Mortgage broker and business association past president, running for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park. Shawn Allen is a candidate for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park, with a nomination filed on May 1, 2026. He ran in the 2025 by-election and finished third of 20 candidates with 2,934 votes, 15.2 percent of the votes counted, according to the City Clerk's declaration of results. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Shawn Allen, from Shawn Allen campaign.](https://voche.me/on/toronto-2026/images/candidates/shawn-allen-640.webp) *Shawn AllenCouncillorv.* [Image: Shawn Allen campaign](https://electshawnallen.ca/) 01 / Introduction ## About Shawn Allen Shawn Allen appears on the City of Toronto's list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as May 1, 2026 and gives his campaign website, electshawnallen.ca. voche.me treats that site as the campaign's own statement. The City Clerk's declaration of results for the September 29, 2025 by-election lists him third among 20 candidates for Councillor in Ward 25, with 2,934 votes. Neethan Shan was elected with 5,174 and Anu Sriskandarajah was second with 3,374. The 20 declared totals add up to 19,260 votes, so Allen's share was 15.2 percent, calculated by voche.me from those figures. His campaign website, the campaign's own account, says he founded Matrix Mortgage Global in 2008, is Vice President of the East Scarborough Boys and Girls Club and is the former President of the Scarborough Business Association. The Local's 2026 tracker, updated September 21, 2026, describes him as a mortgage broker who founded Matrix Mortgage Global, says the Financial Post listed the company as one of the fastest-growing in Canada in 2018 and 2019, and says he served two years as president of the Scarborough Business Association, finishing in April 2025. The Local also says he founded and organized a conference on affordable housing in Ontario in 2024 and 2025. The Local's 2025 profile said he was endorsed by Councillors Brad Bradford and Jon Burnside and by the advocacy group ABC Toronto. Those are the endorsers' own statements. His campaign website lists his priorities. They include freezing property taxes, finding savings before raising taxes, freezing utility costs and turning the red bus lane into a lane for vehicles with several occupants. They also include community upkeep, community safety with regular attendance at the Community Police Liaison Committee meetings for 42 and 43 Division, delivery of the Eglinton East LRT, protecting the Rouge, and repealing the Vacant Home Tax. The site states a figure of 19.6 percent for the rise in Toronto property taxes since 2023, based on its own illustration. voche.me checked none of these figures against a City record. The Toronto Sun reported on September 12, 2026 on his criticism of a new off-leash dog park at Lawrence Avenue East and Starspray Boulevard. Allen said he was confident in a $500,000 price because of a conversation with the project coordinator. The Sun reported that the City would not confirm that price when asked and that the only official figure it found was a $200,000 redirection of funds by Councillor Shan's motion, and the City did not address Allen's account of his conversation. The Sun also quotes Shan's emailed statement, which discusses the Tot Lot improvements and does not address the dog park's cost. Build Canada's Ward 25 page records his answers to its questionnaire. He answered No to permitting more housing as of right in every ward, No to road pricing, and Yes to raising additional local revenue to repair infrastructure, adding that he opposes increasing property taxes. On the approach that should get the greatest additional investment in public safety he chose "Police, bylaw enforcement and a more visible official presence", and he chose that the police budget should "Remain approximately constant after inflation". These are his answers to a news organization's questionnaire. TTCriders' Ward 25 page records "No response" from him to each of its 18 transit questions. 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 ### Freeze property taxes and find savings first, as his campaign states His home page lists freezing property taxes, freezing utility costs and finding savings before raising taxes among his key priorities. [Shawn Allen · campaign home page ](https://electshawnallen.ca/) 02 ### Transit that runs on time, as his campaign states His home page commits to buses that run on time, the Eglinton East LRT delivered to Malvern, and measuring progress in trip times and reliability. It also lists turning the red bus lane into a lane for vehicles with several occupants. [Shawn Allen · campaign home page ](https://electshawnallen.ca/) 03 ### Community safety through police liaison meetings, as his campaign states His home page says he would attend the Community Police Liaison Committee meetings for 42 and 43 Division regularly and would connect neighbours with community watch groups. [Shawn Allen · campaign home page ](https://electshawnallen.ca/) 04 ### Protect the Rouge and repeal the Vacant Home Tax, as his campaign states His home page lists defending the Rouge, including judging data centre proposals by their demands on energy, water and the community, and repealing the Vacant Home Tax. [Shawn Allen · campaign home page ](https://electshawnallen.ca/) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2025 Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/97f1-Declaration-of-Results-Councillor-Ward-25-ByElection.pdf) [Toronto Sun · Candidate aghast at $500Gs for 'field with fence' dog park](https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/half-million-scarborough-dog-park-funding) 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 the 2025 by-election, two pages of his campaign website (home and Events), The Local's Ward 25 tracker and its 2025 by-election profile, CBC News Toronto's by-election preview, the Toronto Sun's report on the dog park, TTCriders' and Build Canada's Ward 25 pages, and the Centennial Community and Recreation Association's candidate listing. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign's own account. Ward context. The City's Members of Council page for Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park lists Councillor Neethan Shan, and the City Clerk's declaration of results for the September 29, 2025 by-election names him elected. The City's list of certified candidates shows 10 candidates for Councillor in the ward: Shawn Allen, Dharshan Casinathen, Ashan Fernando, Somas Kaneshapillai, Jannette Lumley, Zakir Patel, Dianna Robinson, Neethan Shan, Kannan S'ree Jr and Vane Stavrev. The 2025 by-election results name Allen, Neethan Shan, Zakir Patel, Dianna Robinson and Ashan Fernando among 20 candidates. The ward's community associations list a candidate marketplace on October 10, 2026 and a candidate forum on October 13, 2026, both after the research date. TTCriders' page records answers from 2 of the 10 candidates and Build Canada's page records answers from 3 of the 10, Allen among them. Gaps. The City's decisions site (secure.toronto.ca) returned HTTP 403, and Allen holds no public office on record, so no vote is cited. The Local's 2025 profile reports a police spokesperson's statement about a Community Police Liaison Committee membership his website then claimed, and the campaign's reply. That account rests on one outlet, voche.me found no second source or record of it, and his 2026 site does not make the claim, so it is not repeated. His site lists coverage by CP24, Newstalk 1010, TCN Now and others. voche.me opened only the Toronto Sun report. His Instagram page was read through a summary tool only, and 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/) [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2025 Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/97f1-Declaration-of-Results-Councillor-Ward-25-ByElection.pdf) [Shawn Allen · campaign home page](https://electshawnallen.ca/) [Shawn Allen · campaign Events page](https://electshawnallen.ca/events.html) [The Local · Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-25-scarborough-rouge-park-2026/) [The Local · Here Are the Scarborough-Rouge Park By-Election Candidates](https://thelocal.to/srp2025/) [CBC News · Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election candidates](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarborough-rouge-park-byelection-1.7621668) [Toronto Sun · Candidate aghast at $500Gs for 'field with fence' dog park](https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/half-million-scarborough-dog-park-funding) [TTCriders · Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park candidate responses](https://www.ttcriders.ca/2026ward25) [Build Canada · Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park candidate page](https://www.buildcanada.com/toronto/vote/2026/wards/25) [Centennial Community and Recreation Association · Meet your candidates for councillor in Ward 25](https://ccranews.com/get-out-and-vote-on-october-26/) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2025 by-election ### Candidate for Councillor, Ward 25 The City Clerk's declaration lists him third of 20 candidates with 2,934 votes. [City Clerk · Declaration of Results, 2025 Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/97f1-Declaration-of-Results-Councillor-Ward-25-ByElection.pdf) Until April 2025, as reported by The Local ### President, Scarborough Business Association The Local's 2026 tracker says he served a two-year term as president of the Scarborough Business Association and finished in April 2025. His campaign site lists the same former role. [The Local · Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026](https://thelocal.to/ward-25-scarborough-rouge-park-2026/) Current, as his campaign states ### Vice President, East Scarborough Boys and Girls Club His campaign home page lists this role. voche.me did not find a second source for it. [Shawn Allen · campaign home page](https://electshawnallen.ca/) 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 Shawn Allen 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 Shawn Allen's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Shawn Allen? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Shawn Allen's own campaign.
Does Shawn Allen currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Shawn Allen.
How many sources does this Shawn Allen profile cite? This profile lists 11 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Shawn Allen's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Shawn Allen 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 Shawn Allen 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, 2025 Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election ](https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/97f1-Declaration-of-Results-Councillor-Ward-25-ByElection.pdf)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Shawn Allen · campaign home page ](https://electshawnallen.ca/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Shawn Allen · campaign Events page ](https://electshawnallen.ca/events.html)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park candidate tracker, updated September 21, 2026 ](https://thelocal.to/ward-25-scarborough-rouge-park-2026/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [The Local · Here Are the Scarborough-Rouge Park By-Election Candidates ](https://thelocal.to/srp2025/)Checked October 4, 2026 - [CBC News · Scarborough-Rouge Park by-election candidates ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/scarborough-rouge-park-byelection-1.7621668)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Toronto Sun · Candidate aghast at $500Gs for 'field with fence' dog park ](https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/half-million-scarborough-dog-park-funding)Checked October 4, 2026 - [TTCriders · Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park candidate responses ](https://www.ttcriders.ca/2026ward25)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Build Canada · Ward 25 Scarborough-Rouge Park candidate page ](https://www.buildcanada.com/toronto/vote/2026/wards/25)Checked October 4, 2026 - [Centennial Community and Recreation Association · Meet your candidates for councillor in Ward 25 ](https://ccranews.com/get-out-and-vote-on-october-26/)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. [Shawn Allen · campaign website](https://electshawnallen.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 Shawn Allen 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.