Candidate for Councillor in Ward 16 Don Valley East, with a three-part platform on safety, cost of living and city upkeep.
Sinan Erdemir is on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 16 Don Valley East, with a nomination filed on June 18, 2026. His campaign website, the campaign’s own statement, says he has lived in Don Valley East since 2009, co-founded a consulting firm, and led Turkish-Canadian community organizations. It names three commitments: safer neighbourhoods, a lower cost of everyday living and a cleaner Toronto.
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Sinan Erdemir appears on the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 16 Don Valley East. A certified candidate is one whose nomination the City Clerk has accepted. The list shows the nomination date as June 18, 2026 and the campaign website votesinan.com.
His campaign website, the campaign’s own statement, says he has lived in Don Valley East since 2009 after moving from Sweden, Ireland and Turkiye, and is co-founder and co-owner of a consulting firm that supports students, newcomers, refugees and visitors. The Local’s tracker describes the firm as an immigration consultancy and attributes that to his website.
The same page lists past roles: Secretary General and Board Member of the Federation of Canadian Turkish Associations, President and Board Member of the Turkish Culture and Folklore Society of Canada, member of a consultative committee of Toronto Police Service 32 Division, and Board Member of the Carassauga Festival of Cultures. It lists a Certificate of Recognition from the Toronto Police Service, a Community Member Award from the Toronto Police Services Board, and a King Charles III Coronation Pin. These are the campaign’s claims. voche.me did not check them with the organizations or the awarding bodies named.
TTCriders’ page of Ward 16 candidate responses shows No Response beside his name for each of its 18 questions. No public role is on record in the profile.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
His Priorities page says he will work with residents, police and City services on crime and disorder, with safer routes to schools and transit, better sidewalks and lighting, and fewer dangerous speeding incidents on residential streets.
This is the campaign’s own statement.
His campaign says reliable services, maintained infrastructure and responsible use of every tax dollar mean fewer unnecessary costs passed on to residents.
Sinan Erdemir · PrioritiesHis campaign says he will push for faster road repairs, reliable snow removal, cleaner streets and cared-for parks, with more accountability for neglected properties.
Sinan Erdemir · PrioritiesEvidence reviewed on October 4, 2026: the City of Toronto’s list of certified candidates, three pages of his campaign website (Meet Sinan, Priorities and Community), The Local’s Ward 16 tracker and TTCriders’ page of Ward 16 candidate responses. The home page of his site returned only its title to voche.me, so nothing is taken from it. Every statement taken from his campaign website is written as the campaign’s own account.
Ward context. The sitting Ward 16 councillor on the City’s Members of Council page is Jon Burnside, who is also a candidate. The 4 candidates for Ward 16 on the City’s list are Jon Burnside, Sinan Erdemir, Didi Moffat and Stacey Moffatt. The City Clerk’s 2022 results for Ward 16 list 11 candidates: Jon Burnside (8,147 votes, elected), Stephen Ksiazek (3,778), Jonathan Mousley (1,282), Colin Mahovlich (1,059), Samina Alim (945), Stella Kargiannakis (700), Walter Alvarez-Bardales (616), Nick Pachis (579), Dimitre Popov (549), John Simms (410) and George Asimakis (169). A search for a 2026 debate or all-candidates meeting in the ward found none. The Clerk’s 2022 declaration of results holds no entry under this surname, so no 2022 result is attached to this candidate.
Gaps. Every role and award in the biography comes from his campaign website and was not checked with the organizations named. voche.me found no news article that carries his own statements. His social media accounts were not read. The questionnaire has not been sent.
His Meet Sinan page says the firm supports international and domestic students, newcomers, refugees and visitors. voche.me did not check this and the page names no firm.
Sinan Erdemir · Meet SinanThe campaign site lists this role and gives no dates. voche.me did not check it with the organization.
Sinan Erdemir · Meet SinanThe campaign site lists this role and gives no dates. voche.me did not check it with the organization.
Sinan Erdemir · Meet SinanThe campaign site lists this role and gives no dates. voche.me did not check it with the festival.
Sinan Erdemir · CommunityProposed 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.
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