Ten candidates running in Ward 1 Etobicoke North, with Crisanti facing four challengers

Ten candidates are running in Ward 1 Etobicoke North in the 2026 Toronto municipal election. Incumbent Vincent Crisanti is seeking re-election. Among the challengers are Chloe Brown, a policy analyst and former mayoral candidate; Norman Hamilton, a business owner who immigrated from Jamaica; and Ala'a Adib, a community organizer. The Local reported the full field on Oct. 21, 2026. Voting day is Oct. 26.

Vincent Crisanti was first elected to Toronto City Council in 2010. He represented the ward before the 2018 redistricting and was re-elected in 2022 with 41 per cent of the vote, according to The Local. He is 73 years old. The Local reported that Crisanti missed 332 council votes since the 2022 election, the second-highest absence rate on council, and that he declined interview requests from the publication.

Chloe Brown is a policy analyst who grew up in Rowntree Manor, a 14-storey Toronto Community Housing building at Finch Avenue and Islington Avenue, between the ages of 5 and 11. She placed third in the 2022 Toronto mayoral race and also ran in the 2023 mayoral by-election. She currently lives in High Park. She told The Local that she worked on the Woodbine casino community benefit agreement, which, according to Brown, ensured 50 per cent of 2,500 jobs created would go to local residents or equity-deserving people.

The Local reported that transit access, affordable housing, renter protections, youth employment and senior services are the main issues in the Ward 1 race. The ward has six stations on the Finch West LRT. Nearly 50 per cent of ward residents are renters, and 56.6 per cent are immigrants, compared to the citywide average of 46.6 per cent, according to The Local. Voter turnout in the ward was 35 per cent in 2022, below the citywide average of 41 per cent.

Norman Hamilton immigrated to Canada from Jamaica and studied accounting at Humber College, which is located in Ward 1. He owns Truck Repair Hotline Inc., a business that operates in the ward. The Local reported that his platform centres on youth engagement and employment, including co-op style work programs run through his business, and that he favours increased investment in Etobicoke North compared to the more southern wards of Etobicoke Centre and Etobicoke-Lakeshore.

Ala'a Adib is a community organizer running in Ward 1 Etobicoke North. The Local identified Adib as one of the principal challengers to incumbent Vincent Crisanti. Adib is one of ten candidates on the ward ballot. Voting day is Oct. 26, 2026. You can see all Ward 1 candidates at /on/toronto-2026/races/councillor/ward-1-etobicoke-north.

The Woodbine Lands is a casino and racetrack redevelopment project located in Ward 1 Etobicoke North. The Local reported that Chloe Brown said she worked on a community benefit agreement for the project, which she says secured a commitment that 50 per cent of 2,500 jobs created would go to local residents or equity-deserving people. Her campaign also proposes an artist residency pop-up at Woodbine Mall as part of a broader effort to repurpose the site as a community hub. These figures are Brown's own claims, as reported by The Local.

Voting day is Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. Ward 1 covers the area bounded by Steeles Avenue to the north, Highway 427 to the west, Eglinton Avenue and Dixon Road to the south, and the Humber River to the east. The City of Toronto's election office has a tool to find your assigned voting place. Advance voting has already closed. You can see all Ward 1 candidates at /on/toronto-2026/races/councillor/ward-1-etobicoke-north.