Why Toronto's municipal election turnout beat the provincial average

CTV News · The Canadian Press · 2026-11-01 01:38 UTC

What appeared to be a neck-and-neck race between two top contenders for the mayor’s seat helped draw more people to the polls in Toronto, leading to the city’s highest turnout in more than a decade, some experts say.

TORONTO — What appeared to be a neck-and-neck race between two top contenders for the mayor’s seat helped draw more people to the polls in Toronto, leading to the city’s highest turnout in more than a decade, some experts say.

Nearly one million people in the city cast a ballot in this week’s municipal election, and unofficial results collected by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario show 46 per cent of those eligible to vote in Toronto did so.

Meanwhile, the average turnout across the province was around 36 per cent, according to the association’s data.

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