Toronto has one council seat for every 125,840 residents, more than 99% of municipalities in Ontario

Who to ask

Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.

No county or regional council sits above Toronto’s: it is a single-tier city.

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   Toronto councilelected October 2022
   John Tory
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   Legislative Assembly of OntarioEtobicoke Centre
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   House of CommonsEtobicoke Centre
   Yvan Baker

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada

26 members and how they were elected

Seats on Toronto council are tied to wards, apart from the mayor, whom every voter helps choose. John Tory became mayor on 62% of the votes cast.

Councils: Ontario 2022 Municipal Election data, MMAH (OGL-Ontario)

30% of those on the list cast a ballot for Toronto council on 24 October 2022, fewer than in a typical municipality.

How Princess-Rosethorn voted: same source as Councillors, above.

The next council election in Toronto falls on 28 October 2030, the fourth Monday in October every four years under the Municipal Elections Act, 1996. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on 27 February 2025. Why not 2025? Elections Canada publishes those counts under non-commercial terms, and its open data stop at the 2021 election.

Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH

Princess-Rosethorn is in Etobicoke Centre, one of the ridings that each elect a MPP to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Ontario’s southern ridings copy the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), and the town is placed by them.

Southern Ontario ridings: the 2013 federal boundaries (Representation Act, 2015), Statistics Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada holds 71 of 122 seats from Ontario, including Yvan Baker’s.

The MP’s record

Earlier, Yvan Baker held a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Yvan Baker has sat in the Commons since 2019, now for the 3rd Parliament. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Etobicoke Centre puts the Liberal Party of Canada first at 48%; Yvan Baker held it for the party in 2025.

MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026

52% had elected Yvan Baker there in 2019. Yvan Baker won the 2021 race in Etobicoke Centre for the Liberal Party of Canada, polling 48% and beating Geoffrey Turner (Conservative Party of Canada) by 7,527 votes. 64% of electors in Etobicoke Centre voted in 2021, above the 63% turnout across Canada.

Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

51,029 full-time positions are funded, 15.6 per thousand residents. At $4,945 for every resident in 2024, Toronto council sits above the $3,796 median of Ontario’s single-tier municipalities. The largest line is roads and transit: 28% of the total, $1,396 a resident. Local taxpayers carry a smaller share than elsewhere: 32% of revenue, where the province’s returns show 37%. Debt Toronto council owes over the long term came to $9.4 billion, $2,862 a resident, higher than the median of $971.

Money: Financial Information Return 2024, Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

The headline above gives the figure; the bars set Toronto council beside nearby councils, with the provincial median as the tick.

Residents: 2021 Census; seats: the province’s council list