‘The people of Toronto have spoken:’ Olivia Chow re-elected as mayor. Live updates here

The race to be Caledon’s next mayor came down to just 11 votes.
The CP24-CTV News Election Desk is projecting that Mario Russo has defeated Christina Early by the slimmest of margins in a race between Caledon councillors.
With all polls now reporting, Russo captured 1,591 votes compared to 1,580 votes for Early.
Caledon Mayor Annette Groves did not seek re-election, leaving the race without an incumbent. 

Diana Chan McNally is in the lead in Parkdale with 54 per cent of the polls reporting. The winner will replace Gord Perks, who did not run for re-election. Meanwhile, in Toronto Centre, with 40.7 per cent of the polls reporting, Curran Stikuts is leading incumbent Chris Moise by 5.3 per cent.

Incumbent mayor Steven Del-Duca has been re-elected with a decisive victory after receiving 81.5 per cent of the vote and all polls reporting, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares.
Del Duca was first elected to the role in 2022, having previously served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2020 to 2022.

CP24-CTV News Election Desk has declared that Shaun Chen has unseated Jamaal Myers in Scarborough North and Sara Ehrhardt will be the councillor for Toronto Danforth.

Oshawa voters have elected Tito-Dante Marimpietri to serve as the next city`s mayor, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares.
Marimpietri won with 38 per cent of the vote, defeating Jim Lee who received 22 per cent of the vote with all polls reporting.
This will be Marimpietri`s first time serving as mayor after former mayor Dan Carter announced he would not seek re-election earlier this year 

The wards of Parkdale, Scarborough North, Toronto Centre, and Toronto Danforth are still too close to call. 
Diana Chan McNally is leading in Parkdale, which does not have an incumbent running. In Toronto Danforth, Sara Ehrhardt is in the lead to replace outgoing councillor Paula Fletcher.
Incumbents in Scarborough North (Jamaal Myers) and Toronto Centre (Chris Moise) are currently losing.

Speaking at her team's headquarters Monday night, Chow said the election was hard-fought, but that the "people of Toronto have spoken."
"I want to begin by thanking every candidate who put their name forward, especially Councillor Brad Bradford," Chow said, to a crowd of boos.
"No, no, no, no, no, no. Look, we we had our differences. We fought hard for what we believed in. Councillor Bradford brought new energy, and introduced new ideas that people cared about, and made his case for them. And I respect that." 

Speaking at his team’s headquarters Monday night, Bradford said he spoke with Chow over the phone and congratulated her.
“The people of Toronto have spoken, and they have decided that that she will be returning to the mayor’s office. She is the mayor of this city. Nobody can doubt that. It’s undisputable, and she has my good wishes,” he said.

With 98.4 per cent of the polls reported, it appears Chow won in 19 of the 25 Toronto wards, including all of Scarborough and in Bradford's own ward of Beaches-East York. 
Bradford won in Etobicoke Centre, Etobicoke Lakeshore, York Centre, Eglinton-Lawrence, Don Valley West, and Willowdale. 

Incumbent Frank Scarpotti has been re-elected as the mayor of Markham, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares. Scarpetti appears to have captured 71 per cent of the vote, with all polls reporting.

Scarpitti has served as mayor since 2006, making him the city’s longest-serving mayor. 

Hamilton incumbent Mayor Andrea Horwath is in third place with 13 per cent of the vote and 29 per cent of polls reporting.

Keanin Loomis leads the race with 42.9 per cent of the vote, followed by Rob Cooper with 33 per cent.
Loomis also ran in the 2022 mayoral election, narrowly losing to Horwath, who received 41.6 per cent of the vote compared with Loomis’s 40.4 per cent.

Horwath previously served as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party from 2009 to 2022. She also previously served as a Hamilton city councillor in Ward 2 from 1997 to 2004

The votes are still being counted, but early results show voter participation is way up compared to the last two elections. 
Just after 10 p.m. results showed Chow with 523,641 votes compared to 398,274 for Bradford in the mayoral race. 
While Chow has been declared the winner by the CP24-CTV decision desk, both candidates have now received considerably more votes than the winning candidate in the last two mayoral races. 
In 2022, John Tory was re-elected with 342,158. In the special byelection to replace him in 2023, Chow won with 269,372 votes. 
A total of 563,124 ballots were cast in the 2022 municipal election, just more than half of the ballots that have already been counted so far tonight. 

Incumbent Elizabeth Roy has been re-elected as the mayor of Whitby. Roy appears to have captured 51 per cent of the vote with all polls reporting.
Roy defeated Whitby city-councillor Chris Leahy who received 43 per cent of the vote.

Roy has served as mayor since first being elected in 2022 

CP24-CTV News Election Desk has declared Neethan Sheehan (Scarborough Rouge Park) and Parthi Kandavel (Scarborough Southwest) will be re-elected.

Chow ran a campaign largely centred on affordability, with promises to freeze TTC fares and make transit free after 10 paid rides a week among her hallmark commitments.
To read more about her path to a second term, click here.

Incumbent mayor David West has been re-elected as the mayor of Richmond Hill with 83 per cent of vote and all polls reporting, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares.

West has held the seat since 2022. 

Incumbent Mayor Marianne Meed Ward has been re-elected in Burlington with 44.3 per cent of the vote and all polls reporting, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares. Meed Ward defeated Lisa Kearns, who received 30.2 per cent.

Meed Ward was first elected to the role in 2018. 

Lori Lococo is the new mayor of Niagara Falls, the CP24-CTV Election Desk is projecting.
Lococo unseated Jim Diodati, who had served in the city's top job since 2010, with more than 50 per cent of the vote and all polls reporting.

Incumbent Jeff Knoll holds the lead in Oakville's mayoral race with 35 per cent of the vote and 75 per cent of polls reporting.
Knoll leads Sean O’Meara, who has 23.9 per cent of the vote, and Rob Burton, who has 20.5 per cent. 

Mike Layton will be the new councillor for University-Rosedale, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares. He represented the ward for 12 years before stepping away from politics.
We are also projecting Alejandra Bravo (Davenport), Lily Cheng (Willowdale), and Rachel Chernos Lin (Don Valley West) will return to City Hall.

Chow has taken the lead over Bradford with 21.4 per cent of the polls reporting. She has garnered 181,721 votes, while Bradford has 152,278.

Michael Jubb has been re-elected mayor of Brock Township with 90.9 per cent of the vote and all polls reporting, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares.

Jubb has served as mayor since 2025, when he was acclaimed to the position following the resignation of former mayor Walter Schummer. 

More familiar faces are coming back to Toronto city council.
Vincent Crisanti (Etobicoke North), Stephen Holyday (Etobicoke Centre), and Josh Matlow (Toronto-St. Paul’s) have been re-elected, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares.

Elizabeth Roy holds an early lead in Whitby. She appears to have about 52 per cent of the vote with 71 per cent of the polls reporting,

Roy leads Chris Leahy by 2,642.

“Mississauga has voted for change,” Tedjo said to raucous applause and cheers from supporters. 
“Today, the city of Mississauga has made a clear and historic choice to demand a change at City Hall,” Tedjo said. “My friends, it is beyond a doubt the honor of a lifetime to stand here as your next mayor of the city of Mississauga. This is a tremendous responsibility that I do not take lightly.”
He thanked incumbent mayor Carolyn Parrish for her service, as well as other contenders Bonnie Criombie and Dipika Damerla, acknowledging that it was a “tough” race. 
“Over the course of this campaign, we put forward a comprehensive vision of how we would do things differently and deliver real, meaningful changes that would affect people's lives for the better,” Tedjo said. “Now we will begin the difficult work of making our plan a reality.”

The CP24-CTV Election Desk declares incumbent councillors Jon Burnside (Don Valley East), Michael Thompson (Scarborough Centre), and Paul Aislie (Scarborough Guildwood) have been re-elected. 

Incumbent Steven Del Duca holds an early lead in Vaughan. He currently has 82.6 per cent of the vote but only one poll is reporting.
Del Duca was first elected mayor in 2022, having previously served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2020 to 2022. 

Anthony Peruzza, James Pasternak, and Shelley Carroll have all been re-elected, the CP24-CTV Election Desk is projecting, as early results appear in Toronto.
Peruzza held onto his seat in Humber River-Black Creek with 68 per cent of the vote and 17 per cent of polls reporting.
Pasternak in York Centre has 77 per cent of the vote and 10 per cent of polls reporting. 
Carroll, of Don Valley North, was elected with 65 per cent of the vote and 20 per cent of polls reporting.

Bradford is currently leading as Toronto votes have started to come in. With 7.3 per cent of the polls reporting, Bradford has a 7.2 per cent lead over Chow.

All voting centres in Caledon will remain open until 10 p.m. due to higher-than-expected turnout, according to city officials. Caledon is expected to elect a new mayor as the incumbent Annette Groves did not run for re-election. 

Mississauga mayor Carolyn Parrish has conceded to Alvin Tedjo and congratulated him. 
“Not promising all the treats that people are looking for, not alleviating their pressure during a bad period in our economic history was my mistake. We should have simplified our message,” Parrish said. 
She wished Tedjo good luck. 
“He's gonna have a tough job ahead of him, and he can pick up the phone and call me anytime, and I'll tell him what not to do,” she said. 
She added “this just wasn't a normal election” and that another four years was “not in the cards” for her. 
“We haven't had a normal two and a half years. These are tough times that we're living in,” Parrish said. 

Patrick Brown has been re-elected in Brampton, the CP24-CTV Election Desk declares.
With 78 per cent of polls reporting, Brown appears to have secured 55 per cent of the vote.
This marks Brown's third consecutive term as mayor of Brampton.
The former MPP previously served as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. 

The CP24-CTV election desk declares Tom Dingwall will serve as Clarington's next mayor, defeating incumbent mayor Adrian Foster.

Dingwall previously served as Durham Regional Police officer for 30 years. 

The City of Toronto says election results should start coming in around 9 p.m.
The city says there are still some voting places with electors in line who arrived before polls closed at 8 p.m.
“Unofficial election results will include vote totals from advance voting, voting by mail and election day,” the municipality said in a statement. 

Mississauga mayoral candidate Bonnie Crombie has congratulated Alvin Tedjo on his win in the Mississauga mayoral race.
“I have called Alvin Tedjo, and I have congratulated him on his victory and the honour of becoming our city's next mayor,” Crombie told supporters. “Alvin, your energy, your enthusiasm, and the joy you bring to politics matter. You've inspired people to get involved and to believe that they can help shape the city's future.”
She also thanked her family and supporters and said, “Serving Mississauga has been the honour of my life.”

The CP24-CTV election desk declares Marilyn Crawford will be Ajax’s next mayor.
Crawford was the Ward 1 regional councillor. She will take over Shaun Collier who did not seek re-election. 

George Minakakis holds an early lead in Milton’s Mayoral race with 8,947 votes. He is ahead of incumbent mayor Gord Krantz who has 4,303 votes.

Krantz was first elected in 1980.

While several municipalities have begun reporting results, we are still waiting for votes to come in from Toronto.
You can check our live election map for results when they come in. 

It appears that Alvin Tedjo will be Mississauga’s new mayor following a tough-fought race. The CP24-CTV Election Desk is projecting Tedjo will win the Mississauga mayoral race.  

Incumbent Patrick Brown holds an early lead in Brampton’s mayoral race with 1,261 votes. He is ahead of Jackson Wesley, who has 468 votes.
Brown was first elected mayor in 2018.

 Some election results are coming in from Mississauga with Alvin Tedjo leading by nearly 10,000 votes with 56 per cent of the polls reporting.
Carolyn Parrish is currently in second followed by Bonnie Crombie. 
Mississauga live election results are here.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford thanked all the candidates who stepped forward and ran for municipal office.

“Our government is ready to work with everyone who is elected tonight on the issues that matter most to Ontario families: making life more affordable, keeping communities safe, delivering high-quality public services and protecting workers from tariffs and economic uncertainty,” Ford said in a social media post.

Most polling stations across Toronto have now closed and results should start flowing in soon. Voting hours have been extended at 11 Toronto polling stations but all of those are expected to close by no later than 8:20 p.m.

You can visit our Toronto and Mississauga election maps for up-to-the second results from the races for mayor and city council in both cities. 

Nik Nanos of Nanos Research, the exclusive pollster for CP24 and CTV News, says it’s going to be a “fast and furious” to the very end of the Toronto municipal election.
He notes that the race tightened after former Conservative MP Chris Alexander dropped out of the race earlier this month. At one point, Chow had a nine-point advantage.
Nanos says Bradford, who finished eighth with less than two per cent of the vote in the 2023 Toronto byelection, has become a “credible contender” to Chow. 

Candidates’ nerves are likely frayed and they’re probably feeling jittery, says Ontario NDP MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam, one of the panelists on CP24 – CTV News Toronto’s Power Panel, but those running in Ontario’s municipal election should be proud of the campaign they’ve run.
“Everybody would have taken time off from work. That means they forego their paycheque, and they've been knocking on doors and attending events and just being everywhere,” she told CP24’s Liz West on Monday evening.
“So tonight is really about sitting back now and just sort of being with the community, being with the family, being with the people that love you and held you tight during that election process and be able to walk through it together.”
Former Toronto mayor John Tory says Wong-Tam has painted a “very rosy account of what is a very stressful occasion.”
“The clock, you know, clocks or watches, they seem to slow down and run at half speed all day because you know the candidate really doesn't have that much to do on election day,” he said.
“They've done their job and it's now up to the workers and the volunteers that Kristyn was talking about.”
Tory who has ran for public office three times, twice for mayor of Toronto and once in the Ontario election, said election day is a long one for candidates.
“All you can do is try to be amused by going around and perhaps visiting the polling stations, and then you have that even longer hour that you spend with family and with the team waiting for the results to come in,” he said, urging candidates to not lose hope. 
“And sometimes they can come in in a way that isn't you know in your favour at the beginning, and you think, ‘Oh my goodness, it's going to be a bad night’, and then they can change around and vice versa. So it's quite a stressful experience, but nonetheless, it's part of the business.”