Olivia Chow has been re-elected mayor of Toronto, winning about 54% of the vote in the 26 October municipal election and beating city councillor Brad Bradford, who took about 41%, according to unofficial results reported on 27 October 2026.

Chow led Bradford by more than 127,000 votes, with the CP24-CTV Election Desk projecting her win while counting continued; with 98.4% of polls reporting, her lead stood at 125,367 votes. One analysis of the preliminary figures put her total at a record 532,201 votes, which would make her the first Canadian politician elected with more than half a million votes. The results remain unofficial until the City Clerk certifies them.

A race that looked tight, then was not

Going into election night, polls had suggested a close contest, with one Liaison Strategies poll putting Bradford slightly ahead days earlier and Chow herself warning supporters it would be neck and neck. Early returns briefly had Bradford in front before Chow pulled away as more polls reported. The race had started with 53 names on the ballot before narrowing to a two-person fight, after former Conservative MP Chris Alexander dropped out on the first day of advance voting.

Seven new faces on council

Seven of Toronto's 25 council seats will have new faces when the next term begins. Chow, first elected in the 2023 by-election, now wins her first full term, while Bradford, who stepped away from his council seat to run, becomes the first runner-up in the city to pass 400,000 votes, according to the same preliminary analysis.

Sources: Toronto Times and CP24 via Tickaroo.