Toronto groups push to lift turnout before the Oct 26 municipal vote

Turnout was less than 30 per cent in the 2022 municipal election, 37 per cent in the 2023 mayoral byelection and about 41 per cent in 2018.

Advance-poll voters, more than

222,000 voters

More than 222,000 people voted at Toronto's advance polls this time, the highest number in more than a decade.

Voice the Vote, run by Toronto Metropolitan University's Democratic Engagement Exchange and United Way Greater Toronto, holds voter fairs and gives micro-grants in Toronto, York and Peel.

Toronto

More than 50 candidates are running for mayor, and polls suggest incumbent Olivia Chow and councillor Brad Bradford are in a tight race.