The results are in for our our 2026 municipal election survey and pledge. They show a strong commitment to local environmental policies across the entire city among ward candidates, but a stark divide between top 3 mayoral candidates, Chris Alexander, Brad Bradford, and Olivia Chow.

More than 70 ward candidates from across Toronto pledged to vote for environmental asks critical to building a greener city next term, including:

• A maximum temperature bylaw to protect renters during heat waves

• Planting more trees in Toronto’s hottest neighbourhoods

• Moving Toronto’s Single-Use Strategy forward with new policies to cut litter and support reuse

• Pausing AI data centre approvals until there’s a city-wide framework for assessing their impacts

• Supporting new policies/programs to cut building emissions and make them more energy efficient

TEA also sent a survey inviting the top 3 candidates for Mayor to weigh in on these priorities. We received a reply from Mayor Chow committing to all 5 priorities listed above, but no reply from Councillor Brad Bradford or Chris Alexander. All candidates were given multiple reminders in the last month by email and phone. 

Although the deadline for our survey has passed, we invite candidates to release their positions on environmental priorities like climate action, cutting single-use trash, supporting green infrastructure, assessing AI data centres, and how candidates will protect them from escalating impacts of extreme storms, flooding, heat, and wildfire smoke.

You can find the full text of TEA’s Greener City Pledge and full list of candidates who took it by clicking here.

The results of the mayoral candidate survey are below:

You can see the survey questions sent to the top three mayoral candidates by clicking here.