City, size
& website
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Mayor
(Mr / Ms)
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Elections
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Profile
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Abbotsford
Population: 141,500
www.abbotsford.ca |
Henry Braun (Mr) |
Elected 2014, re-elected 2018
Next election 2022 |
Retired business executive
Member of City Council 2011-2014. Secured 57% of the vote in the first round in 2018. No party affiliation. |
Barrie
Pop. 141,000
www.barrie.ca |
Jeff Lehman (Mr) |
Elected 2010. Re-elected 2014 and 2018. Next election 2022 |
Born 1975. Economist. City Council member 2006-2010. Won third term in 2018 with 90% of the votes. No party affiliation. |
Brampton
Population: 593,600
www.brampton.ca |
Patrick Brown (Mr) |
Elected 2018. Next election 2022 |
Born 1978. Secured mayoralty in 2018 with 44% of the votes. Political Party; Progressive Conservatives which he led in the Ontario Assembly from 2015 until 2018. Resigned following a scandal. Contested as an Independent in 2018. |
Burlington
Pop. 184,000
www.burlington.ca |
Marianne Meed Ward (Ms) |
Elected 2018. Next election 2022 |
Born 1966 in the USA
Journalist and politician. Member of City Council 2010-2014 and 2014-2018. Defeated two-term mayor in 2018 with 46% of the votes
Party: Liberal |
Burnaby
Pop. 232,750
www.burnaby.ca |
Derek Corrigan (Mr) |
Elected 2002. Re-elected 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014 |
Born Vancouver 1951. Lawyer. First elected to Council in 1987. He has served continuously since then. |
Calgary
Population: 1,239,000
www.calgary.ca |
Naheed Nenshi (Mr) |
Elected 2010, 2013, 2017. Next election 2021 |
Born 1972,
Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Public Policy (Harvard), Writer/Professor, Consultant, Canada's first Muslim mayor; Winner of the 2014 World Mayor Prize
Re-elected in October 2017 by a margin of 7%. |
Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Pop. 93,000 |
Amanda McDougall
(Her Worship) |
Elected 2020. Next election 2024 |
Born 1982. Member of the Council since 2016. Elected with 47.6% of the votes. Won campaign whilst heavily pregnant. |
Charlottetown
Population: 36,100
www.charlottetown.ca |
Clifford Lee (Mr) |
Elected 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014
Next election 2018 |
Deputy Mayor in 2000, provincial public servant, Assistant Manager of the PEI Liquor Control Commission, Investigation & Auditing Services Supervisor with the Dept of Health & Social Services, Financial Officer with the Provincial Treasury |
Chilliwack
Pop. 84,000
www.chilliwack.com |
Ken Popove (Mr) |
Elected 2018
Next Election. 2022 |
Business owner. Served on City Council 2011 2014 and 2014-2018. Defeated long-term mayor Sharon Getz in 2018 by 1000 votes. No party affiliation |
Coquitlam
Pop. 139,700
www.coquitlam.ca |
Richard Stewart (Mr) |
Elected 2008. Re-elected 2011 and 2014 |
Born 1959.
Business owner and writer. Member of City Council since 2005. |
Edmonton
Population: 933,000
www.edmonton.ca |
Don Iveson (Mr) |
Elected 2013, 2017. Next election 2021 |
Born 1979, Political Science graduate from Alberta University. Former publisher; Current (2016) Chair of Big City Caucus; Member of City Council since 2007. |
Fredericton
Population: 58,200
www.fredericton.ca |
Mike O'Brian (Mr) |
Elected 2016. Next election 2021. Deferred because of Covid-19 |
Engineer. Background of voluntary work in social enterprises and social work. Member of City Council from 2001 2016.Defeated long-term mayor Brad Woodhouse in 2016 by a margin of 10% |
Gatineau
Population: 276,200
www.gatineau.ca |
Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin
(Mr) |
Elected 2013, 2017.Next election 2021 |
Born 1968.
Political Science graduate from Ottawa University. Won a second term in 2017 with a margin of 16% over second placed candidate in spite of collapse in support for his party.
Party. Action Gatineau |
Greater Sudbury
Pop; 162,000
www.greatersudbury.ca |
Brian Bigger (Mr) |
Elected 2014. Re-elected 2018. Next election 2022 |
Born 1958. Accountant. Secured re-election in 2018 with majority of 5,000 over second placed candidate. First mayor to be re-elected since re-organisation into Greater Sudbury in 2002 |
Halifax
Population: 404,000
www.halifax.ca |
Mike Savage (Mr) |
Elected 2012. Re-elected 2020.
Next election 2024. |
Born 1960. Member of parliament for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour from 2004 until 2011. Won second term as mayor with 68% of the votes in 2016. Won a third term in the delayed 2020 election with 80.2% of the votes cast. Party; Liberal. |
Hamilton
Population: 537,000
www.hamilton.ca |
Fred Eisenberger (Mr) |
Elected 2014 Next Election 2018 |
Born 1952
Born in Amsterdam. Previously mayor from 2006-2010. Former
Chair of Hamilton Port Authority
Party: Conservative
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Kelowna
Population: 127,400
www.kelowna.ca |
Colin Basran (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Next election 2018
|
Born 1977
Formerly worked as a journalist and then as an estate agent
Member of City Council 2011-2014
Of Sikh descent he is the first non-Caucasian mayor of Kelowna |
Kingston
Population: 123,800 |
Bryan Paterson (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Next election 2018 |
Former Assistant Professor at Canada Royal Military College. Backed by Liberal Party |
Kitchener
Population: 233,000
www.kitchener.ca |
Berry Vrbanovic (Mr) |
Elected 2014; Next Election 2018 |
Born in Croatia. Came to Canada as a child. Formerly
Employed in local government. Member of City Council 1994-2014 |
Langley Township
Pop: 118,000
www.tol.ca |
Jack Froese (Mr) |
Elected 2010. Re-elected 2014 and 2018. Next election 2022 |
Born 1954. Retired Farmer and Police Officer. Secured a third term in 2018 with 59% of the votes. Key issues are growth and housing. No party affiliation |
Laval
Population: 423,667
www.ville.laval.qc.ca |
Marc Demers (Mr) |
Elected 2013, 2017. Next Election 2021. |
Former Police Officer. First newly elected mayor in 24 years. Won second term comfortably in 2017 with a margin of 26% over second placed contender.
Party. Mouvement lavallois Equipe. |
Lethbridge
Pop. 93,200
www.lethbridge.ca |
Chris Spearman (Mr) |
Elected 2013, 2017; Next election 2021 |
Business man.
Retained the job in the October 2017 election with an impressive 73.72% of the votes cast. Long experience in environmental standards systems.
Party. Independent |
Levis
Pop; 144,000
www.ville.levis.qc.ca |
Gilles Lehouillier (Mr) |
Elected 2013. Re-elected 2017. Next election 2021 |
Born 1953. Former civil servant. Member of Quebec Assembly from 2008 to 2012. Secured re-election as mayor in 2017 with 93% of the votes. Party. Quebec Liberal Party |
London
Pop : 384,000
www.london.ca |
Matt Brown (Mr) |
Elected 2014 |
Has worked in corporate sales and for the YMCA. Won the 2016 election with a margin of 235 over the second placed candidate. He was suspended from his role for 8 days in June 2016 following disclosure of a sexual relationship with the deputy mayor. In August 2017 called on all residents to stand against racism in the face of a planned white supremacist march in the city. Member of Council 2012 2016. No known party affiliation. |
Longueuil
Pop : 235,310 (2011)
www.longueuil.ca |
Sylvie Parent (Ms) |
Elected 2017, Next Election 2021 |
Born 1962
Member of the City Council 2009 2017. Also served as Budget Cttee Deputy Chair on the agglomeration council. Former local government official. Elected in 2017 with a 5% margin over nearest rival.
Party. Action Longueil. |
Markham
Population 329,000
|
Frank Scarpitti (Mr) |
Elected 2006. Re-elected 2010, 2014 Next election 2018 |
Served as Acting Mayor 1992-1994. Broadcaster 1994-1997.
Controversially revealed as highest paid mayor in Canada in 2014. |
Mississauga
Population: 722,000
www.mississauga.ca |
Bonnie Crombie (Mr) |
Elected 2014
Next election 2018 |
Born 1960; Party: Liberal; Former Liberal Party member of Federal Parliament |
Moncton
Population: 64,128 (2006)
www.moncton.ca |
Dawn Arnold (Ms) |
Elected 2016. Next election 2021. Deferred because of Covid-19 |
Member of the City Council 2012 2016. Leader of the Frye Literary Festival for 15 years. First female mayor of Moncton. Won 2017 election with a margin of 10% over next candidate. |
Montréal
Population
1,620,693 (2006)
ville.montreal.qc.ca |
Valérie Plante (Ms) |
Elected 2017. Next Election 2021 |
Born 1974
Member of City Council 2013 2017. Has worked for several non-profit organisations. Became first female mayor of Montreal in November 2017 winning the election by a 6% margin over incumbent Denis Corderre. Became leader of her party in December 2016.
Party. Projet Montreal. |
Nanaimo
Pop: 91,000
www.nanaimo.ca |
Leonard Krog (Mr) |
Elected 2018. Next election 2022 |
Born 1953. Lawyer. Member of the British Columbia Assembly from 2005 -2018. From 2017-2018 served as Chair of the government Caucus in the Assembly. Won election as mayor in 2018 with 75% of the votes. Party. New Democrats |
North Vancouver District
Pop; 87,000
www.dnv.org |
Mike Little (Mr) |
Elected 2018. Next election 2022 |
Born 1976. Member of the Council from 2006-2014. In 2018 mayoral election won 60% of the votes to defeat incumbent. Housing and transport are priorities. During his term the two authorities in the area are likely to merge. If so, North Vancouver would become 5th largest city in the province. No party affiliation |
Oshawa
Pop: 160,000
www.oshawa.ca |
Dan Carter (Mr) |
Elected 2018. Next election 2022 |
Broadcaster. Se cured mayoralty in 2018 with 69% of the votes. Formerly homeless himself, more housing provision and support for those without a home is policy priority.
Member of Regional Council 2014 2018.
No party affiliation |
Ottawa
Population: 934,200
www.ottawa.ca |
Jim Watson
(Mr) |
Elected 1997, 2010, 2014
Next Election 2018 |
Born 1961, elected to city council in 1991, elected mayor in 1997, elected Member of Provincial Parliament in 2000, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Bachelor degree in journalism and communications, Director of Communications for the Speaker of House of Commons, Party: N/A |
Québec (City)
Population: 532,000
www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en |
Régis Labeaume (Mr) |
Elected 2007, 2009, 2013, 2017. Next Election 2021 |
Born 1956,
Elected in special election after death of incumbent Andrée Boucher, Bachelor's degree in sociology, Chair of the Fondation de l'entrepreneurship organisation, businessman in mining. Won fourth term in November 2017 with margin over second placed contender of 20 percentage points. Party: Équipe Labeaume |
Red Deer
Pop. 100,400
www.reddeer.ca |
Tara Veer (Ms) |
Elected 2013 Re-elected 2017; Next election 2021 |
Born 1976. Council member 2004 2013. Former employment as a caseworker for member of Canadian Parliament and as Executive Director of a church. Second female mayor of Red Deer. Landslide victory for second term in October 2017. She was in the forefront of city leaders in Canada in utilising social media. Member of United Conservative Party but contests local government elections as Independent. |
Regina
Population: 215,000
www.regina.ca |
Sandra Masters
(Her Worship) |
Elected 2020. Next election 2024 |
Credit Manager for Richardson Agriculture. Resigned as Chair of Regina Exhibition Board to contest mayoralty. New to Council. First elected female mayor in Regina. Won the delayed 2020 election with 46.38% of the votes, 10.5% ahead of incumbent Michael Fougere. Independent. |
Richmond
Population: 198,400
www.richmond.ca |
Malcolm Brodie (Mr) |
Elected 2001. Re-elected 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 , 2014 and 2018 |
Born 1949. Lawyer. Member of City Council between 1996-2001. Secured a seventh win in the 2018 mayoral election with 64% of the votes. Party. Independent
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Richmond Hill
Pop; 195,000
www.richmondhill.ca |
Dave Barrow (Mr) |
Elected 2006. Re-elected 2010, 2014 and 2018. Next election 2022 |
Born 1957. Business owner. Member of City Council 1977 1985. Member of Regional Council 1997-2006. Secured a fourth successive term as mayor in 2018 with 76% of the votes. Party. Liberal |
Saguenay
Population: 146,000
www.ville.saguenay.qc.ca |
Josee Neron (Ms) |
Elected 2017 |
Accountant. Head of her party since 2013. Secured 49% of the votes in the 2017 election with a victory margin of over 25%.
Party. Equipe de Renevou Democratic. |
Saint John
Pop; 67,000
www.saintjohn.ca |
Don Darling (Mr) |
Elected 2016. Next election 2021. Deferred because of Covid-19 |
Consultant. Formerly in business in the construction sector. Won the mayoral election in 2016 with a 75 margin over second placed candidate. Won public praise in 2017 after he took part in a Gay Pride demonstration and criticised intolerance on his social media |
St. Catherine’s
Pop: 134,000
www.stcatherines.ca |
Walter Sendzik (Mr) |
Elected 2014. Re-elected 2018. Next |
Former business owner and also formerly Chief Executive of St. Catherine’s Chamber of Commerce. Won in 2014 as an outsider with no previous political elected office. Policy priorities are affordable housing, mental health services and poverty. Re-elected 2018 with 64% of the votes. No political affilliation |
St. John’s
Pop: 109,000
www.stjohns.ca |
Walter Sendzik (Mr) |
Elected 2014. Re-elected 2018. Next election 2022 |
Former business owner and also formerly Chief Executive of St. Catherine’s Chamber of Commerce. Won in 2014 as an outsider with no previous political elected office. Policy priorities are affordable housing, mental health services and poverty. Re-elected 2018 with 64% of the votes. No political affilliation |
Saskatoon
Population: 222,100 (2016)
www.saskatoon.ca |
Charlie Clark
(His Honour)
|
Elected 2016. Re-elected 2020. Next election 2024. |
Mediator. Won the 2017 mayoral election with a 3% margin over the incumbent Don Acheson. Member of City Council 2006 2016. Re-elected with 46.8% first ballot votes in the 2020 election which was delayed till autumn because of Covid 19 and then by a few days because of severe weather. No political affiliation. |
Sherbrooke
Population: 161,300
www.ville.sherbrooke.qc.ca |
Steve Lussier (Mr) |
Elected 2017 Next election 2021 |
Born 1975
Property Developer and Estate Agent. Defeated two term mayor Bernard Sevigny who had first been elected to the Council in 2001. Lussier won with no previous Council or political experience.
Party. Independent |
Surrey
Population: 518,000
www.surrey.ca |
Doug McCallum (Mr) |
Elected 2014 Next Election 2018 |
Born 1944. Formerly mayor of Surrey from 1996 2005. Has represented Conservatives on other bodies. Won with a majority of 17,000 over second placed candidate in 2018. Political comeback followed divisions in the Surrey First party which had run Surrey since 2005. Party; Safe Surrey Coalition |
Terrebonne
Pop: 113,000
www.ville.terrebonne.qc.ca |
Marc-Andre Plante (Mr) |
Elected 2017. Next Election 2021 |
Before his election as mayor he was a Social and Municipal Affairs Executive at Carrefour. Following revelations of corruption in the City Council he formed his organisation to contest the 2017 elections. Party. Alliance Democratique de Terrebonne |
Toronto
Population: 2,732,000 (2010)
www.toronto.ca |
John Tory (Mr) |
Elected 2014, re-elected 2018, Next Election 2022 |
Born 1954. Formerly worked as a lawyer, strategist and as a business owner. Worked in Provincial Prime Minister’s Office 1981 1985. Member of Ontario Assembly from 2005 2007. Leader of Progressive Conservatives of Ontario 2004-2009. Worked in broadcasting between 2010 and 2014. Secured second term as mayor in 2018 with 63% of the votes. Party. Progressive Conservatives |
Trois-Rivieres
Pop. 134,400
www.v3r.net |
Jean Lamarche (Mr) |
Elected 2019 in a special election following resignation of previous mayor. Next Election 2021 |
Former President of Festivoix. Worked for Quebec Government as a public communications official. Elected in May 2019 with 55% of the votes. Had support of long-time mayor Yves Levesque who resigned because of ill-health.
Party: None |
Vancouver
Population: 631,500 (2006)
www.vancouver.ca |
Kennedy Stewart (Mr) |
Elected 2018. Next Election 2022 |
Born 1966
Academic. Member of the Federal Parliament from 2011 2018. Elected mayor in 2018 with a margin of less than 1,000 votes over second placed candidate. Represented New Democrats in Parliament but resigned to contest mayoralty in 2018 as an Independent |
Vaughan
Population: 306,300
www.vaughan.ca |
Maurizio Bevilacqua (Mr) |
Elected 2010. Re-elected 2014 and 2018. Next Election 2022 |
Born 1960
First elected in 2010 after serving as member of Federal Parliament for 22 years from 1988 2010. Former Minister of State in Canadian Government. Secured 70% of the votes in 2018. Born in Italy
Party. Liberal |
Victoria
Pop: 87,000
www.victoria.ca |
Lisa Helps (Ms) |
Elected 2014. Re-elected 2018. Next Election 2022 |
Born 1976
Worked for several social sector agencies in management and also served as a board member on social housing provision organisations. City Council member 2011-2014. Homelessness, affordable housing and tackling climate change key policies.
No party affiliation |
Waterloo
Population: 105,000
www.waterloo.ca |
Dave Jaworsky (Mr) |
Elected 2014. Re-elected 2018. Next Election 2022 |
Former business executive at Blackberry. Worked in high-tech sector for 25 years. Secured second term in 2018 with 71% of the votes |
Windsor
Population: 217,000
citywindsor.ca |
Drew Dilkens (Mr) |
Elected 2014. Re-elected 2018. Next Election 2022 |
Lawyer and former diplomatic service official. Member of City Council 2006-2014. Secured second term in 2018 with 59% of the votes |
Winnipeg
Population: 705,200
www.winnipeg.ca |
Brian Bowman (Mr) |
Elected 2014. Re-elected 2018. Next Election 2022 |
Born 1971
Lawyer. Former Chair of Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce. First Aboriginal/Metis mayor of Winnipeg. Secured a second term with 53% of the votes in 2018.
Party. Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba |