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This site publishes every candidate's answers to the same five questions. That is one place to look, not the only one. This page collects the others: where to watch and attend the debates, other groups' questionnaires, and official pages and independent reporting. Every link goes to someone else's site, and each is listed the way its publisher describes it.

Researched September 26, 2026
WATCH & ATTEND

Debates and all-candidates meetings

Every all-candidates meeting and debate announced for London's 2026 election, from any organizer, in date order. The 14 ward meetings come from the Urban League of London's list. The rest are hosted by other groups. None of them are London Decides events, and dates and rooms can change, so each row links to the organizer's own page.

14URBAN LEAGUE WARD MEETINGSone per ward, September 9 to October 1
6FROM OTHER ORGANIZERSmayoral debates and forums announced so far

Rogers TV London is broadcasting every Urban League ward meeting through October, with recordings posted afterwards on its YouTube channel. Missing your ward's night is not the same as missing the meeting.

No organizer has announced an all-candidates meeting for school board trustees on any board. If one is announced, it goes here.

Have a question you want asked at a ward meeting? The Urban League takes submissions at elections@urbanleague.ca.

DATE
TIME
RACE
WHERE · WHO
Sept 9Wed
7:00-8:00pm
Jalna Library (1119 Jalna Blvd.)Urban League of LondonHELD · RECORDING NOT UP YET
Sept 10Thu
5:00–8:00pm, debate after dinner
MAYOR
Sunningdale Golf & Country Club (465 Sunningdale Rd. W.)London Home Builders' AssociationPAST
A members' dinner meeting, not open to the public. Guest tickets were $105 plus HST and registration closed September 3. The Association's own page lists three of the twelve mayoral candidates as taking part. London Home Builders' Association ↗
Sept 10Thu
7:00-8:00pm
Crouch Library (550 Hamilton Rd.)Urban League of LondonHELD · RECORDING NOT UP YET
Sept 10Thu
7:00-8:00pm
Bostwick Library (501 Southdale Rd.)Urban League of LondonRECORDING POSTEDWATCH ON YOUTUBE ↗
Sept 16Wed
2:00pm recording
MAYOR
Aeolian Hall (795 Dundas St. E.)Rogers TV London and The Loon (London Ontario Online News)RECORDING POSTEDWATCH ON YOUTUBE ↗
This one has happened and you can watch it: Rogers TV has posted the full debate on its YouTube channel as "London: Mayoral Debate, The Local Campaign 2026", moderated by Christine Taleski with questions from The Loon's Mike Donachie, Steve Cordes and Matt Brown. Rogers TV London (YouTube) ↗
Sept 16Wed
7:00-8:00pm
Beacock Library (1280 Huron St.)Urban League of LondonRECORDING POSTEDWATCH ON YOUTUBE ↗
Sept 17Thu
7:00-8:00pm
Byron Library (1295 Commissioners Rd. W.)Urban League of LondonRECORDING POSTEDWATCH ON YOUTUBE ↗
Sept 17Thu
7:00-8:00pm
Chalmers Presbyterian Church - Upper Hall (342 Pond Mills Rd.)Urban League of LondonRECORDING POSTEDWATCH ON YOUTUBE ↗
Sept 19Sat
1:00-2:00pm
Woodland Heights PS (474 Springbank Dr.)Urban League of LondonRECORDING POSTEDWATCH ON YOUTUBE ↗
Sept 19Sat
2:00-3:00pm
Central Library (251 Dundas St.)Urban League of LondonRECORDING POSTEDWATCH ON YOUTUBE ↗
Sept 22Tue
7:00–9:00pm, doors 6:30
West Haven Golf & Country Club (7038 Egremont Dr.)Rotary Club of London-Hyde ParkPAST
Free, but registration is required because of the room's fire-code limit. Registration opened September 3 on the Rotary club's site. Rotary Club of London-Hyde Park ↗
Sept 23Wed
7:00-8:00pm
East Lions Community Centre (1731 Churchill Ave.)Urban League of LondonHELD · RECORDING NOT UP YET
Sept 23Wed
7:00-8:00pm
West Oaks French Immersion (1050 Plantation Rd.)Urban League of LondonRECORDING POSTEDWATCH ON YOUTUBE ↗
Sept 24Thu
7:00-8:00pm
Stoneybrook Public School (1460 Stoneybrook Cr.)Urban League of LondonHELD · RECORDING NOT UP YET
Sept 24Thu
7:00-8:00pm
The Mercato on Western's West Campus (271 Ramsay Rd.)Urban League of LondonHELD · RECORDING NOT UP YET
Sept 29Tue
7:00–9:00pm, doors 6:30
MAYOR
West Haven Golf & Country Club (7038 Egremont Dr.)Rotary Club of London-Hyde ParkFREE · REGISTER FIRST
Free, but registration was required because of the room's fire-code limit, and as of September 26 the Rotary club's page says registration is closed and the event is fully booked. Also listed on the City of London's information-for-voters page. Rotary Club of London-Hyde Park ↗
Oct 1Thu
7:00-8:00pm
Fanshawe College - Room TBD (1001 Fanshawe College Blvd.)Urban League of LondonOPEN TO ALL
Oct 1Thu
7:00-8:00pm
Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School (125 Sherwood Forest Sq.)Urban League of LondonOPEN TO ALL
Oct 13Tue
11:30am
MAYOR
Ramada by Wyndham LondonMacdonald Cartier Club of London and AreaFREE · REGISTER FIRST
A ticketed lunch meeting: $45 on the club's site. The club says a replay of its events is posted on YouTube afterwards. Macdonald Cartier Club of London and Area ↗
Oct 15Thu
7:00–8:30pm, doors 6:30
MAYOR
LiUNA Local 1059 Building (635 Wilton Grove Rd.)London Abused Women's Centre, with Changing Ways, the Muslim Resource Centre and WRRCSAOPEN TO ALL
Free and open to everyone. The debate's theme is safety, prevention and action for women, girls and gender-diverse people. The organizers say it will be livestreamed on the London Abused Women's Centre's Facebook page. London Abused Women's Centre (Instagram) ↗

Ward rows are Urban League of London meetings: free, no registration, first-come seating, recorded by Rogers TV London. Urban League of London ↗

MISSED ONE? WATCH IT

Rogers TV London records every Urban League ward meeting and the mayoral debate and posts them on its YouTube channel. Each ward row above links to its recording once it is up. 8 recordings are up so far.

Every row is organized by a third party, not London Decides, and is listed as the organizer published it. Know of a meeting that isn’t here? corrections@londondecides.ca

NOT OURS, STILL USEFUL

Other questionnaires candidates were sent

Other organizations sent the same candidates their own questions. They are listed here because a reader comparing candidates should know every place answers exist. London Decides does not run them, vouch for them, or copy answers from them. A candidate who answered one of these has a button on their entry. It goes to that candidate's own page when the organization made one, and to the page for their race when it did not.

  • LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

    London Chamber of Commerce candidate survey

    Twelve questions on the economy, the Downtown Plan, housing, safety, arts, transportation, approvals, reconciliation, infrastructure financing and climate, sent to every mayoral and ward candidate. Answers are published word for word as they arrive. Each candidate with a published response page is linked from their own entry on this site.

    londonchamber.com →
  • LONDON FREE PRESS

    London Free Press: candidates in their own words

    Seven questions to mayoral candidates and seven to ward candidates, published September 7 and 8, 2026 as one article per race, naming the candidates who did not respond. Reading past the first paragraphs requires a free account.

    lfpress.com →
  • LONDON & DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCIL

    London & District Labour Council candidate survey

    Twelve questions on ethics, public services, wages, housing and climate, with an August 14 deadline. As of September 26 the survey page lists the questions and no candidate responses.

    londonlabour.ca →
  • CLIMATE ACTION LONDON

    Climate Action London candidate questionnaire

    Agree-or-disagree statements, with room for comments, on transit frequency, the London Plan's affordable housing target, the climate reserve fund, mode-share targets, building height limits, a lobbyist registry and an AI data centre moratorium. Sent August 7 to every mayoral and ward candidate with a September 1 deadline, extended to September 4. Answers are posted by race, and the page names the candidates who did not respond.

    climateactionlondon.ca →
  • THAMES REGION ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

    TREA 2026 Municipal Election Guide

    Environmental questions sent to the 2026 candidates for mayor and council, starting with the City's climate commitments. Everything is on one long page, organized by question, with each candidate's answer under it.

    trea.ca →
MORE PLACES TO LOOK

Official pages, reporting and community groups

Pages that help a voter find out who is running. London Decides does not run them or vouch for them, and a link here is not an endorsement. Each was checked on September 26, 2026.

THE OFFICIAL LIST

  • CITY OF LONDON, ELECTIONS OFFICE · OPEN

    List of Candidates

    The City Clerk's certified list of every candidate for mayor, the 14 ward seats and the school board races, with the contact details and websites each candidate supplied. Withdrawn candidates are marked.

    london.ca →

NEWS AND INDEPENDENT REPORTING

  • LONDON FREE PRESS · FREE ACCOUNT MAY BE NEEDED

    Municipal Election coverage

    The paper's page collecting its 2026 election reporting, including ward debate write-ups and mayoral campaign stories.

    lfpress.com →
  • CBC NEWS · OPEN

    CBC London

    CBC's London news page. There is no separate election page, so its ward-by-ward race stories and mayoral campaign stories appear in this feed and scroll off it over time.

    cbc.ca →
  • THE LOON (INDEPENDENT, BY MIKE DONACHIE) · OPEN

    The 14 Wards of London Ontario

    A 14-part series on each ward's neighbourhoods, history and current council race. The last part came out September 15.

    readtheloon.com →

SCHOOL BOARD RACES

  • CBC NEWS · OPEN

    The role of school board trustees remains unclear. Here's why some Londoners want the job anyway

    A September 15 explainer on what London-area trustees can and cannot do after provincial changes, with candidates for the Thames Valley and Catholic boards saying why they are running.

    cbc.ca →

COMMUNITY GROUPS

  • LONDON UNITED FOR CHANGE · OPEN

    London United for Change

    A grassroots group of London residents, not affiliated with the City, that says it is organizing to support voter engagement and candidates running in the 2026 election. Its page is a list of links and does not name candidates. It gathers voter resources such as a printable voter checklist, links to meeting recordings and candidate questionnaires, and training and planning material for people running for office.

    londonunitedforchange.ca →
THEN READ THEIR OWN WORDS HERE

Every candidate is asked the same five questions, and the answers are published word for word on their entry. How the questionnaire works.