Get to know the candidates

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.

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

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

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, or the organization's single page, 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 October 11 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 →
• CONCERNED CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF LONDON

  CCAL Candidate Accountability Questionnaire

  Fifteen questions to mayoral and council candidates on budgets and property taxes, council's relationship with City staff, hiring, spending transparency, department performance measures, social housing, policing, safer supply, procurement, FCM and AMO programs, and influence from offshore-funded groups. Answers were posted September 30, 2026 as one post per race. The association says some candidates did not send answers but does not name them.

  ccalondon.substack.com →
• LONDON CHAPTER OF THE COUNCIL OF CANADIANS

  Council of Canadians London Municipal Candidate Survey

  One report, published September 2026, with every response the chapter received. Candidates rated twelve issue areas, from housing and homelessness to democratic governance, then answered questions on public water services, AI data centres, provincial Bill 5, the opioid crisis, property taxes, affordable rental housing, the Emergency Services Campus, vacant commercial properties and responses to far-right activity. Each candidate's link opens the report at their own pages.

  londoncouncilofcanadians.ca →
• NATURE LONDON

  Nature London municipal election survey

  Three questions on the difference between parks and environmentally significant areas, Environmental Management Plans for development next to the Natural Heritage System, and the City's Environmental Management Guidelines. Sent to every mayoral and council candidate with a September 14 deadline; later answers are marked with the date they arrived. Everything is on one page, grouped by race.

  naturelondon.ca →
• PILLAR NONPROFIT NETWORK

  Pillar Nonprofit Network candidate survey

  Questions on the challenges facing London's nonprofit sector, a formal dialogue between the City and the sector, multi-year funding, how nonprofits are included in City decisions, and the City's role in nonprofit infrastructure. 43 candidates completed it between late July and early September; results were published September 20, 2026 with each candidate's answers as a separate PDF and a full analysis.

  pillarnonprofit.ca →

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.