Peter Yuen

Peter Yuen is a Canadian politician and retired police officer, serving for 35 years. He served as the Deputy Chief of the Toronto Police Service from 2017 to 2022 and headed the Toronto police community safety command.^[1]

Peter Yuen
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Deputy Chief of the Toronto Police Service (Community Safety Command)
In office 2017–2022
Personal details
Political party	Liberal (federal) Ontario Liberal (provincial)
Website	www.peteryuen.ca

Biography

He was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to East York in 1975, 11 years after his birth,^[2] where his father opened a restaurant.^[3] Yuen attended Scarborough’s Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School. He initially pursued a degree in chemical engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton before leaving after two years to become a police officer.^[2] While investigating a gambling den as an undercover Constable, Yuen was severely beaten and mock executed after he was exposed as a police officer.^[4][5]

Yuen became the first Superintendent within the Toronto Police Services of Chinese heritage^[2] and was named police officer of the year.^[4] In April 2018, he provided an update to the public on behalf of Toronto Police Services and Constable Kenny Lam following the 2018 Toronto van attack.^[6]

Political career

In October 2024, Peter Yuen was officially nominated as the Ontario Liberal candidate for Scarborough-Agincourt.^[7]

In April 2025, he was nominated as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Markham—Unionville at 2025 Canadian federal election.^[8][9] This was after the previous candidate, Paul Chiang, stepped down after suggesting that a Conservative candidate and Hong Kong activist, Joe Tay, should be turned over to Chinese police for a bounty.^[8] Robert Fife of the Globe and Mail scrutinized Yuen for previously attending events with organizations linked to the Chinese Communist Party such as Jiangsu Commerce Council of Canada (JCCC) in which he was listed as an honorary director.^[9] Yuen told the paper that he left the JCCC a decade ago.^[9]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Markham—Unionville
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Ma	27,055	50.65	+8.22
	Liberal	Peter Yuen	25,133	47.05	–1.18
	New Democratic	Sameer Qureshi	723	1.35	–5.20
	Green	Elvin Kao	506	0.95	–1.84
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			53,417	64.13
Eligible voters			83,289
	Conservative notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.70
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

2025 Ontario general election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Aris Babikian	13,468	49.39	+0.36
	Liberal	Peter Yuen	11,430	41.91	+4.64
	New Democratic	Francesca Policarpio	1,368	5.02	–3.75
	Green	Stephanie LeBlanc	556	2.04	–0.15
	New Blue	Johan Yogaretnam	249	0.91	–0.11
	Ontario Party	Donahue Morgan	200	0.73	–0.99
Total valid votes			27,271	99.32	–0.13
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			188	0.68	+0.13
Turnout			27,459	37.41	–2.02
Eligible voters			73,404
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		–2.14
Source: Elections Ontario[12][13]