Ward 13 Toronto Centre

For the federal riding, see Toronto Centre. For the provincial riding, see Toronto Centre (provincial electoral district).

Ward 13 Toronto Centre is a municipal electoral division in Toronto, Ontario, for the Toronto City Council. It was last contested in the 2022 municipal election, with Chris Moise elected councillor for the 2022–2026 term.

Ward 13 Toronto Centre
Constituency for the Toronto City Council
Location of Ward 13 in Toronto
City	Toronto
Population	103,805 (2016)
Current constituency
Created	2018
Councillor	Chris Moise
Community council	Toronto East York
Created from	Ward 21 Ward 22 Ward 15 (partial)
First contested	2018 election
Last contested	2022 election
Ward profile	www.toronto.ca/ward-13-toronto-centre/

History

The ward was created in 2018 when the provincial government aligned Toronto's then-44 municipal wards with the 25 corresponding provincial and federal ridings.^[1][2] The current ward is made up of parts of the former Ward 27 Toronto Centre-Rosedale and the former Ward 28 Toronto Centre-Rosedale.^[3][4]

2018 municipal election

Ward 13 was first contested during the 2018 municipal election, with candidates including Ward 27 incumbent Kristyn Wong-Tam, Ward 28 incumbent Lucy Troisi and former Ontario deputy premier George Smitherman. Wong-Tam was ultimately elected with 51.26 per cent of the vote.^[3][5] Robin Buxton Potts, was appointed by council in June 2022 to serve the remainder of the term after Wong-Tam resigned to run in the 2022 provincial election.^[6]

2022 municipal election

Chris Moise was elected in 2022.^[7]

Geography

Ward 13 is part of the Toronto and East York community council.^[8]

Toronto Centre's approximate borders are Bay Street, College Street, Yonge Street and Dundas Street on the west, and The Esplanade on the south side. The Don River is the east boundary, and Rosedale Valley Road, Bloor Street, Mount Pleasant Road and Charles Street form the north border.^[3] The ward covers the heart of Downtown Toronto.

The ward contains areas such as Regent Park (Canada's first social housing development), St. James Town (a largely immigrant area and the most densely populated neighbourhood in Canada), Cabbagetown, Church and Wellesley (a historic LGBT neighbourhood), Toronto Metropolitan University, the Toronto Eaton Centre and part of the city's financial district (the east side of Bay Street).

Councillors

Council term	Member
	Ward 6 Downtown East (City Council)	Ward 7 Regent Park & Cabbagetown (City Council)	Downtown (partial) (Metro Council)
1988–1991	Jack Layton	Barbara Hall	Dale Martin
1991–1994	Kyle Rae		Olivia Chow
1994–1997		Pam McConnell
	Ward 24 Downtown		Ward 25 Don River (partial)
1997–2000	Kyle Rae, Olivia Chow		Jack Layton, Pam McConnell
	Ward 27 Toronto Centre—Rosedale	Ward 28 Toronto Centre—Rosedale	n/a
2000–2003	Kyle Rae	Pam McConnell (Died July 2017)
2003–2006
2006–2010
2010–2014	Kristyn Wong-Tam
2014–2018
		Lucy Troisi (appointed November 2017)
	Ward 13 Toronto Centre
2018–2022	Kristyn Wong-Tam[9] (resigned May, 2022) Robin Buxton Potts (appointed June 2022)
2022–2026	Chris Moise

Election results

2018 Toronto municipal election, Ward 13 Toronto Centre
Candidate	Votes	Vote share
Kristyn Wong-Tam	15,706	50.26%
George Smitherman	4,734	15.15%
Lucy Troisi	2,698	8.63%
Khuram Aftab	1,794	5.74%
Walied Khogali Ali	1,408	4.51%
Ryan Lester	968	3.10%
Tim Gordanier	734	2.35%
Jon Callegher	713	2.28%
John Jeffery	530	1.70%
Catherina Perez	511	1.64%
Megann Willson	411	1.32%
Barbara Lavoie	176	0.56%
Jordan Stone	161	0.52%
Richard Forget	150	0.48%
Jonathan Heath	144	0.46%
Kyle McNally	138	0.44%
Darren Abramson	108	0.35%
Gladys Larbie	101	0.32%
Rob Wolvin	64	0.20%
Total	31,249	100%
Source: City of Toronto[10]

See also

• Municipal elections in Canada
• Municipal government of Toronto
• List of Toronto municipal elections