“The Toronto mayoral contest may very well be decided in the Chow-Bradford debate showdown. Asked what leadership qualities residents are on the look out for from the contenders, honesty and problem solving top list. Chow voters focused on honesty, Bradford supporters on managing finances. Cost of living, traffic, housing and homelessness top list of issues people want to hear about in debate. A significant 13 per cent are open to changing their vote depending on what they see in the debate.”
CP24/CTV News Toronto/Nanos conducted a RDD dual frame (cell- and land-lines) hybrid random telephone and online survey of 762 residents of Toronto aged 18 years and over, from October 15th to October 18th, 2026. Respondents were all randomly recruited through a dual-frame (cell- and land-line) RDD sample using live agents. One half of the sample was administered the questionnaire by telephone, and one half was administered online through the Nanos Insights Lab Probability Panel. The random sample was weighted by region, age and gender according to the latest Canadian census data.
A random survey of 762 residents of Toronto is accurate ±3.6 percentage points, plus or minus, 19 times out of 20.
The full methodology is detailed in the technical note in this report. This research was conducted and released in accordance with the standards of the CRIC of which the firm is an accredited member.
Full data tables with weighted and unweighted number of interviews is here.