Where candidates stand

Olivia Chow on seniors.

Q: What has Olivia Chow said or promised for older adults?

Health and care: Promises to expand mobile dental and primary care clinics to help 8,000 seniors stay healthy near home: a fourth mobile dental clinic serving about 3,200 people a year and two more primary care vans expected to reach about 4,800 seniors a year.Money: Her campaign says she expanded the City’s property tax deferral and cancellation programs, raising the income limit each year, and will keep doing so.Housing and staying at home: A $5.61 million plan her campaign says would reach 28,000 seniors, including access to the City’s free homemaking services (cleaning, laundry, meal preparation) for 5,000 seniors. Her campaign also says she created and expanded the City’s free air conditioner program.Community and caregivers: Would partner with University Health Network to hire Community Connectors who set up recreation and social activities where many older people live (naturally occurring retirement communities), reaching 15,000 seniors in 100 of them. NOW Toronto reported 50 Community Connectors. Her campaign says she also invested in free library programs for seniors.Every line links to its source on this page. As of October 11, 2026.

Mayor of Toronto since 2023, running for re-election. Her campaign has a plan for seniors that it says would reach 28,000 people, with help at home, mobile dental and primary care, and community connectors where many older people live.

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Olivia Chow, smiling, at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2024 — Photo: Frank Sun, cropped, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CASL doesn’t rate, rank, endorse or oppose candidates. This is what is on the public record, with the source for every line. Read it side by side with the other candidates on Where candidates stand, and decide for yourself.

Mayor of Toronto since 2023, running for re-election.

Olivia Chow

Her campaign has a plan for seniors that it says would reach 28,000 people, with help at home, mobile dental and primary care, and community connectors where many older people live.

Health and care
Promise Promises to expand mobile dental and primary care clinics to help 8,000 seniors stay healthy near home: a fourth mobile dental clinic serving about 3,200 people a year and two more primary care vans expected to reach about 4,800 seniors a year. Sources: Olivia Chow campaign: “Olivia Chow will create a more senior-friendly city”, September 29, 2026; NOW Toronto: Chow and Bradford unveil new campaign promises, September 29, 2026
Money
Record Her campaign says she expanded the City’s property tax deferral and cancellation programs, raising the income limit each year, and will keep doing so. Source: Olivia Chow campaign: “Olivia Chow will create a more senior-friendly city”, September 29, 2026
Housing and staying at home
Promise A $5.61 million plan her campaign says would reach 28,000 seniors, including access to the City’s free homemaking services (cleaning, laundry, meal preparation) for 5,000 seniors. Her campaign also says she created and expanded the City’s free air conditioner program. Sources: Olivia Chow campaign: “Olivia Chow will create a more senior-friendly city”, September 29, 2026; NOW Toronto: Chow and Bradford unveil new campaign promises, September 29, 2026
Getting around and safety
We found nothing aimed at older adults on transit, Wheel-Trans, safety or scams. She promises to make TTC rides free after 10 trips a week, for every rider. Source: Olivia Chow campaign: TTC rides free after 10 trips a week, read October 11, 2026
Community and caregivers
Promise Would partner with University Health Network to hire Community Connectors who set up recreation and social activities where many older people live (naturally occurring retirement communities), reaching 15,000 seniors in 100 of them. NOW Toronto reported 50 Community Connectors. Her campaign says she also invested in free library programs for seniors. Sources: Olivia Chow campaign: “Olivia Chow will create a more senior-friendly city”, September 29, 2026; NOW Toronto: Chow and Bradford unveil new campaign promises, September 29, 2026

Changes to this page

October 11, 2026Record published. For a few hours that day this page showed a score; CASL doesn’t rate candidates, so it was removed the same day.

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How we choose what to show

Only public, dated sources, each one linked: the candidate’s own campaign website, government records, and news reports of what they said or did. Five areas that matter to older adults; each line is labelled Record, Promise or Said. The same rules apply to every candidate, listed in alphabetical order. Read the full rules.

Others in this race

Brad BradfordRunning for mayor of Toronto. City councillor for Ward 19, Beaches-East York, since 2018.

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What Olivia Chow has put on the public record for older adults, as shown by CASL, the Chamber for the Advancement of Senior Living, on October 11, 2026: https://www.thecasl.ca/where-they-stand-olivia-chow.html. CASL doesn’t rate or endorse candidates.

Questions

What has Olivia Chow said or promised for older adults?

Health and care: Promises to expand mobile dental and primary care clinics to help 8,000 seniors stay healthy near home: a fourth mobile dental clinic serving about 3,200 people a year and two more primary care vans expected to reach about 4,800 seniors a year.
Money: Her campaign says she expanded the City’s property tax deferral and cancellation programs, raising the income limit each year, and will keep doing so.
Housing and staying at home: A $5.61 million plan her campaign says would reach 28,000 seniors, including access to the City’s free homemaking services (cleaning, laundry, meal preparation) for 5,000 seniors. Her campaign also says she created and expanded the City’s free air conditioner program.
Community and caregivers: Would partner with University Health Network to hire Community Connectors who set up recreation and social activities where many older people live (naturally occurring retirement communities), reaching 15,000 seniors in 100 of them. NOW Toronto reported 50 Community Connectors. Her campaign says she also invested in free library programs for seniors.

Every line links to its source on this page. As of October 11, 2026.

Does CASL rate or endorse Olivia Chow?

No. CASL doesn’t rate or rank candidates, doesn’t endorse or oppose any candidate or party, and takes no money, ads or favours from any. This page shows only what is on the public record, with the source for every line.

How can this page change?

When something new is on the public record. We review it every week; the date and the change are listed under “Changes to this page”.

How do I vote in Toronto on October 26?

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