Source: Toronto Everyday News
Who Is Running for Ward 7 Councillor in 2026?
Three candidates are listed in Toronto’s 2026 councillor race for Ward 7, Humber River–Black Creek: Anthony Perruzza, Amanda Coombs and Lorna Antwi. Residents will elect one councillor to represent the ward at City Council.
Each candidate has a different background. Here is an introduction to their experience and published priorities, followed by questions residents can ask all three.
Anthony Perruzza
Anthony Perruzza is the current Ward 7 councillor. He has previously served as a school board trustee, a North York councillor and an Ontario MPP. He represented Toronto’s former Ward 8 from 2006 to 2018, won the newly configured Ward 7 seat in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022.
His City of Toronto profile discusses work involving roads, rental housing, York Woods Library and Theatre, and the Jane–Finch Community Hub. Some of these projects remain useful subjects for follow-up reporting. For each one, residents can ask: What has been completed, what is underway and what is the next milestone?
Because Perruzza is the incumbent, voters can examine Council decisions and project updates alongside his current campaign statements. An ongoing project should be described by its actual status, rather than automatically counted as either a completed result or a new election promise.
Amanda Coombs
Amanda Coombs has experience in tenant representation and youth support. A City of Toronto public appointment profile describes her as a Toronto Community Housing tenant representative in the Jane and Finch community and identifies her as the founder of Back 2 Basickz.
York University reported that the youth-support program began in Jane and Finch in 2013. It later expanded with a centre in Scarborough. That expansion is part of her community-work record, although the Scarborough centre is outside Ward 7.
Coombs’s published campaign platform focuses on four priorities: cost of living, housing stability, support for vulnerable residents and community safety. It mentions eviction prevention, tenant support, food access and prevention-focused safety measures.
The next questions are about delivery. Which action would she pursue first? Would it need a City budget decision, a change to an existing program or cooperation from another organization? Her platform states her priorities; it does not establish that the proposed measures have already been implemented.
Lorna Antwi
Lorna Antwi’s campaign website describes her as a lifelong Humber River–Black Creek resident and a counsellor with Toronto Shelter & Support Services.
Her published priorities include housing and tenant protections, youth employment, mentorship, mental health support, street and park maintenance, food access, and support for seniors and families. These are campaign positions that residents can examine and question.
Antwi covers a wide range of issues. A useful follow-up is to ask which proposals she would pursue first as a councillor, how she would seek funding and what progress residents could reasonably expect to see during her first year.
What Should Ward 7 Residents Ask All Three Candidates?
A fair comparison gives each candidate the same questions:
What is your first housing priority for Ward 7? Which bus connection, crossing or walking route needs attention first? How would you improve responses to apartment maintenance complaints? What specific action could residents check after your first year? What funding, Council decision or outside partner would that action require?
Clear answers would help residents compare experience with plans—and plans with steps that can be tracked. Before voting, residents can also use Toronto’s MyVote service to confirm their ward and review the candidate information listed for their address.
Reporting basis: Toronto Public Library’s Know Your Vote candidate guide, the City of Toronto’s councillor and public appointment profiles, York University’s reporting, and the candidates’ published campaign pages.