Ward 15 Don Valley West


Ward 15 Don Valley West is a municipal electoral division in Toronto, Ontario for Toronto City Council. It was last contested in a by-election in 2024, with Rachel Chernos Lin elected councillor.

Boundaries

On August 14, 2018, the province redrew municipal boundaries via the Better Local Government Act, 2018, S.O. 2018, c. 11 - Bill 5. This means that the 25 Provincial districts and the 25 municipal wards in Toronto currently share the same geographic borders.
Defined in legislation as:

History

2018 Boundary Adjustment

Toronto municipal ward boundaries were significantly modified in 2018 during the election campaign. Ultimately the new ward structure was used and later upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2021.
The current ward is made up of parts of the former Ward 22 St Paul's, the former Ward 25 Don Valley West and southwest portion of the former Ward 26 Don Valley West. From 1988 to 2000, much of the area was covered by North York Centre South Ward, which was represented on Metro Toronto Council until amalgamation in 1997, then on Toronto City Council for one term. Prior to amalgamation, the area was represented by wards 6 and 8 on North York Council.

Geography

Ward 15 is part of the North York Community Council.
Before the 2025 federal election, Don Valley West's boundaries mirrored its federal and provincial counterparts: its west border is Mount Pleasant Road and Yonge Street, its north border is Highway 401, its east border is Leslie Street, the Don River and part of Don Mills Road, and the south border is the Don River and the Beltline Trail.

Election results

2024 by-election

Following the death of councillor Jaye Robinson due to cancer, a by-election was held November 4, 2024, to replace her.
;Candidates
;2024 Results
CandidateVote%
Rachel Chernos Lin12,89954.76
Anthony Furey7,34331.17
Sam Robinson1,2715.40
Sheena Sharp5752.44
Lesley Stoyan3451.45
Shakhlo Sharipova3011.28
Evan Sambasivam186 0.79
Habiba Desai1370.58
Syed Jaffery1240.53
Dhruv Jain1230.52
Calvin Xu720.31
Jason Stevens70 0.30
Cleveland Marshall370.16
Peter Handjis360.15
Mario Lamanna310.13
Daniel Trayes50.02

2018

Ward 15 was first contested during the 2018 municipal election, with candidates including Ward 25 incumbent Jaye Robinson and Ward 26 incumbent Jon Burnside. Robinson was ultimately elected with 49.22 per cent of the vote.