Item - 2025.MM34.7
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on November 12 and 13, 2025 with amendments.
- See also 2026.EX32.11
MM34.7 - Expanding the Listening to Toronto Survey to Support Ward-Level Insights - by Councillor Lily Cheng, seconded by Councillor Paul Ainslie
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
City Council on November 12 and 13, 2025, adopted the following:
1. City Council request the City Manager to:
a. explore opportunities to expand the Listening to Toronto Survey to produce statistically significant data at the ward level in future years, within current budget; and
b. report back to the Executive Committee in the second quarter of 2026 with recommendations and options for implementation, including opportunities to pilot ward-level data collection in a future survey cycle, including:
i. an assessment of potential sampling frameworks and associated cost implications;
ii. additional consideration of methodological options to enhance demographic and geographic representation, including through enhanced public outreach strategies which include but are not limited to survey production in the top most-spoken languages in Toronto, survey promotion through paid advertisement, and engagement through local Councillor offices; and
iii. a review of comparable municipal survey models, such as the City of Calgary Fall Survey, which disaggregates data by ward to support localized insights and findings.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM34.7 be referred to the Executive Committee. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That City Council amend Recommendation 1.b.ii. by adding the words "including through enhanced public outreach strategies which include but are not limited to survey production in the top most-spoken languages in Toronto, survey promotion through paid advertisement, and engagement through local councillor offices" after the words "geographic representation", so that it now reads as follows:
1. City Council request the City Manager to:
b. report back to the Executive Committee in the second quarter of 2026 with recommendations and options for implementation, including opportunities to pilot ward-level data collection in a future survey cycle, including:
ii. additional consideration of methodological options to enhance demographic and geographic representation, including through enhanced public outreach strategies which include but are not limited to survey production in the top most-spoken languages in Toronto, survey promotion through paid advertisement, and engagement through local Councillor offices; and