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Ana Bailão

Ana Bailão

Ana Bailão, born in 1976 in Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, is a Canadian housing executive and former Toronto politician.

Born
1976 (50 years), Vila Franca de Xira
Education
University of Toronto

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She was a city councillor from 2010 to 2022 and deputy mayor from 2017 to 2022, and since September 2025 has been CEO of Build Canada Homes. She finished second in the 2023 Toronto mayoral by-election and did not stand in the 2026 Toronto mayoral election.

Career

Bailão moved to Toronto's Davenport neighbourhood at 15 and studied sociology and European studies at the University of Toronto. She lost a 2003 council race, then served as Ward 18 Davenport councillor from 2010 to 2022 and was re-elected in 2014 and, in the new Ward 9, in 2018. She chaired the Affordable Housing and the Planning and Housing committees and was Deputy Mayor for Toronto and East York under John Tory from 2017 to 2022. In 2023 she lost the mayoral by-election to Olivia Chow, 32.46 to 37.17 per cent. She joined Dream Unlimited in January 2023 and became CEO of Build Canada Homes in September 2025, appointed by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Offices held
  1. Deputy Mayor of Toronto 2017–2022
  2. Member of the Toronto City Council 2010–2022

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Toronto Mayoral Election Winner 2026

OutcomeLeft – RightAgeProbability
Olivia ChowCentre-left6979%
Brad Bradford4021%
Michael Ford<1%
Anthony Furey<1%
Marco MendicinoCentre53<1%
John ToryCentre-right72<1%
Kevin Clarke<1%
Ana Bailão50<1%

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