About this site
This site publishes answers to a candidate questionnaire for the 2026 North Bay, Ontario municipal election.
Who asked, and when
Maenda Fortier, a North Bay voter, sent the questionnaire on October 5, 2026 (email to all 5 mayoral candidates at once, about 1:02 PM ET). Every mayoral candidate got the same six questions at the same time. Software tools help format the questions; every answer is published exactly as the candidate sent it.
A reminder went to all mayoral candidates on October 12, 2026.
Replies that arrive after the deadline will be added as they come in.
Same questions for everyone
Every mayoral candidate received the same six questions. Answers were requested at under 150 words each. The reply deadline was end of day Tuesday, October 13, 2026 (America/Toronto).
Every reply is published word for word, side by side, before online voting opens October 15. Line breaks are preserved. Text is not edited, scored, ranked, or annotated with endorsements or alignment notes.
Alphabetical order
Candidates are listed alphabetically by surname, matching the order used on the City of North Bay certified candidates list.
What the reply statuses mean
- Awaiting reply — the response window is still open and no answer is on file yet for that candidate and question.
- Deadline passed, answers being compiled — the reply deadline has passed and replies are being checked so that all answers can be published together.
- No reply — nothing was received from that candidate by the deadline. This is shown only once all answers are published.
Candidate list source
Mayor candidates were taken from the City of North Bay page Registered Candidates and Third-Party Advertisers, fetched October 5, 2026, 1:14 PM ET. 5 mayor candidates were listed.
Corrections
A contact address for corrections will be posted here.
If a candidate believes their answer was transcribed incorrectly, they can ask the publisher for a correction. Verbatim publication remains the policy.
Spending
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Machine-readable data
- /candidates.json — full structured dataset
- /answers.csv — answers CSV download
- /llms.txt — guidance for AI agents