Councillor · Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest

Re-Elect Parthi Kandavel Clear Vision. Strong Voice.

Our city is changing. I'm fighting to make it work for you — from the Bluffs to the Danforth.

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Teacher · TDSB Trustee 2014–2022 · Scarborough resident since 1988

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2023 — Present

Delivered for Scarborough Southwest.

$300K
Secured to design a new splash pad and playground at Bluffer's Park
2026 budget · Council decision
4,000+
Constituency cases opened and closed by the office
Jan 2023 – August 2026 · Office case system
100+
Public consultations and community events held in the ward
Jan 2023 – August 2026 · Office records
Standing up for neighbourhoods
  • Won Council approval for stronger scrutiny of the Danforth data centre — an independent noise peer review, public engagement, and examination of energy, water, infrastructure and community impacts.
  • Opposed blanket sixplex permissions in residential areas, pressing for growth matched to local infrastructure.
  • Established a working group with Police, Fire, By-Law, Zoning & Building to address illegal rooming houses.
Safer streets across the ward
  • 30 km/h on local residential roads across Ward 20.
  • New crossing guards and school-zone protections at locations residents raised.
  • Speed humps, stop signs and new traffic signals where the evidence supported them.
Growing complete communities
  • Directed the City to prioritise licensed childcare expansion in high-need neighbourhoods, with reporting on the barriers to growth.
  • Pressed for cultural funding to reach beyond the downtown core, so Scarborough artists get their share.
  • Put the economic role of local strip plazas into Toronto's economic action planning.

The record, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

Progress close to home.

Pick your neighbourhood. Every item is something Parthi led, secured, advanced or fought for — with its real stage attached, because a record you can check is worth more than one you can't.

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Under construction

Blantyre Park renewal

Drove a full renewal through to construction — a new accessible five-lane pool and family pool, new change facilities, playground, splash pad, fitness area and accessible paths.

Advanced

Approved & funded

Birch Cliff Village streetscape

Won $30,000 for planters, signage and pavement treatments to lift the Kingston Road strip through the village.

Secured

Approved & funded

Birch Cliff Village mural

Won $27,000 for a new mural on Kingston Road between Birchcliff and Birchmount.

Secured

Changes implemented

Courcelette & Kingston construction fix

Residents and shop owners raised the alarm about a dangerous construction site. The office moved, and won rush-hour traffic direction and staging changes at 1161 Kingston Road.

Intervened

Open

Scarborough Arena Gardens

Toronto's oldest arena reopened in Parthi's first term after a major reconstruction — ice back for Birch Cliff families.

Supported

In design

Kingston Road heritage character

Pressing to keep what makes the strip worth walking as it changes.

Advocated

Approved & funded

Outdoor learning at Cliffside Public School

Won $30,000 for a new outdoor learning and community seating area — Parthi's own motion, for a school he could have taught in.

Secured

Completed

Slower traffic on Kingston Road

Cut the posted limit to 50 km/h from Midland to Brimley. Signs are up.

Advanced

Approved for delivery

22 parking spaces saved for Cliffside business

When the Kingston Road redesign threatened the strip's parking, Parthi's amendment preserved 22 spaces between Cliffside Drive and Sandown — and added median trees and planters on top.

Secured

Approved & funded

Safer Kingston Road

Better crossings, calmer traffic and a street that looks like somewhere you'd stop.

Advanced

Implemented

School zone markings and crossings

New markings and crossing protection at the spots parents flagged.

Intervened

In design

Public art on the strip

Bringing new work to Cliffside's storefronts and public spaces.

Advocated

Adopted

Bluffer's Park Action Plan

Parthi's motion, passed unanimously — one coordinated plan for amenities, gridlock, capital investment, visitor experience and protecting the shoreline and the Bluffs themselves.

Led

Under construction

Brimley Road South multi-use trail

A paved, lit walking and cycling connection from Barkdene Hills down to Bluffer's Park Road. Crews are on site.

Advanced

Approved & funded

Splash pad and playground at Bluffer's

Won $300,000 to design new family amenities at the park — the piece that turns a destination into somewhere you take the kids on a Tuesday.

Secured

Approved & funded

A recreation centre for Southwest Scarborough

Won $300,000 to get the due diligence and early planning underway on a community recreation centre this end of the city has waited decades for.

Secured

Changes implemented

Safer routes around Cathedral Bluffs schools

A second crossing guard at Kingston and McCowan, a new guard at Cathedral Bluffs and Earl, and construction restrictions during school arrival and dismissal.

Intervened

Approved

Parking, transit and beach access at the Bluffs

Won Council direction on overflow parking, wayfinding, TTC service and beach access — so summer crowds stop landing on residential streets.

Led

Design approved

West Scarborough Rail Trail

Parthi's motion took a decades-old idea and made it real work — functional design started, the corridor protected, and the whole thing timed to TTC construction so we don't dig the same ground twice.

Led

Underway

Cleta and Corvette

Storm-sewer upgrades to stop the flooding residents have reported for years, with traffic calming approved on Corvette.

Advanced

Planning & engagement

A better Kennedy Station

Put residents in the room for planning the streets and public spaces around the ward's biggest transit hub.

Convened

Advocacy underway

Faster buses on the Busway

Pushing for the service improvements the Scarborough Busway was supposed to deliver.

Advocated

Implemented

Local traffic calming

Speed humps and stop signs where the collision evidence backed residents up.

Secured

In study

Growth that fits the Junction

Making sure development along the corridor comes with the infrastructure to carry it.

Advocated

Approved & funded

New and expanded courts at Clairlea Park

Won $67,412.88 to design and build new and expanded tennis, pickleball and basketball courts — Parthi's motion, with the funding source named in it.

Secured

Funding secured

$100,000 for West Scarborough community programs

More swim time, more seniors' hours, more for youth at the West Scarborough Neighbourhood Community Centre. The centre credited Parthi with helping get it.

Helped secure

Approved

All-way stop at Presley and Florens

Residents said the intersection was dangerous. The collision record agreed. The stop was approved.

Advanced

In study

ReNew Golden Mile and O'Connor

Shaping how this corridor grows, so Clairlea gets the parks, transit and services that come with it.

Advanced

Implemented

Safer local streets

Traffic calming and crossing improvements on the residential streets residents raised.

Secured

Advocacy underway

Protecting Clairlea's family streets

Standing against blanket density rules that ignore what local infrastructure can carry.

Advocated

Completed & open

New Prairie Drive Park playground

Open and busy — climbing structures, swings, inclusive play features and seating, with the design shaped by the neighbours who use it.

Supported

Under construction

705 rental homes at Victoria Park

Backed a complete community beside Victoria Park Station: 705 homes, 256 of them affordable, with childcare, community space, retail and public open space. This is what responsible growth looks like.

Supported

Delivered

Crossing guard at Danforth Gardens

Parents asked for a guard at the school crossing. They got one.

Helped secure

In design

Oakridge Safe Streets Plan

A neighbourhood-wide look at speed, crossings and cut-through traffic — not one intersection at a time.

Advanced

Approved

Childcare where it's needed most

Parthi's amendment directed the City to put licensed childcare expansion into high-need neighbourhoods first. Oakridge is one of them.

Led

Implemented

School zone safety

Markings, signage and crossing protection around Oakridge schools.

Intervened

Led — his motion. Secured — his motion won the money or the approval. Advanced — he moved it to its next stage. Intervened — residents raised it, his office fixed it. Supported — he backed it. Statuses last checked August 2026.

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The next four years · 2026—2030

What I'm fighting for.

Top priority

Scarborough decides what happens in Scarborough.

A data centre expansion on Danforth. Blanket density rules written downtown. I've won independent review, public engagement and a real examination of the impacts — and I'll keep making sure decisions about this community get made with this community.

Improving road safety

Speed humps, stop signs, and new traffic signals — championing traffic-calming where it's needed.

Delivering better transit

Better frequency on overcrowded routes, and advocating for a modern, accessible Warden Station.

Investment in arts & culture

New public murals and more City funding for Scarborough artists — the investment they deserve.

Strengthening parks & sports

New tennis, pickleball, and basketball courts for kids, families, and seniors.

Growth that comes with the goods

705 homes at Victoria Park arriving with childcare, parks and public space is what responsible growth looks like. Density dropped onto streets without the pipes, parks or transit to carry it is not.

Rooted in our community

Here since 1988.

Since 1988

Home

My family has called this community home since 1988. My wife and I are raising our two children here.

12 years

Teacher, Grades 5–8

A dozen years in the classroom, teaching the next generation of Scarborough kids.

2014 — 2022

TDSB Trustee

Eight years fighting for our schools and students on the Toronto District School Board.

2023 — Present

City Councillor, Ward 20

An independent voice for Scarborough Southwest — working across the political spectrum to deliver for this community.

Parthi Kandavel with his family in Scarborough Southwest
Parthi Kandavel speaking with residents at a Scarborough Southwest community event

Family, public service and community — all rooted in Scarborough Southwest.

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