Jamie Atkinson for Mayor of Toronto | Make Toronto the AI Capital of the World

I need your help, Toronto.

Yet again, the world is looking to us to continue our legacy as the city of firsts. Our next great challenge — if we choose to accept it — is to make Toronto the AI capital of the world.

This cannot be achieved by chasing technology for its own sake. We must lead by example: lower costs, faster services, safer neighbourhoods, cleaner streets, and opportunity in every community.

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Meet Jamie

Practical. Systems-focused. Future-ready.

Jamie has spent over a decade working with municipalities and city systems, including work connected to building performance, environmental protection, infrastructure reliability, and practical risk reduction.

Municipal Experience

Hands-on experience with the systems cities depend on.

Technology Background

Working with computers since Grade 1 — a lifelong understanding of connected systems.

Environmental Work

Practical work reducing environmental impacts on waterways and protecting families.

Accountable Delivery

A focus on outcomes people can feel in daily life.

Toronto at a turning point

We can be shaped by change — or lead it.

Affordability Pressure

Everyday costs are putting pressure on families. City government must become more efficient and reliable.

Systems Under Strain

Transit, infrastructure, maintenance, permitting, and city services need to work faster and more clearly.

A New Industrial Era

AI, automation, robotics, and advanced computing are changing how cities operate. Toronto needs to lead.

A city that works

Not a gadget plan. A people-first city plan.

This vision is about building a city where costs are lower over time, public services are faster and easier to use, neighbourhoods are cleaner and safer, and infrastructure works the way it should.

This Is Not

a collection of apps
a plan for a small group of experts
technology for its own sake

This Is

a plan to make the city work better
a commitment to lower costs and improve services
preparation for real economic change

Platform preview

Six ways Toronto works better.

Every platform idea should lead to something residents can feel: lower costs, less waiting, safer movement, cleaner streets, reliable services, and opportunity.

Affordability

Use smarter procurement, faster approvals, better maintenance planning, and practical automation to reduce pressure on households over time.

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Housing

Plan housing with transit, water, power, services, schools, and community infrastructure instead of treating each file in isolation.

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Transit

Better service information, station upkeep, priority corridors, safer movement, and maintenance planning so people spend less time waiting.

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Safer Neighbourhoods

Focus on prevention, lighting, maintenance, community safety, safe routes, and better service coordination.

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Cleaner City

Cleaner streets, stronger public realm maintenance, smarter waste systems, and faster response to visible neighbourhood problems.

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AI Capital of the World

Use AI, robotics, and advanced computing to improve services, lower costs, and prepare every neighbourhood for the future.

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Signature plan

Toronto: The AI Capital of the World

A people-led plan to use artificial intelligence, robotics, and advanced infrastructure to make city life more affordable, reliable, and ready for the future.

AI for lower costs and faster services
Robotics for maintenance, logistics, accessibility, and emergency support
Training and opportunity so no neighbourhood is left behind

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Arts and culture

City of Artists

Toronto’s creators deserve a city that treats culture as infrastructure — something that brings people together, builds identity, supports local economies, and gives every neighbourhood a stage.

Explore the arts plan