The nominations for the upcoming municipal elections in Toronto have become official.

A total of 372 candidates were approved by Toronto City Clerk John Elvidge, following the nomination deadline at 2 p.m.

On Friday, there are 31 approved candidates competing for the position of mayor, 164 candidates for the position of councillor, and 177 candidates for school board trustee.

The full list of candidates can be viewed on the city's website.

There are three school board sections where only one candidate submitted a nomination.

City staff said in a press release on Saturday. Mayor John Tory is seeking re-election and is competing for a third term.

Ward 1 - Etobicoke North has the most approved candidates (16) among all councillor races. Earlier this week, Rose Milczan was appointed by the city council to fill the Ward 1 seat until the current term ends on November 14.

The seat became vacant after former councillor Michael Ford left to run and eventually won a seat for the same area in the June provincial elections.

There are significantly fewer candidates in this municipal election compared to the last one in 2018, when 501 candidates entered the race (35 for mayor, 242 for councillor, and 224 for school board trustee).

The last election was also the first with a reduced model of 25 wards, down from the previous 47 seats.

Among the candidates who entered at eleven o'clock is prominent broadcaster Ann Rohmer, who joined the councillor race in Ward 11 (Rosedale University) yesterday hours before the deadline.

The former CP24 broadcaster said she had been thinking about getting into politics for a while and decided to commit after hearing the news about the low number of people running in this year's elections.

Rohmer told reporters on Friday at City Hall, "It is our democratic right to run, and I want to exercise it."

Voters are scheduled to head to the polls on October 24.