Patrick Yeung pledges 50 percent of his annual after-tax Councillor salary to an independent Community Development Fund for Families, serving Ward 6 seniors, young people and households under pressure.
Residents apply in public. An independent panel reviews every application. The fund publishes every grant, every recipient and every dollar, once a year.
7names on the Ward 6 Councillor ballot, certified by the City Clerk
12yrsthe outgoing councillor held this seat before her run for Regional Council
11daysof online voting, from October 16 to October 26
4daysof in person voting, October 23 to 26, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Photo gallery
The campaign, week by week.
Posters and photographs from Patrick’s Facebook page: the Markham Civic Centre, the Thursday night shows at NKS Banquet Hall in New Kennedy Square, a Toronto Harmony Lions Club booth and a summer community fair. Tap any photo to open it full size.
34 photos
CampaignSing-along and fundraiser poster, New Kennedy Square, September 19 and 20CampaignShow 35: campaign fundraising dinner, September 17CampaignVolunteers wanted, September to OctoberCampaignCampaign poster: Listen, Act, DeliverCampaignSupport Patrick: donations and the City rebateCampaignKey to change, key to actionCampaignMarkham Civic Centre, August 2026CampaignA handshake at the Markham Civic CentreCampaignPaperwork at the Markham Civic CentreServiceToronto Harmony Lions Club certificates, show 34ServiceLions Recycle for Sight box at show 34On stageSigning posters for show 34On stagePoster signing, show 34On stageLucky draw, show 34, NKS Banquet HallNeighboursWith neighbours at NKS Banquet HallNeighboursA guest and his gift bagOn stagePrize winners, show 34On stageLucky draw winner, show 34NeighboursA full hall at NKS Banquet HallNeighboursDinner guests, show 34NeighboursNeighbours at the tableNeighboursAnother table, another conversationServiceToronto Harmony Lions Club booth, community fairNeighboursCrafts table at the community fairNeighboursTai chi at the community fairNeighboursA packed community fairServiceCommunity recognitionOn stageA rally for CanadaNeighboursCourts and clubsNeighboursCommunity banquetsOn stageShow 34 poster, with Toronto Harmony Lions ClubNeighboursVolunteers and neighboursServiceFundraising eveningsNeighboursSaturday mornings
The Pledge
A councillor's pay comes from Ward 6. Half of it goes straight back.
Property taxes on Ward 6 kitchens, driveways and front lawns pay the Councillor salary. Patrick Yeung treats half of that money as community money from day one.
On the day he takes office, 50 percent of every after-tax dollar the job pays him goes into the Community Development Fund for Families. The fund carries one purpose: it puts money behind the seniors, the young people, the families under strain and the neighbourhood projects that a city budget overlooks.
He hands every funding decision to that independent review. Families, seniors clubs, school groups and neighbourhood associations apply in the open. A volunteer panel seated outside his office scores each application against rules the fund publishes in advance. Once a year the fund names every grant, every recipient and every dollar, so residents audit the promise themselves.
Most candidates ask a ward what it can give them. Patrick Yeung starts the conversation the other way round.
“Donate 50% of my annual after-tax Councillor salary. Create an independent, open and transparent community fund. Public applications, independent review, annual reporting.
Support seniors, youth, families in need and community projects. Fund only eligible public-benefit projects, never private interests.”
Patrick Yeung, Priority One, Seven Priorities for Ward 6
01
Public applications
Any Ward 6 resident, family, seniors club, school group or neighbourhood association may apply. No private phone calls. No quiet favours.
02
Independent review
A volunteer panel of residents, seated outside the councillor's office, scores every application against criteria the fund publishes in advance.
03
Annual reporting
Each year the fund puts every grant, every recipient and every dollar on the public record. Residents check the arithmetic themselves.
04
Public-benefit only
The fund pays for community projects. It never pays a private interest, a campaign donor, or any business connected to Patrick Yeung.
The Need
Municipal budgets move in millions. Household budgets break over a few hundred dollars.
That gap decides whether a child plays a season of hockey, whether a senior eats well through February, whether a family holds the line one more month. Four numbers mark the size of it.
1,007,441
Ontarians walked through a food bank door between April 2024 and March 2025. Visits climbed 13 percent in a single year and 165 percent above the 2019 to 2020 total. One visitor in four held a job.
Feed Ontario, Hunger Report 2025
$1,122
The average yearly cost of one child in a Canadian sports club, counting registration, travel, uniforms and equipment. A recreation centre programme runs closer to $85.
Canadian Tire Jumpstart, State of Play 2024, cited by the Future of Sport in Canada Commission
74/63
Children in households above $60,000 a year play sport at 74 percent. Below that line, 63 percent play. Eleven percentage points of childhood separate the two groups.
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, 2025
44%
Canadian parents who reported that they could not afford to register a child in organized sport. Another 58 percent watched recreation fees climb.
Canadian Tire Jumpstart, State of Sport 2023
None of these costs dents a city budget. A hockey registration, a week of summer camp, a music lesson, a set of hearing aid batteries, a ramp at the door of a seniors club: each one lands as a rounding error at City Hall and as a hard decision at a kitchen table.
The Community Development Fund for Families closes that exact gap, one household and one neighbourhood group at a time. It will not fix Ontario. It will change a season, a school year and a winter for people who live on the same streets as the councillor who funds it.
Ward 6 Election Desk
What changed in Markham this year, in numbers a street can check.
The City, the Region, the police and Ottawa published every figure below. Patrick reads documents like these for a living, as a Chartered Professional Accountant. Each card ties a number to the priority that answers it.
Updated September 24, 2026
The race
An open seat, seven names, four races on one ballot
Councillor Amanda Yeung Collucci leaves the Ward 6 seat after 12 years and runs for Regional Councillor. On August 24, City Clerk Kimberley Kitteringham certified 63 candidates across Markham, seven of them for Ward 6.
1 of 3Mayor
4 of 11Regional Councillors
1 of 7Ward 6 Councillor
+1School board trustee, by your board
Councillor, Ward 6Vote for 1
YEUNG, Patrick
Illustration. Ontario ballots list candidates alphabetically by surname.
Look for YEUNG, Patrick in the Ward 6 Councillor race. Plan your vote
Sources: City of Markham, certified candidate list and news release, 24 August 2026; Markham Review, 1 September 2026.
Your tax bill
3.90%City tax increase, 2026
Markham keeps less than a quarter of each residential tax dollar
City of Markham24.55¢
York Region54.28¢
Province, for education21.17¢
The 2026 increase adds $54.99 to the tax bill on an average Markham home, assessed at $822,671. York Region takes the biggest share. The 24.55 cents Markham keeps pays for local roads, parks, libraries, fire service and waste collection.
Show the numbers
Recipient
Share of each residential tax dollar
City of Markham
24.55%
York Region
54.28%
Province of Ontario (education)
21.17%
Priority 5: publish quarterly Ward 6 funding, project and budget updates. Read the plan
Source: City of Markham, 2026 Final Tax Brochure.
Growth
$179,391per new single or semi-detached home
Growth pays its way, on paper
City of Markham, city-wide$78,007
York Region$92,834
Public and Catholic school boards$8,550
From January 1, 2026, every new single or semi-detached home in Markham pays these development charges, before any area-specific charge. The money builds the roads, pipes, parks and libraries that new neighbours use. The harder question for Ward 6: whether the road, the school and the drainage arrive in the same year as the moving trucks.
Show the numbers
Charge
Amount
City of Markham, city-wide hard services
$41,890
City of Markham, city-wide soft services
$36,117
York Region, hard services
$68,018
York Region, general services
$24,816
York Region District School Board
$7,678
York Catholic District School Board
$872
Total, excluding area-specific charges
$179,391
Priority 4: match roads, schools, parks and drainage with new development. Read the plan
Source: City of Markham, Development Charges Pamphlet, 1 January 2026.
Parks and ponds
$1,729,000for a new Ward 6 park
Where 2026 capital dollars land in Ward 6
A 1.535 hectare park at 511 York Downs Boulevard: $1,729,000 to design and build it.
York Downs East Park: the City lists it under construction now.
Heisey Trail Pond, a Ward 6 stormwater pond, carries a 49 percent sediment level and joins a $3,271,400 pond cleaning program.
Angus Glen Community Centre and Pingle House: $749,500 for new interlock at the east entrance and new concrete walkways.
Priority 6: audit Ward 6 parks, trails and sports facilities, and create a resident repair channel. Read the plan
Sources: City of Markham, Budget 2026 capital exhibit, October 2025; Your Voice Markham, park projects.
Ottawa
$7.36M
Federal housing money cut in half
Paid, $7.36MWithheld, $7.36M
On April 2, 2026, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation found Markham non-compliant with its Housing Accelerator Fund commitments and cut the City's third instalment by 50 percent. Ottawa expects the City to propose corrective action.
Priority 5: pursue senior government funding to reduce property tax pressure.
Source: CMHC release via Newswire, 2 April 2026.
Safety
37%fewer vehicle thefts
Car thefts dropped across York Region. 683 still vanished.
Vehicle thefts −37%
1,080
683
Home break-ins −25%
640
481
Commercial break-ins −34%
432
287
Jan to Jun 2025Jan to Jun 2026
Police publish these counts for the whole region, not for Markham alone.
Priority 2: work regularly with York Regional Police on auto theft, break-ins and fraud.
Source: York Regional Police, crime statistics, January to June 2025 and 2026.
Roads
Fall 2028target finish
Six lanes on 16th Avenue, Leslie to Warden
York Region scheduled construction to start in summer 2026, widening 16th Avenue from four lanes to six between Leslie Street and Warden Avenue, with new sidewalks and a multi-use path. Next in line: Warden to Kennedy, the stretch along Ward 6's southern edge, proposed for 2028 and reviewed each year.
Priority 3: strengthen construction detour, cycling and winter road information.
Source: York Region, 16th Avenue Improvements.
Debates and meetings
No Ward 6 all-candidates meeting on the calendar yet
As of September 24, 2026, no organizer has announced a Ward 6 debate or all-candidates meeting. Send the campaign the question you want asked, and watch this page and Patrick's Facebook page for the date.
He gave first, for years, with nobody keeping score.
Patrick Yeung did not invent this pledge for an election. He has paid for community events out of his own pocket for years, and he lost money on plenty of them. He describes that record in his own words.
In Patrick's words
“I have held more than 35 concerts in Markham. I kept losing money on them, and I kept going.”
“I put my own money behind the Orbis charity plane pull for sight.”
“I stood behind Canadian soccer through the World Cup events.”
“I raised funds for the Hong Kong fire victims, and I used that night to warn families what a fire does to a home.”
“I booked a whole cinema so residents could watch a film together and share the excitement.”
“I promote women's rights. I support pickleball. I reported the foxes wandering our streets to the authorities who could act.”
“Many of these events ran on my own money. I love to give and to sacrifice.”
Patrick Yeung, Markham, 2026
Charity plane pull for sightToronto Harmony Lions ClubA cinema booked for the neighbourhood
Patrick serves as Vice President of the Toronto Harmony Lions Club. Through SAA Entertainment Group he produces and hosts community concerts across Markham, and he carries the Lions eyeglass recycling programme onto the stage at those shows. The pattern holds across two decades: he books the hall, he pays the bill, and he hands the night to the community.
Leadership
What he carries to the council table.
A councillor reads budgets, planning files and staff reports for four years, then votes on every one of them. Patrick Yeung carries the professional training that makes those documents give up their secrets, and the stage hours that keep him talking to residents rather than to consultants.
Chartered Professional Accountant, MBA
A CPA designation with an MBA behind it. He reads a set of books for a living, so a municipal budget hides very little from him. Line items, reserves, debt schedules and consultant fees all give themselves up once somebody knows the columns.
Licensed real estate agent, twenty years
Zoning, development charges, land economics and builder pro formas. He knows what a development application promises a council, and what it quietly costs the street behind the hoarding.
Singer, host and concert producer
More than 35 community concerts across Markham, in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Audiences here knew the voice long before they knew the candidate, and he absorbs the shortfall on a hall himself rather than passing it to the people in the seats.
Vice President, Toronto Harmony Lions Club
Service club leadership, charity fundraising and the eyeglass recycling programme that restores sight to people who cannot buy a pair.
Three decades in Markham
He watched farm fields turn into subdivisions, and he watched the roads, the schools and the parks fall a step behind the cranes.
Cantonese, Mandarin, English
He holds a full conversation with a Ward 6 senior in that senior’s first language, then carries the concern to City Hall in English.
The Platform
Seven priorities for a better Ward 6.
Patrick Yeung put his platform on paper before he asked anyone for a vote. The giving comes first, and everything else follows from the same principle: residents fund this city, so residents deserve the receipts.
1
Half my salary · Double the care
Donate 50 percent of my annual after-tax Councillor salary
Create an independent, open and transparent community fund
Public applications, independent review, annual reporting
Support seniors, youth, families in need and community projects
Fund only eligible public-benefit projects, never private interests
2
Community safety · Peace of mind
Work regularly with York Regional Police on auto theft, break-ins and fraud
Review lighting and safety at parking lots, trails, parks and transit stops
Expand neighbourhood watch, senior fraud prevention and youth safety education
Create rapid incident reporting and cross-department follow-up
Publish annual community safety priorities, actions and results
3
Better traffic · Easier travel
Review traffic flow on Bur Oak, Kennedy, McCowan and Major Mackenzie
Improve signal timing, turn lanes, crossings and transit connections
Improve school drop-off and study traffic-calming measures
Strengthen construction detour, cycling and winter road information
Publish traffic studies, timelines and project progress
4
Responsible growth · Matching infrastructure
Match roads, schools, parks and drainage with new development
Control construction hours, noise, dust and truck routes
Create an online project, permit and complaint tracking platform
Require stronger consultation and public impact assessments
Protect green space, community facilities and quality of life
5
Value for money · Responsible finance
Review spending line by line and measure service outcomes
Publish quarterly Ward 6 funding, project and budget updates
Support open procurement, independent audits and conflict disclosure
Pursue senior government funding to reduce property tax pressure
Disclose major project costs, risks and budget changes
6
Better parks · Better living
Audit Ward 6 parks, trails and sports facilities
Add accessible play areas, seating, shade, lighting and washrooms
Explore more pickleball, courts and all-ages fitness facilities
Improve cleanliness and winter maintenance, and support community events
Create a resident repair channel and improvement priorities
7
People first · Responsive service
Create one-stop Ward 6 case intake and progress tracking
Acknowledge inquiries within 24 hours with contacts and timelines
Hold quarterly town halls, office hours and neighbourhood visits
Provide multilingual, senior-friendly and accessible service
Publish case types, response times and resolution rates
The Community
Ward 6 raised him. Ward 6 keeps him honest.
Angus Glen, Berczy Village, Wismer Commons and the part of Dickson Hill west of Markham Road fill the north central quarter of Markham, above 16th Avenue between Warden Avenue and Markham Road. Patrick Yeung walks these sidewalks, sings in these halls and shops at these plazas.
A councillor who lives somewhere else reads a staff report about Bur Oak Avenue. A councillor who lives here already knows the school bell that snarls it every weekday afternoon. That difference shows up in how fast a pothole gets fixed, how a construction detour gets routed, and whether a senior who speaks Cantonese reaches a human voice on the first phone call.
Patrick spends his weekends the same way he has spent them for twenty years: inside community halls, beside a microphone, at a fundraising table, on a pickleball court, or in a plaza parking lot where neighbours stop to talk. The campaign changed his schedule. It did not change his address book.
Angus Glen
Berczy Village
Wismer Commons
Dickson Hill, west of Markham Road
Angus Glen Community Centre3990 Major Mackenzie Drive East. A Ward 6 voting place, open on all four in person voting days, October 23 to 26.
Video
Twenty years of it, on the record.
Patrick posts the halls, the stages, the fundraisers and the street corners as they happen. Watch a night, then judge the record for yourself.
Patrick has hosted a Thursday night music show at NKS Banquet Hall in New Kennedy Square, 8360 Kennedy Road, since February 6, 2025, from 7 to 10 p.m. New photographs and video from those nights go up on his Facebook page first. Follow it there and you will see the campaign as the ward sees it, rather than as a website describes it.
Check your place on the voters list before October 16. A vote cast counts for a great deal more than a vote intended.
1
Sept 28 to Oct 22
Special ballot
Vote early by appointment at Elections Markham, 101 Town Centre Boulevard, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
2
Early October
Your letter arrives
Elections Markham mails every registered voter a Voter Information Letter carrying a personal online Voting PIN.
3
Oct 16, 10 a.m.
Online voting opens
Vote from a phone, tablet or computer. Each session gives you 20 minutes to mark and submit your ballot.
4
Oct 23 to 26
In person voting
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Any Markham voting place accepts any Markham voter.
5
Oct 26, 8 p.m.
Voting closes
Online and in person ballots both close at 8 p.m.
Who can vote
Citizens 18 and over
A Canadian citizen, 18 or older by October 26, 2026, who lives in Markham or owns or rents property here, plus the spouse of such a voter. Your name also needs a place on the voters list.
What to bring
No photo ID needed
Your Voter Information Letter plus one ID with your name, or one ID showing your name and Markham address.
No letter by October 16?
Register or update
Register online, at Elections Markham, or at any voting place on voting days. Call 905.477.7000 ext. 8683 or email vote@markham.ca. Register to vote
Voting places, October 23, 24 and 25
Aaniin Community Centre5665 14th Avenue
Angus Glen Community Centre3990 Major Mackenzie Drive East
Centennial Community Centre8600 McCowan Road
Cornell Community Centre3201 Bur Oak Avenue
Milliken Mills Community Centre7600 Kennedy Road
Thornhill Community Centre7755 Bayview Avenue
October 26 adds four more
Flato Markham Theatre171 Town Centre Boulevard
Markham Village Community Centre6041 Highway 7
Mount Joy Community Centre6140 16th Avenue
Varley Art Gallery of Markham216 Main Street Unionville
Every voting place offers full access, an audio ballot, sip and puff paddles, magnifying sheets and pen grips. Trained election officials help any voter who asks, and service animals enter with their owners.
One ballot moves one number. One ballot plus the neighbours who trust you moves the ward. Send this page to your street, your building, your seniors club and your family group chat tonight, then ask each person for four minutes rather than for an opinion.
Ward 6 campaigns turn on conversations at front doors and kitchen tables, not on advertising budgets. Three hours from you moves an entire street.
Walk a street with Patrick
Knock doors on your own block for two hours on a Saturday. Neighbours open the door wider for a familiar face.
Host eight neighbours
Put out tea, invite eight people from your street, and let Patrick answer questions in your living room in Cantonese, Mandarin or English.
Take a volunteer shift
The campaign runs three shifts a day through October: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 2 to 5 p.m., and 5 to 8 p.m. Pick canvassing, event setup, flyer delivery or office support, and the campaign trains you before your first shift.
Ask for a lawn sign
Email or call the campaign with your address. A volunteer will deliver and install the sign, then collect it after October 26.
Carry the message online
Share the pledge with your community group, your parents' chat, your building group or your seniors club.
Sources for the figures on this page
Feed Ontario, Hunger Report 2025, covering 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025: 1,007,441 people and 8,712,897 visits, a 13 percent annual rise and a 165 percent rise since 2019 to 2020, with one visitor in four employed. feedontario.ca
Future of Sport in Canada Commission, Final Report, Chapter 7: Barriers to sport and physical activity in Canada, Canadian Heritage. canada.ca
Canadian Tire Jumpstart, State of Play Youth Report (2024) and State of Sport Report (2023), cited in Chapter 7 above.
Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute (2025), cited in Chapter 7 above.
