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New events are added each quarter from council agendas, staff reports, and local coverage. The current quarter includes what to check before the next pass.
Q4 2026October–DecemberCurrent
Oct 9–12
Metrolinx rail work at Mulock Drive is not a station
The notice describes state-of-good-repair rail replacement. No construction start or opening date for a Mulock GO station has been announced.
External factorsPromiseOct 10
2026 candidate questionnaire published
Priorities: community spaces and events, a “complete community,” housing and homelessness at the Region, and financial sustainability locally. Dream project: the Old Operations Centre.
Direct controlPromiseOct 26
Election day, with no mayoral vote
Taylor was acclaimed after the August 21 nomination deadline. Six other council seats are contested.
Watch before the next update
The Town expects it near the end of 2026.
NewmarketTodayFirst budget of the new term. Compare the levy increase with 2026 (2.99%).
2026 budget44 emergency and transitional beds. The mayor said in March it would open later in 2026.
CMHCYork Region requested $1.74 billion for the North York-Durham expansion in June 2026. A decision is not confirmed on this tracker.
York Region$250,000 is in the 2026 capital budget. Watch for the staff report.
Capital budgetThe province’s 2026 candidates’ guide moves the usual last-Friday deadline. Statements may be filed with the Clerk until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30, 2027. That filing is the check on developer donations.
2026 candidates’ guide
Q3 2026July–September
Jul 2
Region adopts a 2026–2035 housing and homelessness plan
Taylor chairs the Housing and Homelessness Committee. The plan cites more than 22,000 households on the subsidized waitlist (up 49% since 2022), an average 10-year wait, and about 2,400 people homeless in 2025.
External factorsRecordAug 22
Acclaimed for a third term
Second consecutive acclamation. Taylor said there is more work to do, particularly on homelessness and e-devices.
Sep 3
Mulock Park’s full cost is over $110 million, including land
The $81.7 million construction budget plus the $24 million land purchase, financed by a 30-year debenture of about $44 million with interest. Final construction figures are due near year-end.
Sep 16
Mayor publishes self-grades for 2022–26
A to A+ across six categories. He reports one town hall, in 2024, and plans a homelessness town hall in 2027.
Sep 18
Mulock Park officially opens
This delivers the project he called his dream in 2018.
Direct controlPromise
Q2 2026April–June
Jun 1
Council approves the Housing Action Plan
Three goals, nine strategies, and 18 actions, carried out through the Official Plan review, zoning, incentives, and partnerships.
Direct controlPromiseJun 11
Region seeks $1.74 billion for the sewage expansion
Once complete, the North York-Durham expansion would service about 50,000 new homes across Aurora, East Gwillimbury, and Newmarket.
External factorsPromise
Q1 2026January–March
January
2025 BMA Municipal Study released
Newmarket’s net levy is $1,605 per capita, rated low. The total municipal burden, including water and stormwater, is $7,090, rated high.
Mar 16
Q4 2025October–December
Dec 6
Newmarket tops a housing-starts report
327 condo and 212 rental apartment starts in the first three quarters of 2025. A report a few months earlier had graded Newmarket an F.
Dec 8
2026 budget approved: 2.99% Town levy increase
About $77 more a year for the average home on the Town share. With the Region and education, the total increase is $194.78.
Direct controlPromiseDec 20
Region grants $30.2 million toward 288 affordable units
Recipients include a Newmarket project by the Trinity Coptic Foundation at 17175 Yonge Street. Taylor, as Housing York chair, said the challenge is great and homelessness is still rising.
External factorsPromise