Skills Thunder Bay’s next council needs to govern budgets, housing, safety and regional growthTHUNDER BAY – OPINION – Voters in Thunder Bay will elect the next municipal council on Oct. 26, 2026. Thunder Bay also does not need every council member to have the same background. Thunder Bay’s Housing Accelerator Fund program is intended to help the city reach 1,691 new permitted homes by February 2027. No municipal council can independently solve homelessness, addictions or shortages in health care. Thunder Bay does not need a council of identical experts.