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Peter Yuen

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Peter Yuen
MOM
源植勉
Yuen in 2025
Deputy Chief of the Toronto Police Service (Community Safety Command)
In office
2017–2022
Succeeded byKim Yeandle (Acting)
Personal details
Born1963 or 1964 (age 61–62)[1]
British Hong Kong
PartyLiberal (federal)
Ontario Liberal (provincial)
Alma materUniversity of Guelph (BA, MA)
Police Career
DepartmentToronto Police Service
Service years1987–2022
Rank Deputy Chief of Police
AwardsOrder of Merit of the Police Forces[2]
Police Exemplary Service Medal
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese源植勉
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJyun4 Zik6-min5

Peter Yuen is a Canadian politician and retired police officer, serving for 35 years. He was Deputy Chief of the Toronto Police Service from 2017 to 2022 and headed the Toronto police community safety command.[3]

Early life and career

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Born in Hong Kong, Yuen immigrated to Canada in 1975 at age 11,[1] settling in East York, Ontario, where his father opened a restaurant.[4] He attended Scarborough's Blessed Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School.[1] He studied chemical engineering at McMaster University in Hamilton for two years, before joining the Toronto Police Service (TPS) in 1987.[1] He later completed his bachelor's degree in justice studies and master's degree in leadership at the University of Guelph.[5][6]

While investigating a gambling den as an undercover Constable in 1990, Yuen was severely beaten and mock executed after he was exposed as a police officer; he was later named police officer of the year.[5][7][8] He was promoted to Sergeant in 1996, Staff Sergeant in 2000, Inspector in 2006, and Staff Inspector in 2012,[5] before becoming the first Superintendent of Chinese heritage within the TPS in 2014.[1][5] He was subsequently named one of three deputy TPS chiefs in 2017,[9] serving until his retirement in 2022.[6] In April 2018, he provided an update to the public on behalf of the TPS and Constable Kenny Lam following the 2018 Toronto van attack.[4][10]

Yuen reportedly attended the 2015 China Victory Day Parade as a member of a Chinese-Canadian delegation.[11][12]

Politics

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In October 2024, Yuen was officially nominated as the Ontario Liberal candidate for Scarborough-Agincourt;[13] he lost to the incumbent Progressive Conservative candidate Aris Babikian in the 2025 provincial election.[14]

In April 2025, he was nominated as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate for Markham—Unionville at that year's federal election.[15][16] He replaced the previous candidate Paul Chiang, who stepped down after suggesting that a Conservative candidate and Hong Kong activist, Joe Tay, should be turned over to Chinese police for a bounty.[15] Robert Fife of the Globe and Mail scrutinized Yuen for previously attending events with organizations linked to the Chinese Communist Party such as Jiangsu Commerce Council of Canada (JCCC) in which he was listed as an honorary director;[16] Yuen told the paper that he left the JCCC a decade ago.[16] He lost to Conservative candidate Michael Ma.[17]

At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in Richmond Hill, Ontario.[18]

Electoral record

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2025 Canadian federal election: Markham—Unionville
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeMichael Ma27,05550.65+8.22
LiberalPeter Yuen25,13347.05–1.18
New DemocraticSameer Qureshi7231.35–5.20
GreenElvin Kao5060.95–1.84
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 53,41764.13
Eligible voters 83,289
Conservative notional gain from Liberal Swing +4.70
Source: Elections Canada[19][20]
2025 Ontario general election: Scarborough—Agincourt
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Progressive ConservativeAris Babikian13,46849.39+0.36
LiberalPeter Yuen11,43041.91+4.64
New DemocraticFrancesca Policarpio1,3685.02–3.75
GreenStephanie LeBlanc5562.04–0.15
New BlueJohan Yogaretnam2490.91–0.11
Ontario PartyDonahue Morgan2000.73–0.99
Total valid votes 27,27199.32–0.13
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1880.68+0.13
Turnout 27,45937.41–2.02
Eligible voters 73,404
Progressive Conservative hold Swing –2.14
Source: Elections Ontario[21][22]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lavoie, Joanna (December 31, 2014). "55 DIVISION: Supt. Peter Yuen looks ahead to 2015". Toronto.com. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 150". Government of Canada.
  3. ↑ Gillis, Wendy (February 21, 2022). "Longtime deputy chief Peter Yuen is leaving the Toronto Police Service". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Officer who arrested van attack suspect rejects hero label, deputy chief says". CBC News. April 25, 2018. Archived from the original on August 23, 2025. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Woo, Connie (March 6, 2016). "Peter Yuen - The highest-ranking officer of Chinese heritage within the Toronto Police forces". yorkregiontimes.ca. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Consultant: Peter Yuen". tntconsulting.ca. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Christie Blatchford: It was 'life and death' for officer who arrested van attack suspect, says another who knows". National Post. April 24, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  8. ↑ Millar, Cal (March 4, 1991). "Top policemen in Metro dodged bullets, risked lives". Toronto Star. Toronto.
  9. ↑ "Meet Toronto's 3 new deputy police chiefs". CBC News. August 24, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Toronto officer who held his fire after van attack says he was just doing his job". NBC News. April 25, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  11. ↑ Juneau-Katsuya, Michel; Clement, Garry; Baxendale, Dean (2025). Canada Under Siege: How PEI Became a Forward Operating Base for the Chinese Communist Party. Toronto: Optimum Publishing International. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-8889-0355-6. Peter Yuen, the new Liberal candidate, had also been linked to United Front groups and had reportedly attended a military parade in Beijing hosted by Xi Jinping in 2015.
  12. ↑ Blackwell, Tom (April 11, 2025). "Liberal candidate who replaced Paul Chiang attended Chinese military parade in 2015". National Post. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Former Toronto Deputy Chief of Police Peter Yuen Nominated as Ontario Liberal Candidate in Scarborough—Agincourt". Ontario Liberal Party. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Ontario election 2025 results: Scarborough-Agincourt". Global News. February 27, 2025. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  15. 1 2 Morrison, Catherine (April 6, 2025). "Former deputy police chief replaces Chiang as Liberal candidate in Toronto riding". CTVNews. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  16. 1 2 3 Fife, Robert; Chase, Steven (April 10, 2025). "Liberal candidate Peter Yuen, chosen to replace Paul Chiang, linked to pro-Beijing groups, events". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Canada election 2025 results: Markham-Unionville". Global News. April 29, 2025. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  18. ↑ "forty-fifth general election 2025".
  19. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Candidates in: Scarborough—Agincourt (093)". Elections Ontario. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  22. ↑ "Vote Totals From Official Tabulation" (PDF). Elections Ontario. March 3, 2025. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
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