Kanata South isn’t just where Erin Coffin lives — it’s home.
Erin has called this community home since 1990, when she moved to Bridlewood and built her life here. It’s where she and her husband Jeremy are raising their two sons, where her parents still live in the same neighbourhood, and where Erin has spent decades getting to know the people, places, and challenges that shape everyday life in Kanata South. She is a hockey mum and learning to be a football mum too!
For many residents in Ward 23, Erin is already a familiar face — the neighbour who shows up, listens, and cares enough to help.
As President of the Bridlewood Community Association, Erin works with residents to make everyday life a little better: safer streets, stronger recreation programs, better support for families, and more ways for neighbours to connect. She’s a practical, thoughtful voice on the issues people deal with every day — unreliable transit, traffic, aging infrastructure, and growth that needs to be planned with residents, not around them. Further, she is hands on - she has been a rink operator, a spring sports coach, webmaster, garbage collector, porta-potty porter for CDKA, dishwasher, an unofficial uber driver for seniors, a beaver mascot - you name it, she does it!
Erin wants to keep Kanata South moving forward — not standing still in the status quo. She believes this community can keep growing and improving without losing what makes it special. That means protecting what people love about Kanata South while being honest about what needs to work better.
She knows local government should focus on the things that shape daily life most: safe neighbourhoods, reliable services, smart planning, and a community that works for the people who call it home.
Erin also brings nearly 30 years of experience in federal public service, with work spanning infrastructure, public health, transportation, public safety, and emergency response. She understands how government works, but more importantly, she understands that good decisions start with listening to the people who live with their results every day.
For Erin, leadership has always been about people first.
Her top priority is food security because too many families in our community are feeling the pressure of rising costs. Erin has long supported the FAMSAC Food Cupboard and been a board member and volunteer since 2015 when she led some big changes to service operation and income generation raising over $750,000. In 2024 she founded the Great Bridlewood Food Drive for the Kanata Food Cupboard, helping collect more than 100,000 pounds of food for local families over three years. She believes strong communities take care of each other — and that no one in Kanata South should be left behind.
Erin Coffin is rooted in this community, shaped by service, and ready to bring practical leadership, clear communication, and a fresh approach to Kanata South.
