2026 Vancouver municipal election
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October 17, 2026
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The 2026 Vancouver municipal election will be held on October 17, 2026, on the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia.[1] Voters will elect the mayor of Vancouver along with 10 city councillors, 7 park board commissioners, and 9 school board trustees through plurality-at-large voting.[1] In addition, voters will vote on 3 capital plan questions.[1]
Ken Sim defeated incumbent mayor Kennedy Stewart in the 2022 mayoral election.[2] Sim was elected mayor with 51% of votes cast[3] and was sworn in on November 7, 2022.[2] The city council, park board, and school board elections, held on the same day, had Sim's ABC Vancouver winning outright majorities on all three.[3]
Mayoral election
Candidates
Declared
- Kareem Allam, Vancouver Liberals, former chief of staff to Mayor Ken Sim[4]
- Rebecca Bligh, Vote Vancouver, Vancouver city councillor (2018–present)[5]
- Colleen Hardwick, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, Vancouver city councillor (2018–2022)[6]
- Pete Fry, Green Party, Vancouver city councillor (2018–present)[7]
- Ken Sim, ABC Vancouver, incumbent mayor (2022–present)[8]
- William Azaroff, OneCity Vancouver, CEO of Brightside Community Homes[9]
Potential
- John Coupar, Conservative Electors Association, former Vancouver Park Board member and Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate in the 2024 British Columbia election for Vancouver-Little Mountain[10]
Opinion polling
Potential candidates
| Polling firm | Date last conducted | Kareem Allam, Liberal | John Coupar, Conservative | Kirk LaPointe, Conservative | Sean Orr, COPE | Pete Fry, Green | Ken Sim, ABC | Colleen Hardwick, TEAM | Tim Louis, COPE | Amanda Burrows, OneCity | Fred Harding, NPA | Rebecca Bligh, Vote Vancouver | Other | Sample size | MOE | Polling method | Lead |
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| Mainstreet Research[11] | October 22, 2025 | 13% | 25% | N/a | 20% | 20% | 13% | 4% | N/a | 2% | 1% | 2% | N/a | 1,207 | ±2.8pp | IVR | 5% |
| Mainstreet Research[11] | October 22, 2025 | 16% | N/a | 26% | 17% | 20% | 11% | 4% | N/a | 2% | 1% | 3% | N/a | 1,207 | ±2.8pp | IVR | 6% |
| Mainstreet Research[12] | August 29, 2025 | 19% | 18% | N/a | N/a | 17% | 15% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 8% | N/a | N/a | 961 | ±3.2pp | IVR | 1% |
Parties
| Polling firm | Date last conducted | Conservatives | Liberals | COPE | Greens | ABC | OneCity | TEAM | Vote Vancouver | NPA | Sample size | MOE | Polling method | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainstreet Research[11] | October 22, 2025 | 32% | 22% | 13% | 11% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 1,207 | ±2.8pp | IVR | 10% |
City council elections
Candidates
Declared
- Bridget Burns, Green Party, Green Party of Canada national field manager[13]
- Effy Demeter, Green Party, Downtown Eastside advocate[13]
- Camil Dumont, Green Party, former Vancouver Park Board commissioner (2018–2022)[13]
- Victoria Jung, Vancouver Liberals, Vancouver School Board trustee (2022–present)[14]
- Charles Kelly, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, UN Human Settlements advisor and pub owner[6]
- Kathleen Larsen, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, Vancouver Heritage Foundation director and TEAM candidate in the 2022 Vancouver Park Board election[6]
- Kyra Philbert, Green Party, community health nurse and public health advocate working in the Downtown Eastside[13]
- Annette Reilly, Green Party, Green Party candidate in the 2025 Vancouver City Council by-election[13]
- Stephanie Smith, Green Party, housing, labour, and social justice activist[13]
- Moira Stilwell, Vancouver Liberals, former provincial Cabinet minister[15]
- Julie Strilesky, Green Party, climate policy advisor and corporate sustainability manager[13]
- Peter Tu, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, spa business owner[6]
- Michael Wu, Vancouver Liberals, entrepreneur and RCMP auxiliary constable[16]
- Jessica Walton, Vancouver Liberals, political strategist and government copywriter[16]
Potential
- Frances Bula, OneCity, veteran journalist[17]
- Peter Waldkirch, OneCity, Abundant Housing Vancouver director[18]
- Solomon Yi-Kieran, COPE, youth advocate[19]
Declined
- Brian Montague, ABC Vancouver, Vancouver city councillor (2022–present)[20]
