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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]
| Polling firm | Dates 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 [10] | Oct 17—22, 2025 | 13% | 25% | — | 20% | 20% | 13% | 4% | — | 2% | 1% | 2% | — | 1,207 | ±2.8pp | IVR | 5% | 
| Mainstreet Research [10] | Oct 17—22, 2025 | 16% | — | 26% | 17% | 20% | 11% | 4% | — | 2% | 1% | 3% | — | 1,207 | ±2.8pp | IVR | 6% | 
| Mainstreet Research [11] | Aug 27—29, 2025 | 19% | 18% | — | — | 17% | 15% | 6% | 8% | 8% | 8% | — | — | 961 | ±3.2pp | IVR | 1% | 
| Polling firm | Date | Conservatives | Liberals | COPE | Greens | ABC | OneCity | TEAM | Vote Vancouver | NPA | Sample size | MOE | Polling method | Lead | 
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| Mainstreet Research [10] | Oct 17—22, 2025 | 32% | 22% | 13% | 11% | 8% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 1,207 | ±2.8pp | IVR | 10% |