2026 Vancouver municipal election

2026 Vancouver municipal election

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10 seats on Vancouver City Council + 1 mayor 9 seats on Vancouver School Board 7 seats on Vancouver Park Board
Mayoral election
KA Candidate Ken Sim Kareem Allam TBD Party ABC Vancouver Vancouver Liberals OneCity   RB Candidate Rebecca Bligh Party Vote Vancouver
Incumbent mayor Ken Sim ABC Vancouver
City council election
Party Leader Current seats ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 6 Green vacant 1 COPE N/A 1 OneCity N/A 1 Independent N/A 1
Park board election
Party Leader Current seats ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 3 Independent N/A 3 Green vacant 1
School board election
Party Leader Current seats ABC Vancouver Ken Sim 3 Green vacant 2 Independent N/A 2 COPE N/A 1 OneCity N/A 1

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]

Background

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]
• Ken Sim, ABC Vancouver, incumbent mayor (2022–present) ^[6]

Contesting nomination

• William Azaroff, OneCity Vancouver, CEO of Brightside Community Homes ^[7]

Publicly expressed interest

• Pete Fry, Green Party, Vancouver City Councillor (2018–present) ^[8]

Potential

• John Coupar, Conservative Electors Association, former Vancouver Park Board member and Conservative Party of British Columbia candidate in the 2024 British Columbia general election for Vancouver-Little Mountain ^[9]
• Kirk LaPointe, Conservative Electors Association, journalist and candidate in the 2014 Vancouver municipal election. ^[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
Mainstreet Research [11]	October 22, 2025	13%	25%	—	20%	20%	13%	4%	—	2%	1%	2%	—	1,207	±2.8pp	IVR	5%
Mainstreet Research [11]	October 22, 2025	16%	—	26%	17%	20%	11%	4%	—	2%	1%	3%	—	1,207	±2.8pp	IVR	6%
Mainstreet Research [12]	August 29, 2025	19%	18%	—	—	17%	15%	6%	8%	8%	8%	—	—	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

Declined

• Brian Montague, Vancouver City Councillor (2022–present) ^[13]

References

1. "2026 municipal election". City of Vancouver . Retrieved October 1, 2025.
2. "Ken Sim sworn in as mayor of Vancouver". CBC News . November 7, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
3. Fumano, Dan (October 17, 2022). "Vancouver Election Results: Ken Sim rolls over Kennedy Stewart, vows to act fast to add police officers". Vancouver Sun . Postmedia . Retrieved October 2, 2025.
4. Chan, Cheryl (July 3, 2025). "Vancouver mayor's former chief of staff starts new political party". Vancouver Sun . Postmedia . Retrieved October 2, 2025.
5. Pawson, Chad (September 22, 2025). "Vancouver city councillor kicked out of ruling party announces mayoral bid". CBC News . Retrieved October 2, 2025.
6. Howell, Mike (November 8, 2023). "Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim will seek re-election in 2026". Vancouver Is Awesome. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
7. "Mayoral Nomination Candidates". OneCity Vancouver. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
8. McElroy, Justin (September 25, 2025). "Pete Fry considering a run for mayor of Vancouver — and he could be the candidate to unite the left". CBC News . Retrieved October 2, 2025.
9. "News Release: Vancouver Conservatives Lead by 10 Points in New Mainstreet Poll, While ABC and Liberals Falter".
10. "News Release: Vancouver Conservatives Lead by 10 Points in New Mainstreet Poll, While ABC and Liberals Falter".
11. "Mainstreet Research Survey - Vancouver" (PDF). Mainstreet Research . October 24, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
12. "Mainstreet Research Survey - Vancouver" (PDF). Mainstreet Research . September 5, 2025. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
13. Zavarise, Isabella (October 30, 2025). "Vancouver councillor defends attendance record after selling local home, buying property in Okanagan". CTV News . Retrieved October 30, 2025.