2026 Vancouver municipal election

The 2026 Vancouver municipal election will be held on October 17, 2026, on the same day as the municipal elections held throughout British Columbia. 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. In addition, voters will vote on 3 capital plan questions.

Background

Ken Sim defeated incumbent mayor Kennedy Stewart in the 2022 mayoral election. Sim was elected mayor with 51% of votes cast and was sworn in on November 7, 2022. 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.

Mayoral election

Candidates

Declared

• Kareem Allam, Vancouver Liberals, former chief of staff to Mayor Ken Sim
• Rebecca Bligh, Vote Vancouver, Vancouver city councillor (2018–present)
• Pete Fry, Green Party, Vancouver city councillor (2018–present)
• Ken Sim, ABC Vancouver, incumbent mayor (2022–present)
• William Azaroff, OneCity Vancouver, CEO of Brightside Community Homes

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
• Kirk LaPointe, Conservative Electors Association, journalist and candidate in the 2014 Vancouver municipal election.

Opinion polling

Potential candidates

Parties

City council elections

Candidates

Declared

• Bridget Burns, Green Party, Green Party of Canada national field manager
• Effy Demeter, Green Party, Downtown Eastside advocate
• Camil Dumont, Green Party, former Vancouver Park Board commissioner (2018–2022)
• Victoria Jung, Vancouver Liberals, Vancouver School Board trustee (2022–present)
• Kyra Philbert, Green Party, community health nurse and public health advocate working in the Downtown Eastside
• Annette Reilly, Green Party, Green Party candidate in the 2025 Vancouver City Council by-election
• Stephanie Smith, Green Party, housing, labour, and social justice activist
• Moira Stilwell, Vancouver Liberals, former provincial Cabinet minister
• Julie Strilesky, Green Party, climate policy advisor and corporate sustainability manager
• Michael Wu, Vancouver Liberals, entrepreneur and RCMP auxiliary constable
• Jessica Walton, Vancouver Liberals, political strategist and government copywriter
• Peter Waldkirch, OneCity, Abundant Housing Vancouver director
• Solomon Yi-Kieran, COPE, youth advocate

Declined

• Brian Montague, ABC Vancouver, Vancouver city councillor (2022–present)

School board elections

Park board elections

Candidates

Declared

• Scott Jensen, Vancouver Liberals, Vancouver Park Board commissioner (2022–present)
• Brennan Bastyovanszky, Vancouver Liberals, Vancouver Park Board commissioner (2022–present)

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