--- title: "Arezo Zarrabian | City Council | Vancouver election 2026 | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/candidates/arezo-zarrabian" last_updated: "2026-09-23T06:07:49.581Z" meta: description: "Arezo Zarrabian, ballot number 126 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Public-safety evidence and business concerns." "og:description": "Arezo Zarrabian, ballot number 126 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Public-safety evidence and business concerns." "og:title": "Arezo Zarrabian | City Council | Vancouver election 2026" "twitter:description": "Arezo Zarrabian, ballot number 126 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Public-safety evidence and business concerns." "twitter:title": "Arezo Zarrabian | City Council | Vancouver election 2026" --- City Council · Vancouver 2026 # Arezo Zarrabian Candidate for Vancouver City Council. Arezo Zarrabian, ballot number 126 for City Council in Vancouver, ABC Vancouver. Profile focus: Public-safety evidence and business concerns. Explore the record Public schedule Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page ABC Vancouver2026 ![Arezo Zarrabian, from ABC Vancouver.](https://voche.me/images/candidates/arezo-zarrabian-640.webp) *Arezo ZarrabianCity CouncilBallot no.126* [Image: ABC Vancouver](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/arezo-zarrabian/) Candidate research / September 22, 2026 This record covers Arezo Zarrabian's career at the Vancouver Police Department as described by the ABC campaign and by news reports, the 2022 council run for the NPA and its result, and the positions published for the 2026 campaign. **6**Commitments **3**News articles **9**Sources Public schedule / Through election day ## Where can you hear Arezo Zarrabian? 1 upcoming public event were found in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. An event being scheduled does not mean this candidate will attend. Attendance is marked separately. Checked September 22, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling. - [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver - [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver
View every date through Oct 17 1. Sep 22No appearance confirmed 2. Sep 23No appearance confirmed 3. Sep 24No appearance confirmed 4. Sep 25No appearance confirmed 5. Sep 26No appearance confirmed 6. Sep 27No appearance confirmed 7. Sep 28No appearance confirmed 8. Sep 29No appearance confirmed 9. Sep 30No appearance confirmed 10. Oct 1Event; attendance unconfirmed 11. Oct 2No appearance confirmed 12. Oct 3Voting day 13. Oct 4No appearance confirmed 14. Oct 5No appearance confirmed 15. Oct 6No appearance confirmed 16. Oct 7Voting day 17. Oct 8No appearance confirmed 18. Oct 9No appearance confirmed 19. Oct 10Voting day 20. Oct 11No appearance confirmed 21. Oct 12No appearance confirmed 22. Oct 13Voting day 23. Oct 14No appearance confirmed 24. Oct 15No appearance confirmed 25. Oct 16No appearance confirmed 26. Oct 17Voting day
### Public forums and announcements Attendance is identified for each event. Unconfirmed listings are not confirmed candidate appearances. Oct 17 pm Public forumAttendance unconfirmed #### Last Candidate Standing York Theatre, Vancouver **The organisers say everyone running for mayor or council is invited. No participant list has been published, and Zarrabian is not named.** An all-candidates event produced by the Vancouver Public Space Network with support from The Tyee, Creative Mornings Vancouver, and the SFU City Program. - [Who will be the last Vancouver candidate standing?](https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2026/09/18/Last-Vancouver-Candidate-Standing/)Event listing · The Tyee ### Voting dates - Oct 3Advance voting - Oct 7Advance voting - Oct 10Advance voting - Oct 13Advance voting - Oct 17Election day 8 am to 8 pm at official Vancouver voting places. These dates apply to every voter and are not candidate appearances. [Find your voting place](https://voche.me/where-to-vote) - [Election dates and voting information](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-election.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver - [Where to vote](https://vancouver.ca/election/2026/where-to-vote.aspx)Official record · City of Vancouver On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated. 01 / Introduction ## About Arezo Zarrabian Arezo Zarrabian appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 126. The City records the affiliation as ABC Vancouver. The page says Zarrabian has worked as an analyst at the Vancouver Police Department for more than 19 years. The page says Zarrabian received three Chief Citations and one Chief Commendation from the Vancouver Police Department. The page says the candidate studied Criminology and Political Science at Simon Fraser University before joining the police department. Daily Hive describes Zarrabian as a crime and data analyst who has worked at the Vancouver Police Department for close to 20 years. The ABC campaign page puts the figure at over 19 years as a senior crime analyst. The ABC campaign page says Zarrabian studied Criminology and Political Science at Simon Fraser University and completed an internship with a United States congressional committee on homeland security in Washington DC. Daily Hive reported the same education and Washington work in 2022. The ABC campaign page says Zarrabian has received three Chief Citations and one Chief Commendation from the Vancouver Police Department. Zarrabian stood for Vancouver city council in 2022 as a Non-Partisan Association candidate and received 10,361 votes, 6.04 percent, without winning a seat. Daily Hive reports that Zarrabian was not an ABC supporter at first and joined the party because of Mayor Ken Sim's focus on public safety. Zarrabian appears on the 2026 ballot as council candidate number 126 for ABC Vancouver. voche.me assembled this profile from the official candidate list and the campaign material linked under Sources. The campaign has not been contacted, and no candidate-supplied content appears on this page. Read the sources Promises / Commitments and evidence ## Commitments and the available evidence. Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery. 6 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Public safety as the main council focus Daily Hive reports that Zarrabian's campaign priorities centre on safety and affordability, while supporting families and businesses.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The report names the priority areas. It does not record a specific measure Zarrabian would bring to council.
What still needs checking
Which specific policing or bylaw change Zarrabian would propose.
- [Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/abc-vancouver-city-council-candidates-2026-election-zarrabian-gillespie-lowe-grewal)Reporting · Daily Hive 2026 · Small businessCampaign pledge ### Retail crime and small business The ABC campaign page says Zarrabian works with Business Improvement Associations and speaks for small business owners on rising vandalism, assaults, and violent shoplifting.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The campaign page states the advocacy work. No council measure or budget is named.
What still needs checking
What council would do differently on retail crime under this candidate.
- [Arezo Zarrabian candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/arezo-zarrabian/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver 2026 · TaxesCampaign pledge ### Property tax freeze for 2027 ABC Vancouver's platform promises a zero percent property tax increase in 2027, an end to residential parking permit fees, and removal of paid parking at beaches and community centres.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform, published on September 22, 2026. Zarrabian is an ABC candidate and is not separately quoted on it.
What still needs checking
Whether Zarrabian states support for the tax freeze in the candidate's own words.
- [Ken Sim's ABC platform promises property tax freeze, end to parking permit fees](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ken-sim-abc-vancouver-2026-civic-election-platform)Reporting · Daily Hive 2026 · Public safetyCampaign pledge ### Drug enforcement and involuntary care ABC Vancouver's platform proposes to ban the use of hard drugs in public spaces and to establish at least 100 involuntary care beds in Vancouver.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party platform. Involuntary care is a provincial responsibility, so a council vote alone would not create the beds. Zarrabian is not separately quoted on it.
What still needs checking
What part of this a city council can decide on its own.
- [Ken Sim's ABC platform promises property tax freeze, end to parking permit fees](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/ken-sim-abc-vancouver-2026-civic-election-platform)Reporting · Daily Hive Earlier term · HousingCampaign pledge ### Housing supply through faster permits In the 2022 candidate profile, Zarrabian listed increasing housing supply by reducing regulatory delays and speeding up permit approvals as a priority, along with strengthening core services while keeping taxes and spending down.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the 2022 platform position filed by the candidate. No 2026 restatement of it was found.
What still needs checking
Whether the same housing position is part of the 2026 campaign.
- [Arezo Zarrabian, NPA, 2022 local elections profile](https://en.votemate.org/local2022/candidates/6673)Campaign · VoteMate 2026 · Support for small business ownersCampaign pledge ### Support for small business owners The page says Zarrabian works with Business Improvement Associations and speaks up for owners of small businesses.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Taken from the campaign page listed in the sources. No independent confirmation was found.
What still needs checking
What would this cost, who would deliver it, and by when?
- [Arezo Zarrabian candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/arezo-zarrabian/)Campaign · ABC Vancouver City programs / Scope and delivery ## Policies, budgets & programs Each entry below names its source. Campaign material is the candidate's own account. Nothing here is presented as a verified outcome unless the entry says so. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. Recent appearances / Read and watch ## Talks, interviews & statements Read original statements and reporting, or open the publisher’s video. A summary of a speech is labelled separately from a full recording. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. Accountability / Findings, disputes and responses ## Controversies & public scrutiny Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page. No reviewed entries have been added to this section yet. This is a research gap, not a finding about the candidate. News coverage / Original publishers ## Read the reporting A dated reading list from independent publishers. The headings below are voche.me summaries; follow each link for the original article, context and any corrections. August 27, 2026Reporting Daily Hive ### Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates Kenneth Chan reports the addition of Zarrabian, Joyce Gillespie, Lorraine Lowe and David Grewal to the ABC council slate, and describes Zarrabian's police analyst career and the reason given for joining ABC. - [Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/abc-vancouver-city-council-candidates-2026-election-zarrabian-gillespie-lowe-grewal)Reporting · Daily Hive May 25, 2022Reporting Daily Hive ### NPA names candidates for 2022 civic election, signals it will be tough on crime Kenneth Chan reports the NPA's 2022 slate. Zarrabian is named as one of three council candidates with law enforcement backgrounds, with criminology study at Simon Fraser University and work for a United States congressional committee on homeland security. - [NPA names candidates for 2022 civic election](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/non-partisan-association-2022-vancouver-civic-election-candidates-npa)Reporting · Daily Hive September 22, 2026Reporting Daily Hive ### Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set Kenneth Chan's ballot order list. Zarrabian appears as council candidate number 126 for ABC Vancouver. - [Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-2026-civic-election-candidates-ballot-order)Reporting · Daily Hive Research / 9 linked sources ## Check the evidence Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Official record 2 sources - Election dates and voting information City of Vancouver - Where to vote City of Vancouver
Campaign 2 sources - Arezo Zarrabian candidate page ABC Vancouver - Arezo Zarrabian, NPA, 2022 local elections profile VoteMate
Reporting 4 sources - Ken Sim's ABC party names four new Vancouver City Council candidates Daily Hive · August 27, 2026 - NPA names candidates for 2022 civic election Daily Hive · May 25, 2022 - Ken Sim's ABC platform promises property tax freeze, end to parking permit fees Daily Hive · September 22, 2026 - Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set Daily Hive · September 22, 2026
Event listing 1 sources - Who will be the last Vancouver candidate standing? The Tyee · September 18, 2026
The BARCODE initiative, the three Chief Citations and the Chief Commendation are described only on the ABC campaign page. A Retail Council of Canada podcast page, a Business in Vancouver report on a police retail crime forum, and a 2024 police conference speaker page all returned HTTP 403 and could not be opened, so none of them is cited. Exact start and end dates for the police department role were not found, so the period is given as approximate. No interview, speech, or accountability record was found for the 2026 campaign. Family details were left out of this record. Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on September 22, 2026: Current campaign material; biographical claims require corroboration. Campaign page read on September 22, 2026. 1 stated position and 3 background facts recorded here. This site blocks automated requests, so each quotation was read from the live page twice, independently. Checks still to do: Confirm employment status and independently check cited project outcomes or crime trends. The ballot name, office, ballot number and party label come from the City's final candidate list. Everything described as campaign material is the campaign's own account and has not been confirmed by an independent source. 03 / Background ## Experience & community About 2007 to 2026 ### Senior crime analyst, Vancouver Police Department The ABC campaign page says the work covers crime data analytics and finding crime patterns that need data-driven solutions, across several Vancouver neighbourhoods. Daily Hive describes the same role and length of service. [Arezo Zarrabian candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/arezo-zarrabian/) 18 months, end date not stated ### Analyst, BARCODE violent shoplifting initiative The ABC campaign page says Zarrabian was the sole analyst on an 18-month initiative called BARCODE that targeted organized retail crime in Vancouver, and that the work fed into provincial measures and the creation of a Retail Crime Task Force. This account comes from the campaign and was not confirmed against a police or provincial record. [Arezo Zarrabian candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/arezo-zarrabian/) 2022 ### Council candidate, Non-Partisan Association Daily Hive reported in May 2022 that Zarrabian was one of three NPA council candidates with law enforcement backgrounds. The candidate profile filed for that election set out priorities on public safety, housing supply, and core city services. [NPA names candidates for 2022 civic election](https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/non-partisan-association-2022-vancouver-civic-election-candidates-npa) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which safety measures would you use to evaluate a policy, beyond police incident counts? No response has been submitted.
Which of your proposals can council enact directly, and which require provincial, federal or regional agreement? No response has been submitted.
05 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Vancouver · official City Council candidate list ](https://vancouver.ca/your-government/2026-candidates-councillor.aspx)Checked September 22, 2026 - [ABC Vancouver · candidate page ](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/arezo-zarrabian/)Checked September 22, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [ABC Vancouver · candidate page](https://abcvancouver.ca/team/arezo-zarrabian/) [ABC Vancouver official website](https://abcvancouver.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/candidates) [City Council**Jarrett Hagglund**](https://voche.me/candidates/jarrett-hagglund) [City Council**Joyce Gillespie**](https://voche.me/candidates/joyce-gillespie) ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.