This record covers Devyani Singh's three earlier runs for office as a Green candidate, the published vote counts for each, and the 2026 council candidacy with COPE. Singh appears at ballot number 121.
No public appearance by this candidate was confirmed in the sources checked on September 22, 2026. The voting dates below apply to every voter. An empty day is a gap in the research, not proof that nothing is happening.
Checked September 22, 2026 · All event times are Vancouver local time. Recheck the organizer before travelling.
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 Devyani Singh
Devyani Singh appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 121. The City records the affiliation as COPE.
The party page describes Singh as a climate scientist and a financial analyst. The page says Singh is a lead researcher at Stand.earth and helped stop millions of dollars of funding for cutting down the Amazon forest. The page says Singh helped design climate plans for several cities in North America.
COPE's council page describes Singh as a climate scientist and financial analyst, and uses the title Dr. The Ubyssey also refers to Singh as a doctor and as a climate scientist, financial analyst and economist.
The Ubyssey reported in 2024 that Singh had been a PhD student at the University of British Columbia and had spent between 80 and 100 percent of the student stipend on housing costs.
COPE's page says Singh is a lead researcher at Stand.earth, has helped block millions of dollars of financing tied to deforestation in the Amazon, and has helped design climate plans for several cities in North America.
Singh ran for the BC Greens in Vancouver-Point Grey in the 2020 provincial election and took 4,241 votes, or 17.27 percent, finishing third behind David Eby.
Singh ran for the Green Party of Canada in Vancouver Quadra in the 2021 federal election. Published results give Singh 6 percent of the vote, behind Liberal Joyce Murray on 43.6 percent, Conservative Brad Armstrong on 28.9 percent and New Democrat Naden Abenes on 19 percent.
Singh ran again for the BC Greens in Vancouver-Point Grey in 2024 and took 1,925 votes, or 8.72 percent.
In the 2021 Ubyssey profile Singh described themselves as a queer woman of colour.
Singh is one of the COPE council candidates for 2026, running alongside sitting councillor Sean Orr, Chloe Leslie and Solomon Yi-Kieran. Daily Hive's ballot list places Singh at number 121.
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.
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.
7 commitments shown · Checked Sep 22
2026 · TransitCampaign pledge
Free public transit
COPE's page says Singh will work to make life more affordable through measures such as free transit.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page names free transit as one of Singh's aims. COPE's platform page sets out a staged version, starting with free transit for people under 18 and working towards free transit for everyone. Fares are set by TransLink, and neither page explains how a Vancouver council would pay for or deliver it.
What still needs checking
What a Vancouver council can do about fares, and what the city's share of the cost would be.
COPE's page says Singh will push for better libraries. The party's platform commits to keeping libraries open seven days a week and to funding library hours and staff wages.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The library commitment is stated on both the candidate page and the party platform. No branch list, cost or timeline is given.
What still needs checking
Which branches are not currently open seven days a week and what the added hours would cost.
COPE's page says Singh will push for climate-safe affordable housing that people can afford to live in.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The phrase appears on the candidate page without a definition. The party platform sets out related measures: buying apartment buildings to hold as permanent public housing and co-ops, closing the rent increase gap between tenancies, stopping demovictions, a landlord registry and a stronger renters office. Those are the party's commitments.
What still needs checking
What standard 'climate-safe' means here, and how many homes Singh is asking council to fund.
COPE's page says Singh will work to make Vancouver a climate leader again, and links the climate problem and the affordability problem to the political power of the richest people.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The candidate page states the framing. The party platform lists climate measures: rejoining the Sue Big Oil case, blocking gas heating in new buildings, supporting heat pump retrofits, and building for extreme weather. Those are the party's commitments, and the candidate page does not repeat them one by one.
What still needs checking
Which climate measure Singh would bring to council first.
COPE's platform commits the party to a 1 percent progressive property tax on properties worth more than 5 million dollars to pay for work on homelessness, a higher empty homes tax with loopholes closed, a lobbyist registry, restored public comment time at council, and refusing donations from developers and corporations.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
These are the party's commitments. The platform page that carries them was written for the 2025 by-election campaign of Sean Orr, and no separate 2026 platform page was found. Singh is not quoted on any of these items.
What still needs checking
Whether COPE publishes a 2026 platform and whether Singh states these positions personally.
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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
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Interview
Ubyssey profile interview, Vancouver Quadra
Singh named the climate crisis, affordable housing and Indigenous rights as the reasons for running, said there is little time left and action is needed as soon as possible, and backed student loan forgiveness and a guaranteed livable income. Singh said working across party lines inside Parliament matters, and warned that voting out of fear shapes the future that follows.
Singh called for an end to fossil fuel subsidies, free public transit, more affordable housing, more campus housing and childcare for graduate students and families, keeping the carbon tax, and lowering the voting age to 16, and opposed long-term involuntary care for people with addiction. Singh said every vote should be earned and that people who vote for you deserve respect.
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News coverage / Original publishers
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Reporting
Daily Hive
Vancouver's 2026 civic election candidate list is set: All 130 names in ballot order
Published the confirmed ballot, placing Singh at number 121 for council.
Sources checked September 22, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
Business in Vancouver and Vancouver Is Awesome articles on COPE's candidate selection both returned HTTP 403, so the nomination date and any quotes from Singh at the nomination could not be confirmed. The Stand.earth role, the Amazon financing work and the city climate plans come only from COPE's own page and were not independently confirmed, and no dates are given for any of them. The subject and institution of the doctorate are not stated in any source that could be opened. COPE's platform page carries the 2025 by-election platform, and no 2026 platform document was found. No 2026 interview with Singh was found, and COPE's site lists no upcoming events, so no appearance could be confirmed.
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. 3 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Verify professional roles and the assumptions behind any cost or emissions estimates.
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
Dates not stated
Lead researcher, Stand.earth
COPE's candidate page says the work involved stopping financing linked to deforestation in the Amazon and designing climate plans for cities across North America. No date range is given.
