This record covers Kathleen Larsen's planning career as described by the TEAM campaign and confirmed in part by District of North Vancouver records, her directorship at the Vancouver Heritage Foundation, which the foundation and a 2026 Council decision confirm, her 2022 Park Board run and survey answer, and the 2026 council candidacy with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, including her own posts on X and Instagram. Larsen appears at ballot number 123.
The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader. Measured October 3, 2026. The same seven points apply to every candidate for this office.
Housing supply and rental rules2/10
2/2
A position in the candidate’s own words
“So important to get out today and support Local 40 at their rally for affordable housing at City Hall.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on housing: 9 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets zoning, approves rezonings and development permits, and makes rental and tenant-protection bylaws under the Vancouver Charter. The province sets rent increase limits and tenancy law.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 3 commitments on this issue.
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Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on homelessness and drugs: 3 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council funds shelter sites, street cleaning and city outreach, and decides where supportive housing is approved. Health services, treatment beds and drug policy are provincial and federal.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 4 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on public safety: 4 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council approves the police budget. The Vancouver Police Board, not Council, directs the police department. Fire and rescue services report to the city.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on transport: 5 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city owns and designs its streets, bike lanes, sidewalks and parking rules. Buses, SkyTrain and SeaBus are run by TransLink, a regional body the city does not control.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 5 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on taxes and budget: 5 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Council sets the property tax rate each year, approves the operating budget, and approves the multi-year capital plan that pays for buildings and infrastructure.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 7 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/2
States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on climate: 7 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. Vancouver has its own building bylaw under the Vancouver Charter, so Council can set energy and emissions rules for new buildings that other BC cities cannot.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 6 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a measurable target
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a cost or funding source
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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States a timeline
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on culture: 6 commitments, none with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city licenses venues and events, sets noise and business rules, and funds cultural grants and spaces. Liquor licensing is shared with the province.
Party platform; candidate not quoted. TEAM for a Livable Vancouver publishes 2 commitments on this issue.
0/2
Names a mechanism the office controls
Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
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Party text earns no points here; the statement must be the candidate’s own.
0/1
A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
0/1
Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver’s platform on child care: 2 commitments, at least one with a number. Party text earns the candidate the position point only.
What this office controls. The city creates child care spaces through zoning, city-owned buildings and development contributions. Licensing, subsidies and operating funding are provincial.
No position found by voche.me as of October 3, 2026.
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No statement to read.
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A dated, sourced action on the issue
No dated public action on this issue found.
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Answered the voche.me question on the issue
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council issues business licences, sets licence and permit fees, zones commercial and industrial land and approves business improvement areas under the Vancouver Charter. Employment law, sales taxes and income taxes are provincial and federal.
“She is committed to community representation and a planning-based approach and notes that it’s so important to not only listen but hear what the residents are saying.”
The questionnaire has not been sent yet. No candidate has this point.
What this office controls. Council, the Park Board and the Board of Education each set their own meeting rules, committees, public consultation and reporting. The Vancouver Charter and the School Act create the three bodies and set their powers, and only the Province can change those acts.
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 Kathleen Larsen
Kathleen Larsen appears on the City of Vancouver's final 2026 candidate list for City Council, with ballot number 123. The City records the affiliation as TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
The campaign says Larsen worked for 26 years as a municipal planner in the Lower Mainland, in community and heritage planning. The page says Larsen completed a master's program at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC and a Certificate in Urban Design at SFU in 2011. The page says Vancouver City Council appointed Larsen in 2021 as a Director at the Vancouver Heritage Foundation.
The Vancouver Heritage Foundation lists Kathleen Larsen as a voting director of its board, described as a community and heritage planner. The foundation's page says all its directors are appointed by Vancouver's mayor and council for two-year terms and may be reappointed.
The TEAM campaign page says Vancouver City Council made that appointment in 2021.
A decision of Vancouver City Council from a closed meeting on April 14, 2026, later released to the public, appointed Kathleen Larsen to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation board again, for a term from May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2028. voche.me read the decision as CityHallWatch reproduced it, because the City's own page returned HTTP 403.
Records of the District of North Vancouver name Kathleen Larsen as a Community Planner. A call for the District's 2015 heritage award nominations, posted by the Architectural Institute of British Columbia on December 1, 2015, lists her as the contact, and a District memo of September 12, 2016 in the public hearing file for the Green Gables heritage house at 114 West Windsor Road is from her.
Larsen ran for Park Board with TEAM in the 2022 civic election and took 21,418 votes, or 12.49 percent, which was not enough to win one of the seven seats. ABC Vancouver took six of those seats and the Green Party took one.
The campaign page says Larsen was born in Vancouver, raised in Victoria, and returned to Vancouver after a bachelor's degree from the University of Victoria with a double major in urban geography and psychology.
The campaign page says Larsen completed a master's programme at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC and earned a certificate in urban design from Simon Fraser University in 2011.
The campaign page says Larsen has 26 years of municipal planning work in the Lower Mainland as a community and heritage planner, and that from 2017 to 2020 Larsen lived in Toronto and was appointed by Toronto City Council to the Committee of Adjustment for downtown Toronto.
The campaign page says Larsen has been a TEAM member for four years. TEAM's candidate list names Larsen as one of its council candidates for 2026, with Colleen Hardwick as the party's mayoral candidate.
Daily Hive's ballot list of September 22, 2026 places Larsen at number 123 for council.
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.
22 commitments shown · Checked Oct 3
2026 · PlanningCampaign pledge
A planning-based approach with more resident input
TEAM’s page about Larsen says she is committed to community representation and a planning-based approach, and that she notes it is important to hear what residents are saying as well as to listen.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is on TEAM’s candidate page for Larsen, written in the third person and read again on September 25, 2026. The page names no council procedure, consultation rule or measure that would change, and gives no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which consultation step Larsen would add to the City’s rezoning and permit process, and by when.
TEAM’s page about Larsen says she hopes to use her wide variety of professional experience and knowledge to advance the TEAM platform.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The sentence names no issue, measure, number, cost or date, so it is tagged to no scored issue and earns no points. TEAM’s own platform pages are recorded as party commitments on this record.
What still needs checking
Which parts of the TEAM platform Larsen would be responsible for, and by when.
Larsen posted on X and on Instagram that it was important to get out and support Local 40 at its rally for affordable housing at City Hall, and that it was great to meet many engaged people and hear their concerns about the state of housing in Vancouver. On July 9, 2026 she posted on Instagram about a second Local 40 rally at City Hall for affordable housing.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Both posts are on Larsen's own accounts. The Instagram copy of the first post carries a timestamp of May 19, 2026, the date UNITE HERE Local 40's own advisory gives for its rally at City Hall, so the X post shown as May 20 is the same post from 2026. Local 40's release of July 10, 2026 says its rally at City Hall was held the day before, which matches the second post. Neither post says what Larsen would do on council, so no measure, number, cost or date is recorded.
What still needs checking
What Larsen would ask Council to do on affordable housing, and how it would be paid for.
Women Transforming Cities, a Vancouver charity that campaigns on City policy, asked every candidate for mayor and council to commit to six policy asks if elected. Its results table, an image on its pledge page, marks Larsen as committing to four asks (housing access, transit and mobility, community spaces and public washrooms) and as abstaining on two (food security and gender safety).
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The pledge page contains no sentence from Larsen. Its only TEAM statement is attributed to Colleen Hardwick and speaks for TEAM. The page says the charity secures commitments from individual candidates, and its results table lists Larsen by name, but voche.me cannot tell from the page who supplied her answer. The table is an image, which voche.me read by eye and noted in the archived copy of the page. The asks are the charity’s wording, and each ask in a scored issue has its own commitment on this record.
What still needs checking
Whether Larsen gave the answers herself, how she would pay for each ask, and which Council decisions she would make to carry it out.
The housing ask, which the results table marks Larsen as committing to, has three parts. It asks candidates to increase co-op, social and supportive housing in every neighbourhood by changing zoning rules (the City’s rules on what can be built where) that delay non-market homes (also called social housing), within the first year of the term. It asks them to prioritize non-market housing on public land and to demand long-term funding from senior governments (the provincial and federal governments). It asks them to advance building upgrades that give low-carbon cooling during extreme heat, especially to low-income tenants.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities’ wording. The pledge page contains no sentence from Larsen. Its only TEAM statement is attributed to Colleen Hardwick and speaks for TEAM. The page says the charity secures commitments from individual candidates, and its results table lists Larsen by name, but voche.me cannot tell from the page who supplied her answer. The table is an image, which voche.me read by eye and noted in the archived copy of the page. The quote is that note, because the page has no words from Larsen. The ask gives no number of homes and no cost. It sets one date, the first year of the term. The results table is an image with no text version and the page holds no sentence from her, so this entry is not scored as her own words.
What still needs checking
How many non-market homes Larsen would aim for, which zoning rules she would change, and what the change would cost.
The transit and mobility ask, which the results table marks Larsen as committing to, has four parts. It asks candidates to advocate to the Province for a low-income transit pass for people earning less than $40,000 a year. It asks them to get buses moving faster with transit-priority measures such as dedicated bus lanes, with a goal of at least nine transit corridors completed by 2030. It asks for more covered bus shelters, seating and lighting, especially in neighbourhoods with fewer resources. It asks for longer crosswalk times and, at the first opportunity, faster installation of safe crossings, curb cuts (sloped sidewalk edges for wheelchairs and strollers) and sidewalk repairs.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities’ wording. The pledge page contains no sentence from Larsen. Its only TEAM statement is attributed to Colleen Hardwick and speaks for TEAM. The page says the charity secures commitments from individual candidates, and its results table lists Larsen by name, but voche.me cannot tell from the page who supplied her answer. The table is an image, which voche.me read by eye and noted in the archived copy of the page. The quote is that note, because the page has no words from Larsen. The ask sets one number, nine corridors, and one date, 2030, and gives no cost. The transit pass is a request to the Province. The results table is an image with no text version and the page holds no sentence from her, so this entry is not scored as her own words.
What still needs checking
Which streets would get bus lanes, what the shelters and crossings would cost, and by when.
The community spaces ask, which the results table marks Larsen as committing to, has three parts. It asks candidates to extend library hours and to support the workers who maintain these spaces with adequate staffing and a living wage. It asks them to report how many City-owned properties are underused and to offer priority access and subsidized rent to community groups that address neighbourhood needs. It asks them to work with independent arts and culture venues and queer spaces to reform permit and bylaw barriers, so those spaces can keep running safely.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities’ wording. The pledge page contains no sentence from Larsen. Its only TEAM statement is attributed to Colleen Hardwick and speaks for TEAM. The page says the charity secures commitments from individual candidates, and its results table lists Larsen by name, but voche.me cannot tell from the page who supplied her answer. The table is an image, which voche.me read by eye and noted in the archived copy of the page. The quote is that note, because the page has no words from Larsen. The ask gives no number, no cost and no date. The results table is an image with no text version and the page holds no sentence from her, so this entry is not scored as her own words.
What still needs checking
How many library hours would be added, which properties would be offered, and what it would cost.
The public washrooms ask, which the results table marks Larsen as committing to, asks candidates to install prefabricated public toilets in high-need areas or set up portable toilets for the short term, to increase funding for maintaining and upgrading existing City and Park Board washrooms, and to partner with Downtown Eastside service providers and other governments to sustain hygiene services such as mobile washrooms, staffed washrooms, showers and laundry facilities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The ask is Women Transforming Cities’ wording, and the results table records Larsen’s yes. The pledge page contains no sentence from Larsen. Public washrooms are not one of the ten issues voche.me scores for City Council candidates, so this commitment earns no points.
What still needs checking
How many washrooms Larsen would add and what they would cost.
Neighbourhood plans in place of the city-wide plan
TEAM's platform commits the party to replacing the Official Development Plan with what it calls a Respect for Neighbourhoods plan, and to planning growth with local residents and businesses at a scale that fits each neighbourhood. The party names the Broadway, Jericho, Rupert and Renfrew, and Villages plans as sources of complaint.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s published position, on TEAM’s planning page read again on September 25, 2026. TEAM’s pages do not name Larsen in connection with it. Larsen’s own page says she hopes to advance the TEAM platform and does not set out these items herself.
What still needs checking
What happens to housing approvals already granted under the current plan.
TEAM’s platform commits the party to stopping what it calls demoviction (renters losing their homes when an older rental building is demolished) by protecting older rental buildings from demolition. It also commits the party to setting up a renters office, and to retaining, upgrading and building new co-ops, especially larger ground-oriented units for families.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s published position, on TEAM’s planning page read again on September 25, 2026. The page names no candidate, no number of homes, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
How the party would protect older rentals while also adding homes on the same sites.
TEAM’s platform says the party would demand that the provincial government amend its one-size-fits-all approach to Bills 44, 46 and 47, and would support other municipalities that are calling for judicial review (a court check on whether a government decision was lawful) and withdrawal of those policies.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s published position, on TEAM’s planning page read again on September 25, 2026. The measure asks another government to act, so it is tagged as outside a councillor’s powers. The page names no candidate.
What still needs checking
What a Vancouver council can legally change while those provincial bills remain in force.
TEAM’s platform commits the party to reinstating minimum parking requirements for new buildings.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s published position, on TEAM’s planning page read on September 25, 2026. The page names no candidate, no number of spaces and no date.
What still needs checking
How many parking spaces per home the requirement would set, and when it would start.
TEAM’s platform commits the party to simplifying the zoning, development and building permit processes to reduce costs and times for new developments and renovations, and to speeding up smaller projects with more flexible on-site review for renovation permits.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s published position, on TEAM’s planning page read on September 25, 2026. The page names no candidate, no target for approval times and no date.
What still needs checking
How much shorter approvals would be, and which permit steps would change.
TEAM’s planning page says the party would make it easier to keep heritage and character buildings, through a more flexible development and permit process that removes the bias towards new construction, and through zoning with incentives for keeping buildings and disincentives for demolition.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s published position, on the Learn More page of TEAM’s planning position, read on September 25, 2026. The page does not name Larsen, whose profile focus is heritage. It gives no number, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which buildings would qualify, what the incentives would be, and when the zoning change would start.
TEAM’s planning page says the party would support new incentives to keep and conserve Vancouver’s valued heritage resources and character buildings through tax and fee exemptions, and would give more priority to making heritage retention incentives meaningful and a desirable development option.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s published position, on the Learn More page of TEAM’s planning position, read on September 25, 2026. The page does not name Larsen. It gives no size for the exemptions, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which taxes and fees would be reduced, by how much, and who would pay for the lost revenue.
Keep the 50 metre pool at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre
On June 18, 2026 Larsen posted on Instagram that TEAM supporters and candidates came out to support the case for keeping the Vancouver Aquatic Centre 50 metre pool, which she says voters approved in a plebiscite, the day before a court hearing on it.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The post is on Larsen's own Instagram account. CityHallWatch reports a rally for the pool on June 18 and a hearing in the Supreme Court of British Columbia on June 19, 2026. The post names no Council decision, cost or date for the pool. Pools fall under parks, which is not one of the issues voche.me scores for City Council, so this commitment earns no points.
What still needs checking
What Larsen would ask Council to fund for a 50 metre pool, at what cost, and by when.
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.
Recommended by Toronto’s Nominating Panel; Council vote not opened
Recommended for appointment to Toronto’s Committee of Adjustment
The City of Toronto’s Nominating Panel decision letter of July 4, 2019 recommends Kathleen Larsen for the Toronto and East York Panel of the Committee of Adjustment, for a term ending November 14, 2022. The letter’s biography of her says she moved to Toronto from Vancouver in 2017 and was employed as a Development/Heritage Planner for 27 years.
Scope, limits and sources
The letter is a recommendation. voche.me did not open the Council vote and found no decision that Larsen took part in. A role is not a dated action on an issue, so this entry earns no score point.
Memo filed in the District's public hearing binder
District of North Vancouver memo on the Green Gables heritage file
As a Community Planner at the District of North Vancouver, Larsen wrote a memo of September 12, 2016 for the public hearing file on two bylaws that would protect the Green Gables heritage house at 114 West Windsor Road. The memo says the no parking order on the south side of Windsor Road can be changed to add at least one parking space, with new poles and signs at a cost of $250.
Scope, limits and sources
voche.me read the District's binder and kept only its table of contents and this memo. The staff report in the same binder is a scanned image, and voche.me could not tell who wrote it. The memo shows her job at the District and does not show a decision she made on a Vancouver issue, so this entry earns no score point.
Appointed by Council; the City's own release returned HTTP 403 and was read as reproduced by CityHallWatch
Appointed again to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation board
Vancouver City Council, at a closed meeting on April 14, 2026, appointed Kathleen Larsen to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation Board of Directors for a term from May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2028. CityHallWatch reproduced the City's release of that decision on April 21, 2026.
Scope, limits and sources
An appointment is a role and does not show work done on an issue, so this entry earns no score point.
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Statement
Answer to a 2022 Park Board survey on synthetic turf
As a TEAM Park Board candidate in 2022, Larsen answered a survey by the group Save Our Playing Fields, which CityHallWatch published. She wrote that she supports alternatives to grass fields in some situations when needed, that options other than turf should be studied first, and that in general she would support grass fields wherever possible.
Larsen posted on Instagram that she took part in the celebration for the opening of the Sunset Seniors Centre and talked with people who had waited a long time for it.
Larsen posted on Instagram and on X that it was important to support UNITE HERE Local 40 at its City Hall rally for affordable housing, and that she heard people's concerns about housing in Vancouver.
Post on listening to residents about their neighbourhoods
After a bike ride around the city, Larsen posted on Instagram that people can say hello when they see her, and that she wants to listen to what people think about the future of their neighbourhoods and communities.
Post supporting the Vancouver Aquatic Centre 50 metre pool
Larsen posted on Instagram that TEAM supporters and candidates came out to support keeping the 50 metre pool at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre, which she says voters approved in a plebiscite, the day before a court hearing on the case.
Larsen posted on Instagram about another rally with UNITE HERE Local 40 at City Hall for affordable housing. Local 40 says more than 100 hospitality workers, tenants and residents attended and called on Council to put affordable housing ahead of hotel projects.
Listed as declining the Vote Palestine Vancouver platform
Vote Palestine Vancouver, a campaign group, lists Larsen as having declined its four-point platform. In the group's words the points are: condemn the genocide, sign the Apartheid-Free Communities Pledge, cut ties with Israeli institutions including reviewing contracts, and recognize the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association framework of anti-Palestinian racism. The group says its volunteers recorded the positions and that the list is current as of October 1. voche.me found no statement by Larsen herself on these points.
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
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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 Larsen at number 123 for council.
TEAM selects former city councillor Colleen Hardwick for second Vancouver mayoral run
Reports that TEAM chose Colleen Hardwick as its mayoral candidate with three first council nominees, Peter Tu, Charles Kelly and Kathleen Larsen. It says Larsen brings more than two decades of municipal planning experience, serves as a director at the Vancouver Heritage Foundation and cited concern about the city’s future as a key motivation for running. It does not quote her.
OneCity, COPE choose candidates for council, school board, park board
Lists Larsen with Peter Tu and Charles Kelly as the first three council candidates joining TEAM’s mayoral candidate Colleen Hardwick, and says Larsen has extensive academic qualifications and professional experience in urban planning. It does not quote her.
Colleen Hardwick wants to empower neighbourhoods and fight back on rezonings
A profile of TEAM’s mayoral candidate. It names urban planner Kathleen Larsen, with Charles Kelly and Peter Tu, as the party’s first three council candidates. It does not quote Larsen.
Sources checked October 3, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
By October 3, 2026 voche.me found four news reports that name Larsen as a TEAM council candidate (Daily Hive on May 4 and August 6, Vancouver Is Awesome on May 14 and Vancity Lookout on May 29). None quotes her. No interview, debate record, signed piece or 2026 questionnaire answer was found. Her own words on record are her X and Instagram posts, TEAM's 85-second video of her June nomination remarks, read through YouTube's automatic captions, and a 2022 Park Board survey answer on synthetic turf. TEAM's site lists 176 news posts and 47 event pages. The posts dated September 18 to 28, 2026 and every event page name no candidate in their text, so no upcoming appearance by her could be confirmed. Her Instagram account has 13 posts. Its public embed page shows 6, read on October 3, 2026; one has no caption. Her X account could not be read on October 3, 2026 because X refused the request, so posts after those read on September 25 are unchecked. The City's council candidate list returned HTTP 403 on October 3, 2026, including through the reader service r.jina.ai. The City's own release of the April 14, 2026 decision that reappointed her to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation board returned HTTP 403, so it was read as CityHallWatch reproduced it. The 2021 appointment is stated only by TEAM's pages. A Council decision release of November 16, 2021 (RTS 14753) that may hold it returned HTTP 403 and has no Internet Archive copy. TEAM's 2022 release says she worked as a community and heritage planner for the District of North Vancouver from 1990 to 2017, which is 27 years, and the 2026 page says 26 years. District records confirm her as a Community Planner in 2015 and 2016 only. The City of Toronto's Nominating Panel decision letter of July 4, 2019 recommends her for the Committee of Adjustment for a term ending November 14, 2022. Toronto's Council pages for that item returned HTTP 403, so the Council vote and her dates of service were not opened. The campaign page says Larsen completed a master's programme at UBC without naming the degree awarded. TEAM's 2022 release describes her as born in North Vancouver and says she moved to Vancouver in 1986. The 2026 page says she was born in Vancouver and raised in Victoria. voche.me has not resolved the difference. Women Transforming Cities' Our City Hall Pledge results table, an image, lists Larsen as committing to four asks and abstaining on two, and the page does not say who supplied her answer. HUB Cycling's Vancouver survey sheet has no row for her.
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. 2 stated positions and 3 background facts recorded here, each checked against a quotation from that page.
Checks still to do: Confirm planning roles and request examples of the policy trade-offs this candidate would make.
Reviewed again on October 3, 2026: her Instagram and TEAM pages, VoteMate, District of North Vancouver records, a CityHallWatch copy of a 2026 Council appointment, forum listings, Vote Palestine Vancouver's list and news searches. Each new entry names its source.
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
Community and heritage planner, Lower Mainland
The campaign page says this covers 26 years of municipal planning work in the Lower Mainland. TEAM's 2022 release says she worked for the District of North Vancouver from 1990 to 2017. The Vancouver Heritage Foundation board page gives the job title as community and heritage planner. District records from 2015 and 2016, listed in the next entry, confirm the District role for those two years only.
A District memo of September 12, 2016 in the public hearing file for the Green Gables heritage house is signed by Kathleen Larsen, Community Planner. A December 2015 call for the District's heritage award nominations names her as the contact, with an email address on the District's domain.
The foundation's board page lists Larsen as a voting director. Directors are appointed by Vancouver's mayor and council. A Council decision of April 14, 2026, reproduced by CityHallWatch, appointed her for a term from May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2028. The campaign page gives 2021 as the year of her first appointment.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
How would you reconcile heritage protection with housing supply and affordability targets?
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.
Have your own question?
Ask Kathleen Larsen directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one.
05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Kathleen Larsen's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Kathleen Larsen?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Kathleen Larsen's own campaign.
What is Kathleen Larsen's ballot number for the 2026 Vancouver election?
Kathleen Larsen is number 123 on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 ballot for City Council.
What party did Kathleen Larsen run with?
Kathleen Larsen ran for City Council with TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
Does Kathleen Larsen currently hold public office?
Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Kathleen Larsen.
How many sources does this Kathleen Larsen profile cite?
This profile lists 2 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Has Kathleen Larsen filed nomination papers for the 2026 election?
voche.me has not yet added a nomination record for Kathleen Larsen. This does not mean no nomination paper was filed, only that voche.me has not completed that research yet.
Why do some questions on Kathleen Larsen's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Kathleen Larsen in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When was the election Kathleen Larsen ran in?
The 2026 Vancouver municipal election, including the City Council race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
October review: her own posts, District records, a 2026 board appointment and a town hall
voche.me searched again for statements, reporting, questionnaires, forums and public records. Added: five Instagram posts by Larsen from May to July 2026, including support for the 50 metre pool and a second Local 40 housing rally; her 2022 answer to a Park Board survey on synthetic turf; District of North Vancouver records from 2015 and 2016 that name her as a Community Planner; the Council decision of April 14, 2026 that appointed her to the Vancouver Heritage Foundation board until April 30, 2028; six TEAM promises from her VoteMate page, labelled as the party's; Vote Palestine Vancouver's record that she declined its platform; Daily Hive's August 6 report; and the online food systems town hall on October 13, which does not name her. Corrected: the heritage foundation entry gave her service as 2021 to 2026, and it now runs to the end of her current term in 2028. The planner entry said no source named her employer, and it now cites TEAM's 2022 release and the District records. The housing rally entry said the year of her X post was inferred, and the Instagram copy now shows the date as May 19, 2026. The research date moved to October 3, 2026. No calendar event fell before that date, so none was removed.
Score review of every commitment; wording and research gaps corrected
voche.me reread TEAM’s candidate page for Larsen, TEAM’s planning pages, Women Transforming Cities’ pledge page and Larsen’s X account, and tagged each commitment by issue and by whose words it is. Two entries said Larsen would use planning experience to carry out the platform and would represent what residents say they want. The page says she hopes to use her professional experience and knowledge to advance the TEAM platform, is committed to community representation and a planning-based approach, and notes it is important to hear what residents are saying. The entries and the two matching priorities now follow those words, and the two entries that repeated the planning-based sentence are now one. The older-rental entry mixed housing and parking, so parking is its own entry. The provincial bills entry now follows the platform text, which says the party would demand that the Province amend its approach. New entries add party commitments on permits and heritage, Larsen’s May X post about a rally for affordable housing, and the Women Transforming Cities pledge. Three May 2026 reports name Larsen and the pledge page’s results table lists her, so the research gaps text that said otherwise was rewritten.
Pledge table no longer scored as her own words
The Women Transforming Cities results table is an image with no text version, and the page holds no sentence from Kathleen Larsen. The three entries drawn from it stay on the record and earn no position points.
