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title: "Vancouver public safety plebiscite results will be released October 21"
description: "The City of Vancouver says it will publish the results of both plebiscite questions from election day on Wednesday, at the same time as the official vote count."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/news/public-safety-plebiscite-results-wednesday-october-18"
last_updated: "2026-10-19T02:27:39.583Z"
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Voters who want to know what happened to the two public safety questions on the Vancouver ballot will have to wait until Wednesday. The City of Vancouver told CTV News on October 18, 2026, that plebiscite results will not be available until Wednesday, October 21, when the city also releases its official vote counts for mayor, council, park board, and school board.

A city spokesperson confirmed the timing to CTV News: "Confirming the plebiscite results will only be available on Wednesday, along with the official election results."

The two questions appeared on every Vancouver ballot on October 17, added by the outgoing ABC Vancouver council majority under Mayor Ken Sim. The first asked voters whether the city should strengthen its bylaws to prohibit open-air use of illegal hard drugs in public spaces. ABC Vancouver's plan, as described by CTV News, was to allow police to issue $0 tickets for public drug use, briefly detain the person, and seize their drugs without the heavier process of a criminal charge.

The second question asked voters whether Vancouver should formally request that the BC government add involuntary care beds within the city. The ballot language pointed to parts of the soon-to-be-vacated St. Paul's Hospital site downtown as one possible temporary location for those beds.

Unofficial results from election night and the following morning showed Pete Fry of the Green Party of Vancouver elected mayor, with Ken Sim second and Colleen Hardwick of TEAM for a Livable Vancouver third. No official counts, and no plebiscite tallies, have been published yet.

The City has said both sets of numbers will appear together on Wednesday. The official results page for the 2026 election is at results.vancouver.ca.

Voters who voted yes or no on either question can check results.vancouver.ca on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. This site will also report the plebiscite outcome when the city publishes it.

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