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The City's chief election officer runs the vote and declares the results. Elections BC enforces the money and advertising rules. Two courts handle recounts and challenges. What each one does, and what each one still has to do after October 17.
The first large task for the council elected on October 17 is the City's 2027 budget. The legal steps and deadlines, what happened with the 0% tax increase for 2026, how the tax rate relates to your BC Assessment value, and how to have your say.
Vancouver's Council meets on Tuesdays, its standing committees on Wednesdays, and public hearings start at 6pm. How a motion is moved and voted on, how a bylaw is enacted, what a rezoning hearing requires, and where the agendas and minutes are posted.
Any resident can ask to speak to Vancouver City Council on an agenda item. The sign-up deadlines, the 3 and 5 minute limits, the separate rules for a public hearing on a rezoning, how to send a written comment, and where to watch.
What the Vancouver Charter says about money interests, gifts and inside information, what the City's Code of Conduct By-law adds, and what Vancouver's Integrity Commissioner can and cannot investigate.
Pete Fry has been elected mayor of Vancouver, the first person to hold the office under a Green party banner in a major Canadian city. He has named community safety and housing as his first priorities.
The City of Vancouver put 2022 turnout at 36.3%, with 171,494 ballots from 472,665 registered voters. The figures for 2008 to 2018, where each one comes from, what the City divides by, and where the official 2026 figure is published.
Global News projected Pete Fry as Vancouver's next mayor on election night, October 17, 2026, after results put him ahead of incumbent Ken Sim. The official result is due by October 21.
A one-page guide to voting in Vancouver on Saturday, October 17, 2026: 8am to 8pm at any of 85 voting places, the ID to bring, the 27 seats in 4 races, the 5 ballot questions, and when results start.
All voting stations are open today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters choose a mayor, 10 city councillors, 7 park board commissioners and 9 school board trustees, and answer five ballot questions.
Council pays for the Vancouver Police Department, but a 9-member police board runs it, and the Province names up to 7 of those members. Since 2024 the law has left the choice of chair to the board. How the budget works, what happens when council says no, and where complaints go.
Nobody votes for the Metro Vancouver board directly. Vancouver's new council appoints 7 of its own members, who carry 34 weighted votes on water, sewage, garbage, regional parks, housing and the growth plan. The mayor also sits on TransLink's Mayors' Council.
With election day Saturday, the City of Vancouver is advising voters who already have a mail ballot to drop it off at city hall or an advance voting location rather than mailing it.
No campaigning within 100 metres, one scrutineer per candidate at each ballot box, and a secret ballot that everyone in the room must protect. The rules at Vancouver voting places, read from the Vancouver Charter, with the penalties for voting twice or intimidating a voter.
The 2026 council ballot lists 56 candidates for 10 seats. You may mark up to 10, and fewer is allowed. A step-by-step way to build your list from official sources and from the candidate, compare and party pages on this site.
Vancouver allows election signs on private property and on City poster cylinders, and removes them from boulevards and medians. Signs must come down within 48 hours after voting closes. The rules from the Sign By-law, the Vancouver Charter and the Local Elections Campaign Financing Act.
What the City of Vancouver offers voters with a disability or limited mobility in 2026, and what the Vancouver Charter guarantees: step-free voting places, curbside voting, a helper you choose, 5 assistive ballot marking devices, home and hospital voting, and mail ballots.
The mayor chairs Council and is the city's chief executive officer, but carries 1 vote of 11. What the Vancouver Charter and the Procedure By-law give the office, what Council keeps, and how the 2024 Police Act changes moved the police board chair.
Council sets zoning, the budget and the property tax rate, and writes the bylaws for streets, business and buildings. Rent limits, transit, the police and parks sit with other bodies. The sections of the Vancouver Charter behind each power.
The Vote Vancouver mayoral candidate told Daily Hive she would build affordable homes on city land, extend free transit to youth under 18, and drop the public safety plebiscite.
Vancouver's last 3 advance voting days are October 7, 10 and 13. The hours, the 59 voting places you can choose from, what to bring, registering on the spot, and how the law keeps advance ballots sealed until the count.
The numbers on election night are preliminary. The official result must be declared by 4pm on October 21, a recount can be requested until October 26, and a tie goes to a judge. The dates and rules, from the Vancouver Charter.
Who can give money to a Vancouver candidate, how much, what each campaign may spend, how third-party ads are policed, and the date in January 2027 when you can see who paid for this election.
You can vote for 1 mayor, 10 councillors, 7 park commissioners and 9 school trustees on October 17. Here is how the ballot is laid out, what the counting machine accepts, and the one mistake that throws out your votes in a race.
The last day to request a vote-by-mail package sent to your home is October 5 at noon. Advance voting opens October 3. Here is what to bring, who can vote, and where the deadlines are.
Vancouver lets eligible voters register at the voting place. Who qualifies, which 2 documents to bring, what to do with no fixed address, and where the City's wording and the law differ on the one-ID rule.
Kareem Allam, Andy Lin and Iona Bonamis (陶思穎) spoke to The Tyee about hateful comments they have received on social media during the 2026 Vancouver municipal election campaign.
Daily Hive examined the published platforms of ABC Vancouver, Vote Vancouver, Vancouver Liberals, Green Party of Vancouver and TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, covering housing, public safety and economic promises.
Kareem Allam's Vancouver Liberals released a five-point 'Vancouver Economic Agenda' proposing UBC SkyTrain, demolition of the Dunsmuir and Georgia viaducts, absorbing UBC and the University Endowment Lands, adopting the B.C. Building Code, and merging 12 permit departments, Daily Hive reported.
Mayor Ken Sim, running for re-election on October 17, released a video saying his wife received a threatening Instagram message, and citing a 2024 bomb threat and Halloween graffiti at their home, The Canadian Press reported through CTV News.
Six candidates in the October 17 Vancouver election took questions on housing, AI, the arts and safety at a queer town hall at The Birdhouse in Mount Pleasant, The Tyee reported.
Pete Fry, elected mayor of Vancouver on October 17, 2026 for the Green Party of Vancouver, is the eldest son of Hedy Fry, the Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre. What each one does and why they sit in different parties.
How an April agreement among three parties, two September withdrawals and a mid-September poll changed the shape of Vancouver's mayoral race, and what it means for how you mark a ballot with 8 names on it.
A sourced profile of the independent mayoral candidate: what he says about his engineering studies and research work, his decade in the Downtown Eastside, his bus, his proposals, and what has not been checked.
A sourced profile of the Vancouver Liberals’ founder: his Richmond upbringing, 40 campaigns, three months as the mayor’s chief of staff, the defamation suit Sim filed against him, his lobbying work, and his 2026 promises.
A sourced profile of the independent mayoral candidate: what reporting says about him, what he has submitted himself, his housing and accountability proposals, and how much remains unverified.
A sourced profile of the incumbent: his Vancouver childhood and business career, the 2018 loss and 2022 win, what happened to the 2022 promises, two integrity investigations, two defamation lawsuits, and ABC’s 2026 platform.
A sourced profile of Bright Future Vancouver’s mayoral candidate: his Lahore upbringing, his campaign-stated career, the party registered in January 2026, the Blueprint platform, and the questions a community group has raised.
A sourced profile of Vote Vancouver’s founder: her New Zealand childhood, her consulting career, why she left the NPA, why ABC removed her, her national role at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and her 2026 promises.
A sourced profile of the Green Party’s mayoral candidate: his family and design career, three losing campaigns before two wins, eight years in opposition, the criticism of his record, and what he promises.
A sourced profile of TEAM’s mayoral candidate: her family’s civic history, her film and technology careers, four years on Council, 250 abstentions, two election defeats, and her 2026 platform.