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title: "Vancouver voters approved $790 million in borrowing and both plebiscite questions, official results show"
description: "CityHallWatch analyzed the City of Vancouver's official 2026 election results, finding both public safety plebiscite questions passed at about 68% Yes and all three capital borrowing questions passed in every neighbourhood."
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last_updated: "2026-10-26T23:04:49.872Z"
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Vancouver voters approved up to $790 million in Capital Plan borrowing and passed both public safety plebiscite questions, according to CityHallWatch's analysis of the City of Vancouver's official election results, published October 26.

Both plebiscite questions passed at about 68% Yes citywide. Question 1, which asked whether the City should forbid open-air hard drug use near schools, shelters and community centres, received 137,178 Yes votes and 62,880 No votes, a Yes share of 68.57%, CityHallWatch reported. Question 2, which asked whether the City should create secure care at the old St. Paul's Hospital site, received 135,509 Yes votes and 63,722 No votes, a Yes share of 68.02%.

The two questions passed by similar margins overall but drew different patterns across the city. Question 1's Yes share tracked the Mayor's race in reverse: the stronger [Pete Fry](/candidates/pete-fry)'s lead over [Ken Sim](/candidates/ken-sim) at a polling place, the lower the Yes share on Question 1. Question 2 varied about half as much across polls and had a different geography.

All three Capital Plan borrowing questions passed in every one of Vancouver's 22 neighbourhoods, according to CityHallWatch. Pooled across all three questions, the vote was 450,837 Yes and 117,173 No, a Yes share of 79.37%. That result allows the new Council to borrow up to $790 million for the [2027-2030 Capital Plan](/results).

Across the 208,514 Council ballots, voters left 428,013 of the 10 available spots blank, CityHallWatch found, working out to 2.05 blank spots per ballot. That is a 20.5% blank rate, the same as in 2018 and close to 2022's 20.9%. Park Board blanks fell from 26.1% in 2018 to 20.0% in 2026. School Trustee blanks were highest at 31.1%.

CityHallWatch's analysis is based on the City of Vancouver's official 2026 election results. The full breakdown of results, including individual candidate totals, is at [the results page](/results).

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