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It’s general election day across B.C.
British Columbians head to the polls today beginning at 8 a.m. to vote for the mayors, councillors, and school trustees who will lead their cities for the next four years. (And in the case of Vancouver, voters will also select park board commissioners.)
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• When are the municipal elections in B.C.? And other things to know
• What voters in 6 B.C. municipalities say their top issues are in the 2026 elections
Once polls close at 8 p.m., results will start to trickle in about who’s been elected and who’s out across the Lower Mainland.
Bookmark this live-blog and check back throughout the day for coverage of the day’s events, results as they come in, and dispatches from reporters stationed in municipalities across Metro Vancouver.
Catch up with our municipal election previews:
• Vancouver
• Burnaby
• Delta
• Langley: City and Township
• North Shore
• Richmond
• Surrey
• Tri-Cities: Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam
Saturday, Oct. 17
8 a.m.: Polls open while Vancouver reports record-high advance voter turnout
The polls are open! We won’t know until after polls close at 8 p.m. what the turnout looks like for the 2026 municipal elections. However, after the first day of advance voting on Oct. 3, the city of Vancouver announced it had seen a record-high turnout .
Over the course of 12 hours on Oct. 3, a total of 21,824 voters cast their ballots for Vancouver’s next mayor, council, park board and school board. That figure is a 196 per cent increase over the turnout from the first day of advance voting during the 2022 municipal elections, when only 7,380 people voted early.
Voters in Port Coquitlam also turned out in record numbers, with the city reporting a 38 per cent increase in advance voting turnout compared to early voters in 2022.
-Stephanie Ip
Read LIVE election day updates for the following municipalities:
• Vancouver
• Burnaby
• Delta
• Langley: City and Township
• New Westminster
• North Shore
• Richmond
• Surrey
• Tri-Cities: Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam