Vancouver Election: A resource guide before you vote

Still undecided? We've gathered all of our Vancouver-specific coverage on one page so you can study up before you vote.

It’s the home stretch of the civic election in Vancouver.

Tuesday, Oct. 13, is the final day of advance voting in Vancouver and Saturday, Oct. 17 is final voting day where voters will choose one mayor, 10 city councillors, seven park board commissioners, and nine school board trustees.

Vancouverites will also have to vote on three capital plan questions and two plebiscite questions .

If you’ve been too busy to follow the election coverage, we’ve gathered all of our Vancouver-specific coverage on this page for readers before heading to the ballot box. Check our voters’ guide and make sure you’ve got the ID you need and know what to expect at your voting station.

 Here are your 2026 Vancouver mayoral candidates, from left to right: Kareem Allam, Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry, Colleen Hardwick, and Ken Sim. All photos by Nick Procaylo except for Coleen Hardwick photo by Alistair Eagle.

Undecided? Here are election primers:

• Vancouver election heats up with seven parties and five mayoral candidates in the mix

• Vancouver Election 2026: 8 hot topics and where the 7 major parties stand

• Vancouver’s political candidates make expensive campaign promises. Here’s how they say they’ll pay for them

• Vancouver council approves ABC’s public-safety plebiscite questions for October ballot

• Why voting for B.C. school trustees matters in Oct. 17 election

Party platforms, hot topics and fact checks:

• Dan Fumano: How big tech is emerging as an issue in the Vancouver election

• Greens’ Fry emerges as ‘unity’ mayoral candidate for Vancouver’s left-wing parties, after OneCity’s Azaroff withdraws

• Vancouver election: ABC reveals 100-day plan, derided by rivals as a ‘to-do list for someone else’

• ABC Vancouver wants to ‘reestablish social norms’ around public drug use, but rivals question the party’s record so far

• How some Vancouver candidates are leaning into the snap B.C. election call, while others rail against it

Hear from Vancouver’s mayoral candidates themselves:

• WATCH: Vancouver’s five mayoral candidates make their pitches at debate

• Vancouver election: New poll shows Ken Sim and Pete Fry battling for lead in mayoral race

• Video: Kareem Allam says city must tackle crime, cost of living, to stop flight of young people

• Video: Rebecca Bligh on her plans if elected Vancouver mayor

• Video: Pete Fry places priority on affordability and accountability

• Video: Colleen Hardwick calls for a return to basics at Vancouver city hall

• Video: Ken Sim talks zero per cent property taxes and business ‘certainty’

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