Bright Future Vancouver
Muhammad Ahmad
Ahmad’s campaign biography describes him as a communications professional and community advocate raised in Lahore. He is running for Bright Future Vancouver.
Read the profile ↗Vancouver votes · October 17, 2026
Vancouver Election 2026
Start with the people asking for your vote. Read their priorities, look at the choices for your neighbourhood and follow the sources.
Where do you stand?
14 statements across five issues. About 3–5 minutes. Skip any question.
10 parties · 8 mayoral names · 14 questions · 36 draft answer placements out of 140 possible comparisons. Evidence updated 2026-09-15.
Most positions still need specific evidence. Candidate profiles summarise public sources, not individual questionnaire responses. Open the evidence ledger to see the gaps.
Compare party answers and sources · Read the method and limitations
The election, briefly
Vancouver elects a mayor and ten councillors to make decisions about City services, taxes and streets. The City’s candidate pages are still being updated; this guide reflects the list checked on September 14.
Housing rules and delivery, transportation choices and public safety are themes across the campaign sources below. A municipal promise can also depend on the Province, TransLink or a health authority.
The full ballot also includes seven Park Board commissioners, nine School Board trustees, three Capital Plan questions and two plebiscite questions. This guide does not yet compare Park Board or School Board candidates, or evaluate the Capital Plan questions.
The plebiscite questions concern public drug use and care and are non-binding. Read the official wording and voting information directly; our policy statements are not the ballot wording.
Who is running for mayor?
Vancouver Liberals
Kareem Allam
Allam is a political strategist who managed ABC’s 2022 campaign and served as Ken Sim’s first chief of staff. He is now running for the Vancouver Liberals.
Read the profile ↗Vote Vancouver
Rebecca Bligh
Bligh’s campaign biography identifies her as a two-term Vancouver councillor, Metro Vancouver director and former president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. She is running for Vote Vancouver.
Read the profile ↗No party listed
Amauri Caliman
Caliman appears on the City’s mayoral candidate list with no party affiliation listed. The official entry links his public Instagram and TikTok accounts.
Read the profile ↗Green Party of Vancouver
Pete Fry
Fry was first elected to Vancouver City Council in 2018. He is the Green Party of Vancouver’s mayoral candidate.
Read the profile ↗No party listed
Scott Gilbert
Gilbert is listed by the City with no party affiliation. His campaign website describes his work in public-interest investigation and civic advocacy; those biographical claims have not been independently checked here.
Read the profile ↗TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Colleen Hardwick
Hardwick served on Vancouver City Council from 2018 to 2022. Her campaign biography describes a career in film production and the founding of the public-consultation platform PlaceSpeak. She is running for TEAM for a Livable Vancouver.
Read the profile ↗ABC Vancouver
Ken Sim
Sim is Vancouver’s incumbent mayor, elected in 2022. The City biography records his business background as a co-founder of Nurse Next Door and Rosemary Rocksalt. He is seeking another term with ABC Vancouver.
Read the profile ↗Official mayoral candidates ↗ · Complete council candidates and affiliations ↗
The parties and their platforms
Open the party guide and questions to follow ↗
All ten party labels found in the council research are included, regardless of polling or seat count. They are listed alphabetically.
ABC Vancouver
Priorities include policing, encampment removal and a tax freeze. Its August proposal advocates stronger restrictions on public drug use and more involuntary care.
Affordable Housing
The linked campaign website could not be read in the September 15 recheck. Redmond’s 2022 voter-guide platform is historical and is not treated as a current party response.
Bright Future Vancouver
Proposes rental equity, fare-free transit and a targeted luxury-property levy. Its Foundations Fund would support public housing and infrastructure.
COPE
Council candidates emphasize affordability, co-op conversions and public services. The 2025 platform and withdrawn mayoral page remain online; they are not assumed current party answers.
Green Party of Vancouver
The current slate prioritizes affordability and climate action. Fry’s July overdose-prevention motion proposes operating standards, without specifying service expansion. Older priorities remain excluded from scoring.
Greens: Fry proposes overdose-prevention operating standards ↗
OneCity Vancouver
Its September transport plan proposes connected cycling routes and transit priority. An August campaign statement proposes a public housing builder; ownership details and council-slate confirmation remain research questions.
OneCity: You Belong in Vancouver ↗
TEAM for a Livable Vancouver
Its 2026 positions favour development fitting neighbourhood scale, co-ops, restored parking minimums, drug-use enforcement and voluntary and involuntary care.
TrueBlue Vancouver
The platform stresses cost control, policing, treatment and road capacity. Its site describes registration as incomplete; use the official City roster for candidate affiliations.
Vancouver Liberals
Proposes faster housing approvals, support for firefighters and continued school liaison officers. These do not establish a promise to increase the police budget.
Vote Vancouver
Proposes community ownership of public land, more co-ops, completing the Broadway bike lane and improving cycling connections.
Vote Vancouver: Housing & Belonging ↗