Ken Sim
MayorABC VancouverIncumbentCentre-right (7/10)
- Public safety: Ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces; address street disorder
- Property taxes: Commits to a zero-per-cent property tax increase in 2027
- Housing: Oversaw legalization of multiplexes; permits 50% faster (ranked 7/10 on multiplex delivery)
Lean assessment: Leads the centre-right ABC Vancouver party; business-first platform, zero tax-increase pledge, tough-on-disorder public safety stance.
Pete Fry
MayorGreen Party of VancouverCandidate (City Councillor since 2018)Left (3/10)
- Housing: Streamline permits for low-rise apartments, townhomes and rowhomes; wood-frame infill with locally sourced lumber; retrofit existing buildings (ranked 8/10 on multiplex delivery)
- Public safety: Proponent of harm reduction in community services; community-centred services approach
- Economy: Supports small and local businesses; bolstering the arts and culture scene
Lean assessment: Green Party standard-bearer; became the progressive 'unity' mayoral candidate after OneCity's Azaroff and COPE's Allen withdrew; harm-reduction and renter-protection record.
Rebecca Bligh
MayorVote VancouverCandidate (City Councillor since 2018)Centre (5/10)
- Housing: Voted yes on multiplex legalization (2023); 2026 platform centres on public land (ranked 4/10 on multiplex delivery)
- Affordability: Focused on the affordability crisis facing Vancouver families
- Public safety: Working on public safety and the poisoned drug crisis
Lean assessment: Big-tent centrist positioning: elected with the right-of-centre NPA then ABC, broke with ABC over policy, now leading her own centrist Vote Vancouver party.
Kareem Allam
MayorVancouver LiberalsCandidateCentre-right (6/10)
- Housing: Drop the City's own building rules; create one approvals office (ranked 6/10 on multiplex delivery)
- Affordability: Pledged to carry forward Azaroff's ideas on housing, small business and affordability
- Governance: Argues ABC under Sim veered right, broke promises and wasted capital on distractions (crypto investment bid, park board abolition, integrity commissioner fight)
Lean assessment: Sim's former chief of staff running to his right-flank on competence; courting federal Liberal voters but with a fiscally conservative, pro-development platform.
Colleen Hardwick
MayorTEAM for a Livable VancouverCandidate (Councillor 2018–2022)Right (8/10)
- Housing: Pledges to repeal the Broadway Plan and the city-wide Official Development Plan; slow-growth, neighbourhood-plans approach (ranked 1/10 on multiplex delivery)
- Provincial housing law: Would ask the Province to revisit Bill 44 (provincial housing legislation)
Lean assessment: Slow-growth conservative platform: repealing major housing plans and pushing back on provincial densification mandates — the furthest-right housing stance in the field.
Sean Orr
CouncillorCOPEincumbentLeft (1/10)
- Housing affordability: Supports COPE's renter-focused agenda: non-market housing, rent control, and affordable housing over hotel development; stood with UNITE HERE Local 40 against luxury hotel proposals including Holborn's proposed supertall towers.
- Downtown Eastside / homelessness: 2025 by-election campaign centred on homelessness and the DTES; opposes an ABC approach of street clearances and advocates for supportive, housing-first responses.
- Public services: Pushed council to restore Vancouver Public Library funding and lost service hours; opposes ABC's 'back to basics' cuts to planning, arts, culture and community services.
Lean assessment: Runs with COPE, a grassroots left party fighting developer influence, and publicly identifies as a Communist; platform centres renters, non-market housing, and public services.
Sarah Kirby-Yung
CouncillorABC VancouverincumbentCentre-right (7/10)
- Public safety / street disorder: Backs ABC's 2026 platform anchor commitment to ban open-air hard drug use in public spaces and supports the city-wide public safety plebiscite calling on the province for secure care for severe mental-health and substance-use cases.
- Affordability / taxes: Supports ABC's commitment to a zero-per-cent property tax increase in 2027 and redirecting funds away from areas outside core municipal responsibilities.
- Community investment: Backs ABC promises to renovate or rebuild five community centres, build a new Aquatic Centre with a 50-metre pool, provide free basic swimming lessons, and end residential parking-permit fees.
Lean assessment: Runs with ABC Vancouver, a pro-business 'back to basics' party; platform anchors are public safety enforcement, a tax freeze, and accountability at City Hall.
Lucy Maloney
CouncillorOneCityincumbentLeft (3/10)
- Housing affordability: Pro-housing advocate: more homes of all types in all neighbourhoods (including supportive housing, co-ops, rentals), plus strong renter protections; opposed ABC moves like abolishing the Renter Office.
- Safe streets / public safety: Led OneCity's Progressive Public Safety Plan: safer streets, crisis response, housing first as the foundation of a safe city, and maintenance of public spaces; longtime road-safety (Vision Zero) advocate for safe routes to school.
- Climate action and public services: Running for a full term to 'keep fighting for safer streets, climate action, and the public services Vancouverites depend on.'
Lean assessment: Runs with OneCity, a progressive party described as more pro-housing and to the left of the Greens; endorsed by labour and progressive elected officials including Libby Davies and Jenny Kwan.
Mike Klassen
CouncillorABC VancouverincumbentCentre-right (7/10)
- Public safety: Votes YES on the October 2026 public safety plebiscite: strengthen rules against open-air hard drug use in public spaces and call on the province to provide secure care for severe mental-health and substance-use cases; credits ABC with the city's lowest violent crime rate in 20+ years.
- Affordability / taxes: Delivered a zero per cent property tax increase in 2026 and backs ABC's commitment to another 0% increase in 2027; emphasizes keeping costs under control.
- Jobs, economy and small business: Backs ABC's anchor commitments on growing jobs and the economy, helping small businesses and cutting red tape.
Lean assessment: Runs with ABC Vancouver, a pro-business party; his platform leads with public safety, tax freezes, and jobs, and his career includes leading the BC chapter of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
