Vancouver's new council takes office as Pete Fry becomes city's first Green mayor

Vancouver's new city council took office on Monday, November 2, with Green Party member Pete Fry becoming the city's first-ever Green mayor, succeeding ABC Vancouver's Ken Sim. The result follows October's municipal election, in which voters handed the council's majority to progressive banners, with the Greens and COPE emerging as the two largest blocs.

Council makeup: four Greens, four COPE

The new council has 10 councillors: four Greens (Anette Reilly, Stephanie Smith, Camil Dumont, Bridget Burns), four from COPE (Sean Orr, Chloe Leslie, Devyani Singh, Solomon Yi-Kieran), one from OneCity (Lucy Maloney) and one from ABC Vancouver (Mike Klassen), plus Mayor Fry, for 11 members in total.

Platform: housing, climate, transit and community safety

Housing sits at the core of the Green platform: taxpayer-owned city land is to be used for affordable housing, co-ops and community land trusts; a new Office of Strong Communities will act as a neighbourhood engagement hub; city-approved home and rental designs are meant to move through permitting faster and cut costs; and planning and lease renewals for co-ops on city-owned land are to be expedited. On climate, the platform promises better access to cooling, clean air and shade during extreme heat and wildfire seasons, plus the 3-30-300 standard — every household able to see three trees, in a neighbourhood with 30 per cent tree canopy, and within 300 metres of a green space. On transit, the Greens plan more dedicated bus lanes, work with TransLink to speed up buses, more late-night routes, and a firm timeline for rapid transit to UBC. On community safety, the Greens unveiled this fall the CROW (Community Response Outreach Workers) team, an around-the-clock, non-police, non-medical team responding to non-emergency calls involving homelessness, addiction and mental health crises.

Sources: 604 Now, November 2, 2026; CityHallWatch council records.