The people on council shape whether your kids or your parents can afford to stay here, how you get around, and what we do locally about global warming.

We know it’s hard to know what any of the candidates stand for. We’ve selected people based on three principles:

Belonging. Every neighbourhood should have room for the people who make a community: teachers, nurses, retail staff, young families, seniors downsizing, people who are not working, people with disabilities. That means affordable and social housing, co-ops and land trusts as well as gentle density and missing-middle housing in every neighbourhood, not just on a few streets.

Freedom. A city works because people live close to one another. But the way across ours keeps many stuck in traffic. When driving is the only elevated choice, nobody is free — not the teenager, not the senior, not the person who can’t afford a car. Freedom means having options: frequent transit in lanes that bypass cars, connected routes for people on bikes, a corner store you can walk to.

Responsibility. Climate is the defining problem of our time, and a community as fortunate as ours has no excuse for waiting on someone else. Doing your bit individually is not enough — the decisions that count are collective, and they are made at council. Moving people with less fossil fuel and building less sprawl are climate policy.

Vote now to choose your mayor and council members

Before you mark your ballot

We recommend that you only vote for those candidates you actually want to see elected — even where that means using fewer votes than you are entitled to.

You can mark up to six names for council, but you are never obliged to mark that many. Every extra name you mark is a vote that can help lift another candidate above the ones you most want to win. If there are three candidates you believe in, marking only those three gives them more weight relative to everyone else than marking six would.

Marking fewer names will not spoil your ballot, and the votes you do cast count exactly the same.

District of North Vancouver

Shortlist

Mayor

We are not endorsing a mayoral candidate in the DNV.

Council · vote for up to six

For Council vote for up to six

  • Jordan Back

    • Experienced and trusted: on Council since 2018, and won more votes than the Mayor in the last election.
    • Homes for all: championed multiplexes, coach houses, and new rental, below-market and family-sized homes near town centres, plus student housing near CapU.
    • Active transportation: Cargo-bikes everywhere with his kids. Backs safer walking and cycling routes, the Mount Seymour Parkway and Queens–Edgemont upgrades, as well as the Spirit Trail extension east. Opposed costly road projects that wouldn't fix congestion.
    • Climate and environment: defended investment in climate action, parks and trails, and pushed for clearer reporting on climate commitments; running on lower-carbon transportation, energy-efficient buildings, and readiness for wildfire, flooding and extreme heat.
    • Fiscal responsibility: pushing for a realistic, costed plan to rebuild Karen Magnussen and Ron Andrews rec centres.

  • Mathew Bond

    • Experienced: eight years as a DNV Councillor (2014–2022), and just 322 votes shy of becoming Mayor in 2022.
    • Homes for all track record: brought District-land housing decisions out from behind closed doors; his motions led to affordable rental partnerships in Maplewood and Lynn Creek.
    • Transportation engineer: 15+ years on major transportation infrastructure; knows what does and doesn't work for transportation freedom.
    • Transit and active transportation track record: a consistent "yes" on housing, climate and active transportation; served as alternate to the TransLink Mayors' Council.
    • Accountability on big projects: Finance & Audit Committee experience, and running on tighter oversight of major capital projects so overruns like the wastewater plant don't happen again.

  • Catherine Pope

    • Taxpayers' champion: led the call for a public inquiry and an independent auditor into the North Shore Wastewater cost overruns.
    • Homes for all track record: Made council motion to permit affordable homes on church lands and above new fire halls. Made council motion to steer developer amenity contributions into the Affordable Housing Fund.
    • Active transportation champion: Moved the Spirit Trail eastern extension go forward and the Queens Road safer streets around Delbrook Community Recreation Centre. Opposed costly road projects that wouldn't fix congestion. Took up e-biking at 65 and rides to pickleball.
    • Experienced: returning councillor who brings two decades of investigative journalism to asking the hard questions.
    • Climate and environment: champions climate action and protecting DNV's mature tree canopy.

  • Aidan Kyle

    • The next generation: young, with a new family; his daughter was born at Lions Gate this year. We need more people like him on council.
    • Knows his stuff: policy professional with a background in film and TV production and industry relations.
    • Homes for every life stage: runs on homes built where they belong, planned for people from first apartment to downsizing.
    • Fiscal probity: committed to closing the District's infrastructure funding gap.
    • Accountability: will publish campaign commitments with a public change log so voters can hold him to them.

  • Stephanie Wilson

    • Experience: 17 years in the mental health and substance use sector; she’s seen how a lack of secure housing makes it difficult to thrive.
    • Courage: stood on Mtn. Highway overpass to counter Freedom Convoy on 2SLGBTQIA+ rights.
    • Inclusion: co-authored the North Shore Anti-Hate Pledge - endorsed by council in 2025.
    • Homes for everyone: supports supportive, non-market rental housing. An advocate for strong renter protections.
    • Transit rider: knows we can't pave our way out of congestion; backs RapidBus/BRT to Lynn Valley and better service for underserved neighbourhoods.
    • Climate action: puts wildfire, drought and atmospheric-river risk at the front of municipal decisions.

  • Kulvir Mann

    • Experienced: North Vancouver School Trustee since 2018, including as Board Chair.
    • Active transportation roots: worked as an Active and Safe Routes to School facilitator with HASTe.
    • Safety advocate: years of school-community safety work, from the Canyon Heights PAC safety committee to district parent leadership. Chair of NSSC (North Shore Safety Council) for many years.
    • Inclusion champion: long-time advocate for inclusive education so every kid can thrive.
    • Bridge-builder: strong working relationships with host Nations, and many community organizations.
    • Climate and environment: served on the school district's Sustainability Committee and Climate Action Workgroups; running on protecting the urban tree canopy and sensitive ecosystems, and rebates to help residents cut their carbon footprint.

City of North Vancouver

Shortlist

Mayor · vote for one

Council · vote for up to six

For Mayor vote for one

  • Linda Buchanan

    • Transit and Active Transportation Champion: Focused on securing senior government funding for rapid transit across Burrard Inlet — Bus Rapid Transit and future rapid transit lines. Safe Routes to School including new signalization, painted crosswalks, traffic calming and 30km speed limit. Safe mobility strategy, Esplanade bike lanes, e-bike share.
    • Housing: CNV exceeded its provincial two-year housing target. Expanding non-market, below-market, and non-profit rental housing, including Phase 2 of North Shore Neighbourhood House.
    • Climate & Environment: Delivered the City's Climate and Environment Strategy and Community Wildfire Protection Plan, adopted a new tree bylaw and planted over 5,400 trees.
    • Fiscal Accountability: Standing up for North Shore taxpayers on the wastewater treatment plant cost overruns while maintaining low municipal operating tax rates and delivering major capital projects.
    • New Major Infrastructure: New Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre, Silver Harbour Seniors' Centre, Crosscut Bridge, and 350+ new childcare spaces.

For Council vote for up to six

  • Tony Valente

    • Transportation-First Councillor: "Creating a vibrant, diverse community where transportation and housing work for everyone" is his stated Council goal. The most explicitly transportation-forward incumbent on CNV Council.
    • Active Transportation & Public Space: Championed safe spaces for skateboarders, expanded bike infrastructure, and pushed for a more livable City. Walks the walk on complete streets.
    • Community-Centred Planning: Brings community-focused ideas to land-use decisions — ensures new development adds to neighbourhoods rather than just extracting from them.
    • Housing That Fits: Supports diverse housing options integrated with transit and amenities, not just density for density's sake.
    • Trusted Incumbent: Two terms of consistent votes aligned with sustainable transportation, housing affordability, and community livability.
    • Climate & Environment: Running on protecting mature trees, expanding street tree coverage and securing more green space through new development. Helped end the use of anticoagulant rodenticides on City-owned property.

  • Jessica McIlroy

    • Climate Action Expert: Director at Pembina Institute specializing in decarbonizing the built environment. Deputy Executive Director of Climate Caucus. The most qualified climate policy voice on any North Shore council.
    • Building Decarbonization: Champions zero-emission building codes, heat pump retrofits, and energy-efficient affordable housing — ensuring climate action and affordability go hand in hand.
    • Housing-Climate Nexus: Uniquely focused on making affordable housing climate-resilient so lower-income households aren't burdened by high energy costs. This is the future of progressive housing policy.
    • Transit & Complete Communities: Supports density concentrated around transit corridors like Central Lonsdale, paired with walking and cycling infrastructure.
    • Social Equity Lens: Advocates for reconciliation, mental health resources, and evidence-based governance alongside environmental and housing priorities.

  • Andrew Robertson

    • Housing Action Committee Member: Serves on the North Shore Community Housing Action Committee — already doing the work. PhD physicist at BC Cancer who brings scientific rigour to housing policy.
    • Missing Middle Champion: Explicitly advocates for ground-oriented, family-sized homes in established neighbourhoods. The exact "missing middle" housing BNS has long called for.
    • Fiscal Discipline: Focuses on optimizing budgets for core infrastructure while protecting against unfair regional cost overruns (wastewater plant).
    • Transparency Reforms: Commits to bi-annual public accountability town halls, interactive Q&A at Council meetings, and plain-language financial reporting.
    • Multi-Generational Perspective: Lives with his young family and retired mother in his childhood home. Understands firsthand the housing pressures across generations.
    • Climate & Environment: Wants meaningful per capita emissions targets, incentives for low-carbon buildings, a bigger urban tree canopy and rain gardens to manage stormwater. Also backs a maximum temperature bylaw so renters aren't left in unsafe heat.

  • Krishna Raisinghani

    • Planning Commission Chair: Chairs CNV's Advisory Planning Commission. 20 years in strategy, finance, and long-term planning. Knows the planning system from the inside — and how to fix it.
    • Housing: Supports wider housing choices while insisting infrastructure, transit, and services keep pace with development. Not growth-at-any-cost — growth that works.
    • Active Transportation & Safe Streets: Prioritizes pedestrian safety, active transport infrastructure, and accessible parks and public spaces across the platform.
    • Early Community Engagement: Bring residents into planning conversations before decisions are finalized, not after. A direct fix for the "Council already decided" frustration.
    • Climate & Environment: Wants to strengthen climate resilience close to home by growing the tree canopy, adding shade and helping existing apartments and stratas adapt to hotter summers.

  • Jullian Kolstee

    • Housing First, Smart Density: Prioritizes housing for people who live and work in the city. Supports mixed-use density along transit corridors and gentle density (multiplexes, small multi-unit buildings) across residential neighbourhoods. Pushes for more non-market housing and stronger renter protections.
    • Accessibility & Inclusivity: Wants parks, facilities and programs designed for seniors, disabled and neurodivergent residents, a perspective underrepresented on Council.
    • First Nations Reconciliation: Commits to partnering with local First Nations on public spaces that reflect their cultural heritage, as part of his "Dignity" pillar.
    • Community Resilience: Frames city stewardship around preparing for climate, economic and social disruptions.

West Vancouver

We didn’t send our detailed questionnaire to all District of West Vancouver (DWV) candidates, in part because of our limited capacity for this election. Our friends at West Vancouver Positive Voices did, and we recommend you take their endorsements, which you will find linked here.