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Vancouver voters looking to turn in an advance ballot in the municipal election set a new record on Wednesday.
The city says an estimated 25,142 people showed up to advance voting locations, the highest single-day advance turnout on record.
The previous record of 21,824 stood for just three days — having been set during the first day of advance voting for this year’s election on Sat. Oct. 3.
According to the city, both days smashed advance turnout in the city’s last municipal election. Turnout on the first day of advance voting in 2026 was a whopping 196 per cent higher than in 2022, while turnout Wednesday for the second day was 139 per cent higher.
In 2022, a total of 65,127 people voted early, nearly 40 per cent of the election’s total turnout.
Despite the high turnout on Wednesday, the city said it had more and larger advance polling places than in previous years, which helped keep wait times down.
Numerous other municipalities in the region, including Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminster also held advance voting on Wednesday, but have yet to publish turnout numbers.
Vancouverites can still cast early ballots on Saturday, Oct. 10, and Tuesday, Oct. 13.
General election day is Saturday, Oct. 17, when polling places will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.