Ahead of the upcoming provincial election, Mustel Group polled 500 residents across Metro Vancouver to gauge their thoughts on the most important issues of the moment and to understand their voting intentions. Here are some of the key takeaways:
- Inflation or the cost of living is the predominant issue of concern for Metro Vancouver residents.
- In Metro Vancouver, the BC Conservatives have a 6-point lead over the NDP among decided voters.
- Regionally, support is strongest for the NDP in the City of Vancouver, whereas the Conservatives lead outside the city, including in Surrey where the party has over a 10-point lead.
- While there is limited optimism that BC’s economy will improve over the next 6 months (13%), views are divided among the remainder whether it will be stable (39%) or deteriorate (40%).
- Metro Vancouver residents tend to support the NDP’s plans to increase provincial income taxes for higher-income earners. A total of 57% support versus 34% opposing.
- Metro Vancouver residents also tend to support NDP plans to introduce a new tax on newly built condominium units that remain unsold for more than one year. A total of 55% support this plan versus 30% opposing.
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About this survey:
- 500 online interviews conducted among Metro Vancouver adults, 18 years and over;
- For comparison purposes only, the margin of error on a random sample of 500 is +/-4.4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level in the most conservative case; 6 percentage point spread required between measures;
- Regional quotas were set to ensure the population is represented according to its actual distribution;
- At tabulation stage, weighting adjustments bring basic characteristics of age, gender and region into their correct known proportions based on Statistics Canada population figures;
- Interviewing conducted from October 6 to 20, 2026.