The city of Vancouver, Canada, held municipal elections on November 16, 1996.
Canadian citizens who were over 18 years of age at the time of the vote, and had been a resident of Vancouver for the previous 30 days and a resident of British Columbia for the previous six months, were able to vote for candidates in four races that were presented on one ballot.
In addition, Canadian citizen non-resident property owners were eligible to vote.
Brian "Godzilla" Salmi, a freelance journalist for publications such as Terminal City, The Stranger, The National Post and The Georgia Straight, publicly offered to buy a pitcher of beer for anyone who ran for office, resulting in numerous joke-candidates appearing on the ballots that year.
All figures include votes cast for both mayor and councillors One to be elected.