Lisa Helps (born April 6, 1976) is a Canadian politician, formerly the mayor of Victoria, British Columbia,[1] with her inauguration taking place on December 4, 2014.

[4] Helps did not run for a third term in office in the 2022 British Columbia municipal elections, and will be succeeded as mayor by Marianne Alto.

[5] Her mayoral campaign revolved heavily around a proposal to launch a more ambitious plan to deal with the issues of homelessness and affordable housing in the city[3] and was also boosted by voter frustration over delays in the Johnson Street Bridge construction project[3] and a controversial sewage treatment plan that has been a dominant issue in the city's municipal politics for several years.

[6] At her inauguration ceremony as mayor, held on December 4, Helps declined to recite the traditional, though not legally required, oath of allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II, the Canadian monarch,[7] explaining she does not hold any ideology against the Queen, but wanted to emphasise her opinion that Victoria is part of Songhees and Esquimalt territory.

The City Family's objectives are to guide Victoria on how the city can respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s five calls to action intended for municipalities, and also to realize the TRC's awareness mandate on a local scale and to promote reconciliation in general.