Sails of Light

Sails of Light is a visual event illuminating Canada Place to tell Canada’s story. Watch as Canada Place’s iconic sails shine with extravagant colour, displays and animation. Viewable from the west side of Canada Place, prime viewing locations include Stanley Park, the Coal Harbour Seawall, the Vancouver Convention Centre West, the North Shore and waterways.

PAST SHOWS

North America Outgames in Vancouver and Vancouver Pride Festival

Canada Place is tickled red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple to be sponsoring the North America Outgames in Vancouver and Vancouver Pride Festival. See the sails light up with pride from July 25 - 31, 2011.

Canadiana Show

The Canadiana show was featured nightly on the sails from Spring to Fall 2010. A truly inspirationally Canadian experience, the Sails of Light  represented Canada’s diverse and tremendous landscape from coast to coast. It was a spectacle of animated light communicating the vision and identity of Canada Place, while putting to use the emblematic sails as a narrative support. This show took guests on a voyage to and across Canada. 

Look of the Games

Canada Place, in partnership with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), lit up its iconic sails in celebration of the  Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Sails of Light was nightly from dusk (5pm) to dawn (8am) from January 30 to March 31, 2010. The stunning show featured VANOC’s “Look of the Games” blending colour, animation, imagery and texture. Canada Place and VANOC worked closely with renowned Canadian company Moment Factory, based in Quebec, to develop the exceptional lighting design and program.

 
Moment Factory is based in Montreal, a creative city that feeds the video game, entertainment and design industries. In its studios, Moment Factory hijacks technologies, imagines interactions and builds moods. Founded in 2001, Moment Factory has realized more than 300 projects worldwide for clients such as Cirque du Soleil, Bell and Disney. Moment Factory recently finished permanent interactive installations in Dubai, Montreal and Calgary. Within the Olympic Games, Moment Factory has also contributed to “La Maison du Québec”, located on Pacific Boulevard.

Christmas at Canada Place - On the Sails

Christmas at Canada Place 2008 & 2009 featured the spectacular sails as they danced in vibrant colour, festive animation and inspiring design all in support of charity.

Your Name in Lights

Canada Place is proud to extend an invitation for companies and organizations to become part of this innovative Canadian experience to be showcased on our 90’ sails and transcend across 360° views of Vancouver’s city skyline. Your brand will be viewable by:
· Coal Harbour hotels, businesses and residents
· Stanley Park with 8 million annual visitors
· North Shore (population 131,000)
· Grouse Mountain that sees 1.2 million visitors each year

For more information on partnership and branding opportunities, please contact Matti Polychronis at mpolychronis@canadaplace.ca