Community Events
A natural gathering place for community celebration and social interaction Canada Place is the perfect place for free community events. Our goal is to host over 100 event days a year.
Canada Place is a gathering place, bringing people together in celebration, to connect with our country with one another. Since our inception in 1986 during the World’s Fair, Expo 86, Canada Place welcomes over 3 million people annually. We take great pride in our role as a Canadian icon and through our annual community events such as Canada Day, the Burrard Inlet Fireworks Show, Remembrance Day and Christmas at Canada Place, we have the opportunity to showcase and share our national pride with you.
Some of our past events include:
- TD Canada Trust International Jazz Festival
- National Aboriginal Awareness Celebration
- Vancouver Canucks Playoffs on Canada's Storyboard
- National Flag of Canada Day
- Veterans' Week and Remembrance Day
- Grey Cup Festival
Remembrance Day 2012
From November 1 - 10, we will be facilitating a poppy-by-donation box out of the Welcome Centre.
On November 11, in partnership with the Canadian War Museum, we will be broadcasting a live webcast of Memorial Hall on Canada’s Storyboard at 8am PST.
Memorial Hall is a place of quiet remembrance and reflection tucked away within the Museum’s Lobby. The minimalist, dimly lit space, reached through a narrow, sloping corridor, holds a calm pool of water and a lone artifact: the headstone from the grave of Canada’s Unknown Soldier. In 2000, Canada brought home one of its unknown soldiers and buried him at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. It is his grave marker that rests in Memorial Hall. Memorial Hall is carefully situated to line up with the intersection of two axes that form the basis of the Museum's orientation. The east-west axis extends to the Peace Tower, while the north-south axis parallels the path of the sun across the building on November 11 (Remembrance Day).
Don’t miss ...
• The headstone of the Unknown Soldier, carved with a maple leaf, a cross and the words “Known Unto God.” It hangs on the wall, weathered and still showing the stains of the earth where it once was partially buried in the ground
• The small window high in the wall, precisely positioned so that the sun illuminates the headstone of the Unknown Soldier every year on November 11 at 11am
• The grid pattern that graces Memorial Hall’s interior and exterior walls. The design is proportioned after First World War Canadian gravestones — a sombre reminder of the more than 60,000 Canadians who made the ultimate sacrifice in that war
Following the live webcast, at 10:30am PST on November 11 Canada Place will host a live broadcast on Canada's 25ft LED Storyboard of Global BC's live broadcast of the Remembrance Day Ceremony at Victory Square.
Port Metro Vancouver wants your help to bring children from the Strathcona Community Centre to Breakfast with Santa. You can help. For every 10 retweets of our holiday message, PMV will host of child at Breakfast with Santa at Canada Place on December 15th.
Join Canada Place, Port Metro Vancouver and Full Circle: First Nations Performance for the annual Aboriginal Spirit Celebration on September 8 from 11am - 4pm.
This is a fantastic free opportunity to immerse yourself in the art, traditions and music of Canada's First Nations.
July 5 to September 13, 2012, TUESDAYS & THURSDAY
5:15 pm to 6:15 pm
Canada Place is presenting the 4th annual waterfront yoga program at Canada Place again this season. Various certified yoga instructors will teach classes and provide participants with the opportunity to practice Yoga in one of Vancouver’s most stunning locations. Admission and mat rental are by donation, benefiting Strathcona’s Food Security for Children program.
We love celebrating our country and everything about it that makes it the best place on earth! On August 4, CanadaFest at Canada Place will be showcasing the sights, sounds, tastes and traditions of Canada through music, food and performances along with a celebration to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
July 13th Coca-Cola kicks off the London 2012 Olympic Games party at Canada Place in Vancouver with the 'Move to the Beat' bus tour. From today's hottest Canadian music like Hollerado and Dwayne Gretzky, to the coolest Olympic-themed activities, the 'Move to the Beat' bus is the ultimate way to get everyone in Vancouver pumped up for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Vancouver International Busker Festival is a world class event that brings talent from all over the globe to convene on the streets of Vancouver for one spectacular week to dazzle and amaze the citizens and visitors of Vancouver, BC. Yes, people will be eating fire and juggling swords no doubt. Bring a helmet.
July 5 to September 13, 2012, TUESDAYS & THURSDAY
5:15 pm to 6:15 pm
Canada Place is presenting the 4th annual Waterfront Yoga program at Canada Place again this season. Various certified Yoga Instructors will teach classes and provide participants with the opportunity to practice Yoga in one of Vancouver’s most stunning locations. Admission and mat rental are by donation, benefiting Strathcona’s Food Security for Children program.
Join Canada Place on June 24 from 12pm - 4pm to celebrate National Aboriginal Week. Highlights include a traditional First Nations artisans and performers.
The TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival will be holding free lunchtime concerts at Canada Place from June 22-30 on the North End Point. Jazz at Canada Place features a variety of Canadian Jazz artists. Admission is free and open to the public.
This unique two barge simultaneous pyrotechnic extravaganza lights up the sky and is visible from numerous locations in Coal Harbour, Stanley Park, West Vancouver and North Vancouver.
Fireworks Viewing Area - Back again!
Support Strathcona Community Centre's Food Security for Children program to save your spot in the reserved area with unobstructed views of the Canada Day Burrard Inlet Fireworks. Tickets: $10, Kids 12 & under (accompanied by adult): FREE!
Purchase your Fireworks Viewing Area tickets via Ticketmaster.