Vancouver
Canada Day at Canada Place
Canada Place
10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Tons of action this year, centring on the main stage at Jack Poole Plaza. Eight bands perform throughout the day, including The Paperboys and Said the Whale. Other activities include a 50-vendor craft and clothing market, a lumberjack show featuring chainsaw carving, interactive sports zone with jump rope competitions and more. There’s also a community stage highlighting family friendly activities including yoga and Science World demos.
Canada Day at Granville Island
Granville Island
10:00AM - 7:00PM
Includes the Canada Day Parade, the official Canada Day Ceremony, a lively bazaar, music, dance and mouth-watering food from around the world. With free jazz performances courtesy of Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, face painting, roving characters, tattoos, a parade, and more, this is a birthday bash that everyone can enjoy!
Cannabis Day
Vancouver Art Gallery
All day
Celebrate Canada and cannabis (if you’re into that sort of thing) by banding together with copious amounts of pot smoke billowing and hovering over the crowd. It’s actually a bit more fun than it sounds. Live music! Free joints! Freedom! Etc.
2014 TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival
Various Locations
All Day
The world's best jazz, funk, Latin, fusion, and world music artists perform at venues big and small, indoor and outdoor across the city.
Canada Day at Sunset Community Centre
Sunset Community Centre
12-4 p.m.
Celebrate Canada's Birthday with the whole family! Free activities and entertainment include cake, face painting, live music and dance performances, a petting zoo, environmental art and so much more! 6180 Main Street. Free admission!
Canada Day at the Kitsilano Showboat
The beloved summer staple will keep the tradition going by providing free entertainment for Canada Day. With scenic the backdrop of the North Shore Mountains, English Bay and West Coast sunsets, this might just be the most spectacular setting for July 1 celebrations around! Good holiday fun for the whole family.
Canada Day Parade
Starts at Georgia and Broughton Streets
7 p.m.
The popular parade works its way east along Georgia Street before taking a sharp left at Burrard St. and finishing up near Canada Place. Sidewalks will be packed several rows deep with flag-waving spectators lined up to see more than 60 performance groups, from marching Mounties to samba dancers, strut their stuff.
Canada Day Fireworks Show
Canada Place
10 p.m.
The annual pyrotechnic extravaganza features two separate barges, one anchored in Coal Harbour the other off of Dundarave in West Vancouver. The best views of the show are from Harbour Green Park, along the Coal Harbour Seawall, inside Stanley Park from the rowing club to the 9 o’clock gun and along the Ambleside to Dundarave Seawall in West Vancouver and the Lower Lonsdale area in North Vancouver.
Canada Day Concert Series
Edgewater Casino
What better way to celebrate Canada Day than at the Plaza of Nations! Check out the full schedule here.
Burnaby
Spirit of the West
Swangard Stadium
5-10 p.m.
A free a free, family-friendly Canada Day Concert with one of Canada’s most iconic live acts. Dear Rouge and Dustin Bentall & the Smokes are opening. Fireworks to follow.
Delta
Canada Day at the Kirkland House
Kirkland House, Ladner
12 - 5 p.m.
Celebrate our national day at a venue steeped with Canadian history! The day includes a family picnic, rides, games, races, a silk zoo, live music and delicious food.
Langley
Langley's International Festival & Canada Day Celebrations
Willoughby Community Park
11 a.m. – 11 p.m.
So much going on: Two sets by the Beatles cover band the Day Trippers! Mexican dancers! Children’s’ entertainment! A talent show! Not to mention a car show, an assortment of ethnic foods, dog show, fireworks, and rides. Best of all, everything is FREE. Everyone is welcome!
Canada Day at the Fort Langley National Historic Site
Fort Langley National Historic Site of Canada
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Celebrate Canada’s 147th birthday at the site where British Columbia was born. Enjoy multicultural music, cake and ceremony at noon and family activities. Free admission.
Canada Day Celebration in Fort Langley
BC Farm Museums
10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
A fun, family friendly Canada Day celebration in historic Fort Langley, including a petting zoo, entertainers and live entertainment. Demonstrations of Canadian pioneer life happen inside the museum. Children can pickup a passport at any of the participating attractions; do the activity and possibly win a prize basket. Complete an all-new scavenger hunt and get a prize. To top it off, free Tim Horton’s coffee and Timbits will be available!
Maple Ridge / Pitt Meadows
Canada Day in Pitt Meadows
Various locations
7:30 am - 2:00 pm
This year's Canada Day Festival will feature our favourite early morning pancakes by Pitt Meadows Lions Club, the official Canada Day Ceremony, cake, local arts and crafts, interactive displays by community groups, hot fogs, entertainment and more! You can also join in the fun with Athletes in Kind for their annual 8K Run and Kids Run, or shoot the puck with the volunteers from Pitt Meadows Community Association during Hockey Day!
Canada Day In Memorial Park
Memorial Peace Park, Maple Ridge
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Includes love music, crafts, mini golf, The Haney Farmers Market, giveaway face painting and more!
New Westminster
Another All Day Canada Day!
Queen’s Park
11:30 a.m.
Festivities will include entertainment and family fun. Fireworks to take place at dusk, best viewed from the downtown New Westminster riverfront. A whole family fun event!
North Shore
Canada Day Parade
Grand Blvd. & 13th St.
10 a.m.
Make sure you stake out your spot early along the North Shore Canada Day Parade route. The parade starts at 10 am sharp, and usually last about an hour. As usual there will be lots of colourful floats, cultural groups and lots of goodies for the kids. The parade begins at Grand Boulevard & 13th heading west toward Lonsdale, up Lonsdale to 17th St. and ends at Mahon Park, where you can get an up close look at the floats.
Celebrations at Waterfront Park
Waterfront Park
12-4 p.m.
This is a free, family event featuring live multicultural performers, crafts and games, activities for the whole family and some of Vancouver’s best food trucks.
Canada Day at Lynn Valley Village
Lynn Valley Village, North Vancouver
12-4 p.m.
Stop by Lynn Valley Village to celebrate Canada Day with fun day for the whole family. Steele Productions will provide the entertainment. There will be a vendor market on site and more!
West Vancouver Celebrations
John Lawson Park
4:30-10:30 p.m.
Pack your own a picnic, or try something from the community barbecue while enjoying live entertainment! Performers take the stage from 4:30-10:30 p.m. with firework show starting at 10:30 p.m.
North Shore Fireworks
Various locations
10:30 p.m.
There will be two simultaneous fireworks shows, one off the shores of West Vancouver and one in the waterway between Canada Place and North Vancouver. The 25-minute spectacular display is viewable from multiple locations along the inlet including, including West Vancouver (Ambleside and Dundarave), North Vancouver, Coal Harbour and Stanley Park. Music for the fireworks will be simulcast on Classic Rock 101.
Richmond
Steveston Salmon Festival
Steveston Village
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Canada's "biggest little birthday party" kicks off each year with a parade through the streets of the historic Steveston village. A craft show, cultural performances, martial arts demonstrations, a carnival and more than 1,200 pounds of fresh salmon grilled over open fire pits draw an average of more than 70,000 people a year to the festivities. The festival takes place on the second day of Richmond's three-day Ships to Shore event and the arrival of majestic tall ships at nearby Imperial Landing.
Surrey
Bear Creek Park Canada Day Train Ride
Bear Creek Park
10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Arts, crafts and fun Canadian music celebrating Canada day along with a train ride through the Canada themed tunnel! Bring your children out to the park to enjoy the outdoor activities. Water park, playground, walking trails, outdoor pool, picnic areas and free parking! Price: $4.50 Adults $5.00 children.
Cloverdale Celebrations
10 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Cloverdale Millennium Amphitheatre Park
Join thousands of patriotic residents and visitors at one of the largest Canada Day festivities in Western Canada! The free daylong family includes concerts, rides, games, giveaways, fireworks and more!
Canada Day at the White Rock Museum
White Rock Museum & Archives
11-4 p.m.
Join us down on White Rock's promenade this Canada Day for fun and entertainment the whole family will enjoy. Starting at 11:00AM, visitors can enjoy face painting, crafts and games for children, raffles, and free admission to the gallery. Also be sure to check out our summer merchandise in the museum shop including kites, train whistles, honey products and more.
Whistler / Squamish
Canada Day Concert with The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Whistler Olympic Plaza
3:00 p.m.
Join the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for a special Canada Day Concert, as part of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Whistler program. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra will be in Whistler from July 1 - 5, 2014 to perform full-orchestra outdoor concerts at Whistler Olympic Plaza as well as six chamber concerts in Whistler Village with brass quintets and string quartets.
Squamish Canada Day
Downtown Squamish
10 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.
The downtown streets are transformed into pedestrian areas allowing everyone to mingle as they enjoy the market, food fair, live music, performances, displays, and activities going on throughout the day. Linger into the evening with ongoing live music and entertainment and the grand finale – the fireworks! !
