Celebrating Canada Day in Vancouver

Tomorrow, July 1, is our national day. People all over Canada will come together and celebrate the birth of our nation almost 150 years ago. To help you decide how to celebrate, we’ve put together a list of some of the best Canada Day celebrations in Vancouver.

Canada Day at Granville Island Granville Island always hosts a wonderful Canada Day celebration with something for everyone in your family. This free, all-day event includes jazz performances courtesy of Coastal Jazz and Blues Society, face painting, a parade, free flags and pins, maple leaf decorating and much more. Click here for more information.

Canada Day at Canada Place The celebration at Canada Place is the largest Canada Day celebration outside of Ottawa! This celebration is FREE and features over 25 music and dance acts, including Said the Whale, a variety of engaging exhibits and interactive displays. There’s also a Canada Day Parade at 7:00pm! For more information on this event, click here.

Coast Capital Savings Fireworks at Canada Place Cap off your Canada Day celebrations with this pyrotechnic extravaganza! Watch as the sky lights up in celebration of our nation’s birthday - with Hudson’s Bay starting the show with a bang in green, red, yellow and blue and Coast Capital Savings, the fireworks presenting sponsor, closing the show with a fantastic finale in blue, all synced to a great Canadian soundtrack. Happening in Burrard Inlet, the fireworks show will be visible from Downtown, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, and Vancouver's west side. For details, click here.

Have any other suggestions? List your favourite Canada Day celebrations below.

Majestic Mountains, Untouched Wilderness and Exceptional Service with Rocky Mountaineer

Imagine yourself leisurely touring the most secluded and unspoiled regions of the Canadian Rockies from a luxurious railcar. Everywhere you look, you find untouched, pristine beauty.

In spring, train travel in Canada lets you glide within feet of glassy, sapphire-blue lakes that gently wrap the base of majestic mountains. Bursts of evergreen trees dot snow-capped mountain ranges in the fall. Summer brings scenes of rocky peaks cut by the constant rush of mighty rivers. You’ll awe at forests of green offset by stately gray mountainsides and azure-blue skies.

In Canada, practically every view is astounding. However, tourist attractions in and around the Canadian Rockies can often become overcrowded leaving you frustrated and tired. Train vacations onboard the Rocky Mountaineer offer a perfect balance of relaxation and activity, take you away from throngs of tourists and to secluded regions of the Rockies only accessible by train.

Rocky Mountaineer offers different levels of service: GoldLeaf, SilverLeaf and Red Leaf. The level of service chosen will shape how you experience the Canadian Rockies. In any class of service you will enjoy ample legroom and comfortable seating from which to view the Rockies’ incredible beauty. In GoldLeaf and SilverLeaf you will enjoy panoramic views through sky domes, while RedLeaf offers picturesque scenes through large picture windows. Outdoor vestibules provide an excellent opportunity to stretch your legs and take a deep breath of fresh, clean, Canadian Rockies air.

Insightful commentary about the scenery you view is provided throughout your daily journeys. In addition, you’ll be treated to scrumptious, gourmet meals and luscious snacks either in the spacious dining room or served at your seat, depending on your service option.

Rocky Mountaineer allows you to choose from tours of between 2 and 16 days. Each includes train travel in Canada, hotel accommodation, sightseeing tours, narrated motor coach transportation to and from the Rocky Mountaineer Stations, meals, snacks and nightly entertainment.