Canada Day Events

[metroXpress]

Canada Day is coming up...July 1st, of course! This thread with provide you information with all the Canada Day-related events.


Canada Day @ Canada Place (Vancouver)
- HBC Run 2009



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54-40

Canada’s preeminent ambassadors of modern rock will be live at Canada Place to bring in our 141st birthday. This phenomenal quartet endures as one of Canada's best known rock groups.
Destino

Bringing a mix of pop and opera ("popera") to the stage is Canada's own Destino Tenors. This talented trio has received much critical acclaim and is not be to missed.
HBC Run for Canada

Start your Canada Day with a scenic 10k run, beginning minutes away from Canada Place. Be sure to join us following your run for a full day of family activities. For more information visit http://www.hbcrunforcanada.ca/

Extreme Air Show

Indoor ski and snowboard show featuring tricks, ramps, trampolines and more!
West Coast Acrobatics

Incredible acrobatics, dance, contortion and aerial silks.
National Anthem Singing Competition

In partnership with Tom Lee Music, we invite you to showcase your national pride and singing abilities in our National Anthem Singing Competition. Enter on line to win a spot on our Plaza Stage to sing "O Canadanda" in one of our country's official languages for thousands of event goers on Canada Day. More...
All Canadian Musical Entertainment

Get ready to rock with all Canadian bands all day long. From Celtic to Country, French to Funk, Blues to Big Band, you'll find it on one of three entertainment stages. More...
Traditional Citizenship Ceremony

Join us as we welcome 80 new citizens to our Canadian family. Hosted by CTV's Pamela Martin, the traditional Citizenship Ceremony is a special part of our annual celebration. More...
Naden Band in Concert

The Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific, Canada's Navy band on the West Coast, is a multifaceted ensemble of 35 professional musicians. We are honoured to showcase this incredible group at Canada Day at Canada Place. Don't miss the Naden Band on the Inspirationally Canadian Presentation Stage and during the Citizenship Ceremony.
Canadian Forces Zone

We're proud to partner with the Canadian Forces to bring you incredible displays and exhibits from our Navy, Army and Air Force. Come celebrate the men and women who keep our country strong and free.
Port of Vancouver Coastal BC Zone

Learn about Canada's largest port, make a Captain's hat, sing along with Bobs & Lolo and watch the "E" Division RCMP Pipe Band. It's a full day of fun in the Port of Vancouver Marine Zone located on the North End of Canada Place.
Burrard Inlet Fireworks Show - ticketed viewing at Canada Place

Canada Day fireworks are back! Presented by the Burrard Inlet Fireworks Society, the two barge show begins at 10:30pm. Enjoy the closest view of the fireworks in a secure setting at Canada Place. Admission to Canada Place will be limited. Tickets are $10 per person. Stay tuned for detailed information on how to purchase your ticket. Net proceeds from the donations will be given to the Strathcona Community Centre’s Food Security for Children Program, providing kids on the downtown eastside with hot food year-round. More...


Surrey Canada Day


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Surrey Canada Day has grown to become the largest Canada Day event in Western Canada with attendance in 2008 reaching 100,000 people garnering near legendary status as one of the biggest outdoor shows ever staged in BC.

Coast Capital Savings and City of Surrey are proud to present Surrey Canada Day 2009, which is certain to exceed the attendance record set in 2008 and deliver a tremendous day of family fun, community friendship and great entertainment under Surrey’s clear blue skies.

This year’s main stage presented by Chevron boasts another stellar Canadian line up featuring multi-platinum alt-rock legends, 54-40 and Vancouver ‘s own rock royalty, Bif Naked for an amazing double bill, which will be followed by the Fruiticana Fireworks Spectacular
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Add a special children’s matinee with magicians, jugglers, dancers and songsters and the Chevron Main Stage will be a wonderful place to celebrate being Canadian on July 1st.

Other attractions include Shooting Star Amusement Rides featuring the Gravitron and the Zipper, plus a full range of family-oriented games, interactive gaming, and bouncy castles will ensure that there is lots to do for the kids and the young-at-heart. This action zone will feature seven huge inflatables and ten new midway rides and games.

Seniors can look forward to an impressive gathering for the Strawberry Tea hosted by Mayor and Council.

The Fuiticana Fireworks Spectacular is once again being simulcast on Rock 101 featuring an explosive pyro-technique display set to some of the greatest Canadian classic rock songs of all time – broadcast live on the radio beginning at 10:15 pm

Don’t miss the entertainment on the Rogers Fusion Stage.

An event of this magnitude would not be made possible with out the generous sponsorship from the local business in the community. Surrey’s Canada Day has support from many sectors of business including this year’s presenting sponsor Coast Capital Savings, Fruiticana, Chevron and BC Hydro, and many more.




MORE TO COME!!!

Other events are held in cities across Metro Vancouver!!!

[Spork]

I thought that Fruiticana was a juice company. Nope: http://www.fruiticana.com/

[mr.x]

No parade?

[zivan56]

So another typically boring Canada Day like every year. The Surrey one sounds interesting, however....but it's pretty far. I guess I will be chilling with friends on my balcony watching the fireworks like I do every year.

[SpongeG]

fireworks in coal harbour? are they happenning?

the new convention centre will be packed :)

[NetMapel]

Fireworks to light up from Canada Place please. But you know that is way too exciting for Vancouver's standard, lol :haha:

[SpongeG]

they used to up until 2002 i think was the last year? i forget now

thanks to the typical stabbing at a crowded event it was shelved

at least west van has some

[Yume-sama]

Fireworks?! On Canada Day!?!

I'll believe it when I see it!

[SpongeG]

they have had them for a few years at ambelside in west van - we walked out to stanley park and watched one year along with a few hundred other people who knew about them, the police even drove in their car around the seawall due to the hundred of people gathered on that one side of stanley park

[LeftCoaster]

Correct me if I am thinking of another day, but did they not have fireworks off Canada Place last year? I seem to remember sitting at the top of Sentinel Hill in WV watching the WV and Vancouver shows simultaneously.

[SpongeG]

i think north vancouver had fireworks last year

canada place still cancelled its show

[jlousa]

Left coaster is correct, there were fireworks last year at Canada Place as well as the year before after a few years of no fireworks. There will be fireworks again this year as well.

[SpongeG]

A Tradition: Re-born

For the third consecutive year, the Burrard Inlet Fireworks Society is proud to bring fireworks back to Canada Day!

The Burrard Inlet Fireworks Show is a unique multi-community event drawing hundreds of thousands of people and numerous communities together to celebrate Canada. This unique two barge simultaneous pyrotechnic extravaganza will be visible from numerous locations in Downtown Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Vancouver’s West Side.


Special thanks to the members of the Burrard Inlet Fireworks Society who make this event possible including the District of West Vancouver, The City of North Vancouver, Canada Place Corporation in partnership with the City of Vancouver and the Celebrate Canada Program and Department of Canadian Heritage.

http://www.canadadayfireworks.ca/

[MistyMountainHop]

This is going to be the first Canada Day that I won't be in Canada for. :(

I'm going to be in Paris … I wonder if there'd be any Canadians celebrating there somewhere?

[mr.x]

We had Canada Day fireworks on July 1, 2003...the night before we won the Olympic bid. That was the last time we had them until 2007, when we had a duo show at Coal Harbour and Ambleside...and again for 2008 and 2009.

[SpongeG]

ok i was at the 2003 the last one

it was pretty bad - crowd wise in front of the fenced off coal harbour park

[metroXpress]

So here is one thing why the events @ Canada Place can't be confirmed yet. It is because they did not update their website and when you click on "special events"...it is still the old table for last year.

I don't know why it is taking them so long to change everything. Also, the HBC Run website is still in 2008 as well.

http://www.canadaplace.ca/canadaday/

http://www.hbcrunforcanada.ca/2008/index.php

[djmk]

This is going to be the first Canada Day that I won't be in Canada for. :(

I'm going to be in Paris … I wonder if there'd be any Canadians celebrating there somewhere?

I'm pretty sure that there will be something happening at the embassy. There usually is something happening at such places especially in London.

I believe the embassy in Paris is close to Arc de Triomphe, just off Avenue des Champs-Elysees.

[LotusLand]

Here is something someone emailed to me.

CANADA DAY AT CANADA PLACE



Taking it to the streets and harbour front as Canada Place proudly hosts

Canada’s Largest 142nd Birthday Celebration outside of our nation’s capital



Vancouver, BC - Canada Place proudly presents its 22nd annual Canada Day Celebration this July 1st in the heart of Vancouver with a new street style festival, starting at Canada Place, the inspiring national landmark, and stretching west along the harbour front to Harbour Green Park. Enjoy the quintessential West Coast experience of an ocean breeze, majestic views of the North Shore Mountains & Stanley Park and Inspirationally Canadian performances from 10am -7pm. New this year is the 1st annual Canada Day parade at 7pm on Georgia Street presented by the Burrard Inlet Fireworks Society. Capping off the day is the 3rd annual Canada Day Burrard Inlet Fireworks Show, a two-barge fireworks extravaganza viewable from several communities.



Canada Day at Canada Place is the place to be on July 1st with non stop music and activities on the Coast Capital Savings Mountain View Main Stage, the Canada Place Plaza Stage, the Celebrate Canada Stage and throughout the festival grounds. Featured entertainers include Elise Estrada, Delhi 2 Dublin, DJ Leanne, Soulstream, Top 10 Finalists from So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Dal Richards, Laurell, Rumba Calzada, and many more!



Welcoming the World to Canada’s Games – a cool experience of winter sports in the 20TENT, test your skills snowboarding or with slap shot hockey, catch the mesmerizing aerial displays of the Flying Canucks as they perform high altitude tricks and stunts, sit inside the new PEAK 2 PEAK Whistler Blackcomb Gondola.



Celebrating what makes us all proud to be Canadian, there is something for everyone to enjoy with our rich and diverse culture, people and talent. Meet Canada’s Army, Navy and Air Force heroes and get your photo taken inside a tank or F18 cockpit. Authentic maple taffy, poutine and crepes will be served and Francophone music will be performed in the Maillardville 100 Zone, celebrating the community’s 100th anniversary. The morning Citizenship Ceremony will once again welcome new members to our Canadian Family in a heartfelt ceremony and the bouncy castles and waterpark in the Kids Zone at Harbour Green Park will experience nonstop action along with temporary tattoos, face painting, games and the 2010 Legacies Now SportFit™program.



Canada Day at Canada Place 2008 was nominated for National Event of the Year by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) and was the largest Canada Day celebration outside of Ottawa hosting over 120,000 proud Canadians and guests (I thought Surrey always claimed to be the largest in western Canada?). This year the spectacular free family community event will feature the inaugural Canada Day parade and once again be capped off with the Burrard Inlet Fireworks Show at 10:30pm, lighting up the night by way of a two barge simultaneous show! For information on Canada Day fireworks visit www.canadadayfireworks.ca.



Canada Day at Canada Place is presented by Canada Place Corporation. Special thanks to our great supporters Celebrate Canada Committee for British Columbia and the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Department of National Defense, Coast Capital Savings, Edgewater Casino, Western Union, Port Metro Vancouver, BC Ferries, MBNA and our media partners: CTV, CKNW, 99.3 The FOX, The Vancouver Sun, OMNI and CHMB AM1320.



Visit www.canadaday.canadaplace.ca for full event details

[LotusLand]

Is anybody planning on going to the parade in Downtown?

[WarrenC12]

Is anybody planning on going to the parade in Downtown?

I'm going to check it out. I think it's a great idea to have it in the evening, still early enough for kids and it's light out, then those who want can stay for the fireworks.

[nova9]

i plan on being there. i'm excited. i haven't been in canada to celebrate canada day in a while - i always find myself abroad in that first week of july. this year, i get to celebrate canada day, then head south for 4th of july in vegas, then july 14th bastille day in paris!!! yay!!

[metroXpress]

^ Which one?

I highly recommend going to the one in Vancouver because they have a new parade this year celebrating Canada Day (7:00 PM -8:10 PM) and also the fireworks are free this year due to construction at Canada Place (they are installing those projection lights..etc.[I think we have a thread here on that!])

[giallo]

I used to go on the Canada Day boat party. Always had a blast.

[Distill3d]

...to bring in our 141st birthday...

Uuuuh, I'm no mathematician or anything, but 2009-1867=142, not 141...

[mr.x]

The festivities in and around Canada Place were alright, but the parade was absolutely abysmal. It was less than an hour long, the floats/groups were abysmal for the most part, and why the hell was the Santa Clause float in the parade? WHY???!!!

Couldn't watch the fireworks, can hear them going off now as we speak, with the holiday bus schedule.


Anyhow, Happy Canada Day!

[Whalleyboy]

i gotta say canada day in surrey was awesome
bif naked and 54-40 both had great performances
i like how 54-40 included the audience though to help sing songs

also i rather not talk about traffic......

[metroXpress]

^good to hear that the one at Cloverdale was great...I couldn't divide up myself or clone myself to go to both of them...

[mezzanine]

i saw the parade yesterday, and I thought it was great. The timing was a nice change, in the early evening. There wasn't a lot of dead time between the marchers and they tried to program more active displays (a lot more dancers, not a lot of people marching and waving..) And don't forget that this is the inaugural parade, expected it to be bigger and grander in future years.

It was windy and getting to dusk, i don't think people would stay for longer than 1 hour.

If i had to make changes - have it 1 hour earlier. Invite more marching bands (i'm a sucker for these). More brazillians!! And the gay pride marchers were low-rent. Maybe they were saving resources for the pride parade..

[SpongeG]

i think i could count on one hand the amount of white people i saw there during the fireworks - lol

totally diverse crowd - no one around me spoke english, i heard mostly spanish and arabic

[metroXpress]

^ that happened to me too! People were speaking Spanish/French/Arabic/ and some others that I don't understand.

It was a great gathering though...

[SpongeG]

yah everyone behaved - no rowdyness - it was a good show that people when given a great venue and opportunity can behave and get along

[raggedy13]

I agree the parade was somewhat lacking but I'm sure it will be bigger in the years to follow. The new convention centre was a great venue for celebrations this year though.

Here are some of my pics. Unfortunately I only just caught the tail end of the parade and didn't manage to get pics of more interesting events from earlier.

My only pic of the parade from behind the wall of spectators - confused yet happy to see Santa showing his patriotism
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[Whalleyboy]

wow wasnt like that at all at Cloverdale
i was originally gonna go out to Vancouver to watch the fireworks. in the end that didnt seem like a good enough reason to go out there. also thought i may as well just wait for the festival of lights.

over all i am glad with my pick to go to cloverdale

[Whalleyboy]

also does anyone know the attendance number for events was?

[LotusLand]

also does anyone know the attendance number for events was?

organizers were saying well over a 100,000 at and around the the convention centre. Downtown was busy and packed, it was like a fireworks night (festival of lights) mixed with 4/20 and boxing day. Loved it!

I was thoroughly surprised at how good of venue that location is for special events. If the city doesn't screw this up, this event will only get bigger as the parade can improve as well as the musical acts etc... give it time.

[LotusLand]

That can be said about all the Canada Celebrations. I mean if there is no entertainment, why go out to the convention centre and gather when you could be patriotic in the comfort of your living room :haha:

[johnjimbc]

I was at Granville Island yesterday. It was packed and the atmosphere was really really great. Even with the throngs of people, I was impressed how friendly and jovial the crowds were. The parade was fun and light-hearted and very Canadian.

The sounds of some great Jazz echoed all over as well, as a lot of free performances were underway on various stages throughout the day in conjunction with the Jazz Festival.

I don't have any kids, but really enjoyed being there with all the families who had brought their children out for the day.

Everyone just seemed really happy. It was one of the most carefree holidays I've experienced in a while due to the great atmosphere.

Love seeing that atmosphere appeared to carry all over from the pics and anecdotes folks are sharing.

P.S. In Walking to Kits from Granville Island, got to see a nesting Bald Eagle Pair up in a tree with their eaglette (is that the right word?). It was funny - the parents were sitting up on a branch while the youngster (who was pretty large himself) was squawking up a storm before he started hopping around and taking very short erratic flights from branch to branch in the tree. A crowd of us watched for a while as he clearly worked on his first flying session practices. Wish I had brought my camera, but had decided purposely not to bring it for the day. Oh well.

[mr.x]

P.S. In Walking to Kits from Granville Island, got to see a nesting Bald Eagle Pair up in a tree with their eaglette (is that the right word?). It was funny - the parents were sitting up on a branch while the youngster (who was pretty large himself) was squawking up a storm before he started hopping around and taking very short erratic flights from branch to branch in the tree. A crowd of us watched for a while as he clearly worked on his first flying session practices. Wish I had brought my camera, but had decided purposely not to bring it for the day. Oh well.

Where exactly is it located? Hopefully they won't get spooked by the fireworks later this month.

[johnjimbc]

They were in a large tree just where Whyte Avenue (didn't know that was the name until just now) flows into the parking lots for Vanier Park, so just west of the Burrard Bridge, almost directly across from the aquatic center.

So they are not on the water near where they set off the fireworks but closer to the Burrard bridge instead.

I imagine it might spook them, but that is still a few weeks away. I imagine the young one be much more sturdy in his flying by then, assuming they even wanted to fly off during the festivities.

I still marvel at how large the nests really are, when you actually see them in person.

[SpongeG]

it was funny when the fireworks started and you looked over the crowd all the cell phones and cameras being held up in the air