O Canada Day! on Granville Island – July 1, 2025

📍 Location: Granville Island, Vancouver, BC
📅 Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
🕒 Time: Festivities from 7:30 AM to 10:00 PM
🎟 Admission: Free (some workshops ticketed or by donation)
🔗 Official Event Website

Celebrate Canada Day 2025 at Granville Island – A Full Day of Music, Culture, and Family Fun

Celebrate Canada Day 2025 with a day-long lineup of free activities, performances, and cultural experiences across Granville Island. From an early morning ferry ballet on False Creek to family-friendly entertainment, food vendors, artisan markets, and live jazz, O Canada Day! offers something for everyone.

🇨🇦 Morning Highlights

• ☕ Coffee Shops Open: 7:30–8:00 AM in the Public Market

• ⛴ False Creek Ferries Ballet: 8:30 AM | Watch choreographed ferry performances from the Public Market Courtyard or Bridges Dock

🎉 Main Events & Programming

Official Canada Day Ceremony

📍 Chain & Forge Outdoor Space
🕐 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Celebrate with greetings from the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, local leadership, and the Government of Canada. Enjoy the national anthem led by Roan Shankrunk and free Canada Day cake courtesy of Dockside Restaurant.

🎵 Chain & Forge Block Party (10:00 AM – 6:00 PM)

📍 1459 Anderson Street (West)
🎤 Hosted by Zara Durrani | 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Live Music Lineup:

• 10:00 AM – Stephen Spender (Indie-Folk)

• 11:00 AM – Gargarin Life (Fusion/Rock/Flamenco)

• 12:00 PM – Shawn Bullshields (Blues/Country/Folk)

• 12:45 & 4:45 PM – Yuki Ueda (Circus Arts/Juggling)

• 2:00 PM – Curtis Clear Sky & The Constellationz (Hip-Hop/Indigi-Funk)

• 3:00 PM – Dance in Transit Salsa Class (Hosted by Sam’s Dance Vancouver)

• 4:00 PM & 5:45 PM – Supersonic Hearts Band (Folk, Top 40s)

🌸 Family-Friendly Activities & Workshops

• Face Painting (10 AM – 6 PM)

• Canada Flags Giveaway (Roving Info Ambassadors)

• Make Your Own Maple Leaf with Latincouver

• Fibre Arts Studio Darning Yarn Workshop

• MAKE Button Making Activity (by donation)

• Granville Island Waterpark – Free splash park fun

• Kids Market Activities – Face painting, balloon twisting, arts & crafts, Beanstalk Bistro treats

🎨 Exhibits & Cultural Programming

• Canada in Bloom: 9 AM – 6 PM | Railspur Alley East

• Indian Residential School Survivors Society Info Booth

• Public Art & Vendors at Outdoor Vendor Village (10 AM – 6 PM)

🎷 Vancouver International Jazz Festival – Ocean Artworks Stage

📍 1531 Johnston Street
Celebrate 40 years of the Coastal Jazz & Blues Society with live performances:

• 12:00 PM – Evan Arntzen Quartet ft. Lloyd Arntzen

• 2:45 PM – Feven Kidane Plays Dido & The Handpeople

• 5:30 PM – The ReViberators

• 8:15 PM – Cowboy Bebop Bebop Band

🦞 Special Food Features

• Lobster Man Annual Lobster Roll Picnic – Starts at 9 AM, while supplies last

• Food Trucks & Artisanal Vendors – Throughout Chain & Forge area

• Beanstalk Bistro & Soumak Turkish Coffee Stand – Behind the Kids Market

🎭 Evening Entertainment

‘Canada, Eh!’ at The Improv Centre
🕖 7:00 PM | Celebrate Canadian culture with laughs inspired by real local experiences. (PG-rated content)

🚴 Transportation & Access

• Free Bike Parking: Lot 55 (Behind Granville Island Brewery) | 10 AM – 7 PM

• Transit: Take the #50 Bus directly to Granville Island

• Public Market Summer Hours: Open from 9 AM – 7 PM (June 27 – Sept 1)

🔗 Discover full event details at granvilleisland.com
🔗 Find more Canada Day events at Vancouver Page – Discover Local Events