Vancouver’s attractions aren’t just for tourists. Explore the city’s landmarks and learn more about Vancouver’s rich history and cultural diversity.
Home to 70,000 animals--including Beluga whales, dolphins and sea lions--the Vancouver Aquarium is Canada's largest aquarium and one of the city's landmark destinations.
Stanley Park is home to a wide variety of monuments, but there are none more visited than the totem poles at Brockton Point. In fact, these totem poles are the most-visited tourist attraction in all of BC!
Is it raining again? Explore Canada and Vancouver's art, history, people and environment at the city's many world-class museums and galleries.
Historic, vibrant and diverse, Chinatown Vancouver is one of the western hemisphere's largest Chinatowns and one of Vancouver's best neighbourhoods for strolling, exploring, shopping, and--of course--eating.
Vancouver's Granville Island is one of the city's most famous landmarks. Situated on False Creek with views of downtown Vancouver, the island is home to shops, restaurants, theatres, and the Granville Island Public Market.
The Bloedel Floral Conservatory sits atop Queen Elizabeth Park and is home to a lush variety of tropical and desert plants as well as over 100 birds.
Granville Island's Public Market, home to over 100 vendors, is Vancouver's epicurean centre and the heart of Granville Island. The market is home to a wealth of fresh produce and seafood as well as specialty foods from around the world.
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is Canada's premiere Pacific Coast maritime museum and home to the fully-restored St. Roch, a 1928 schooner that traversed the Northwest Passage and circumnavigated North America.
The Museum of Vancouver is home to permanent displays, exhibitions and educational programs about the natural, cultural and human history of the Vancouver region, from First Nations to industrialization to today.
One of Vancouver's best-known attractions, the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre is part space and science museum, part planetarium, and part observatory.
UBC's Museum of Anthropology (MOA) is home to 535,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects, many of which originate from the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. The MOA's long-term displays include massive totem poles, carved boxes and magnificent, large-scale sculptures.
Vancouver Public Library (VPL) has thousands of historic photographs and images of Vancouver available online. This portal has links to the VPL's Canadian Pacific Railway Collection, Artray Photograph Collection: Vignettes of Postwar Vancouver, and Vancouver's Golden Years: 1900 - 1910.
