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  • Ongoing Construction Projects
    December 10, 2024

    Ongoing Construction Projects The small wooden foot bridge is expected to be rebuilt in spring 2025, following damage. CMHC-Granville Island is also working to remove infrastructure that has reached the

  • Win 2 tickets to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in...
    November 28, 2024

    Win tickets to see Taylor Swift in Vancouver! ✨ Granville Island is giving away TWO tickets to the @taylorswift Eras Tour at BC Place on December 8, 2024. 🎟  To

  • Arts and Innovation Hub RFEOI
    October 3, 2024

    Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)-Granville Island is launching a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEOI) process for the re-purposing and adaptive re-use of the former Emily Carr University of

  • National Indigenous Peoples Day 2024
    June 20, 2024

    On June 21, we celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day, a day dedicated to honouring the cultures, heritage, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This day falls within

  • Red Dress Day Project 2024
    May 3, 2024

    May 5 is a day to honour the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2 Spirit individuals of Canada, and support Indigenous communities that continue to suffer due to

  • Vancouver Sun Run 2024: Getting to Granville...
    April 10, 2024

    The 40TH annual Vancouver Sun Run will take place in the streets of downtown Vancouver on Sunday morning, April 21st. In 2023 the Vancouver Sun Run attracted 36,600 participants –

  • Granville Island Partners with Rabbit Rescue
    October 11, 2023

    Granville Island partners with rabbit rescue to rehome domestic animals abandoned in local park. No rabbits euthanized. An agreement with Rabbitats, a registered, lisenced rabbit rescue, control & management non-profit,

  • National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2023
    September 27, 2023

    September 30 is the 3rd National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as well as Orange Shirt Day across Canada. It is a day to honour and remember the First Nations,

  • The Public Market’s 44th Anniversary!
    July 13, 2023

    Happy 44th birthday to the Granville Island Public Market! On July 12, 1979, the Public Market opened it’s doors for the first time with 21 tenants. It was an immediate

  • Asian Heritage Month 2023
    May 29, 2023

    May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada, made so officially as a result of the Honourable Dr. Vivienne Poy’s motion in 2001 in the Canadian Senate. On Granville Island, we

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