Hosting an event in British Columbia
Where to put an event in British Columbia. 27 cities, 335 venues, and the practical differences between them.
BC Place states the largest capacity in the province. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
British Columbia in figures
British Columbia is a province of Canada of about 5.0 million people. Victoria is the capital, though Vancouver is the largest city.
Across the province the dataset records 13 exhibition or convention halls, 46 dedicated conference and function spaces, 44 arenas and stadiums, 92 theatres and concert halls and 140 independent event spaces.
British Columbia spans 3 time zones — Dawson Creek time, Edmonton time and Vancouver time. Publish one zone in the app and say which it is, or half the room arrives an hour out.
The largest stated capacity anywhere in the province is 54,500, which is the practical ceiling for a single-room programme here.
- Capital
- Victoria
- has a guide
- Largest city
- Vancouver
- 662,000 people
- Cities covered
- 27
- 23 with their own guide
- Venues mapped
- 335
- 13 convention or exhibition
The largest venues in British Columbia
Ranked by stated capacity, then by how much the record can prove. Open data rarely publishes a capacity for a convention centre, so a hall may sit below an arena here without being the smaller room.
| Venue | City | Type | Stated capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| BC Place | Vancouver | stadium | 54,500 |
| Rogers Arena | Vancouver | arena | 18,422 |
| Pacific Coliseum | Vancouver | arena | 16,281 |
| Richmond Olympic Oval | Richmond | stadium | 8,000 |
| Willoughby Community Park Stadium | Langley | stadium | 6,560 |
| Westhills Stadium | Victoria | stadium | 6,000 |
| CN Centre | Prince George | event space | 5,971 |
| Sandman Centre | Kamloops | event space | 5,464 |
| Swangard Stadium | Vancouver | stadium | 5,288 |
| Langley Events Centre | Langley | arena | 5,276 |
| Rotary Stadium | Abbotsford | stadium | 4,000 |
| Stetson Bowl | Surrey | stadium | 4,000 |
British Columbia city by city
27 in the dataset, largest first. Each guide covers that city's venues, its airport, its local time and a worked price for an event of that size.
| City | Population | Venues mapped |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | 662,248 | 94 |
| Surrey | 568,322 | 17 |
| Victoria | 289,625 | 35 |
| Burnaby | 249,125 | 10 |
| Richmond | 209,937 | 4 |
| Abbotsford | 153,524 | 20 |
| Coquitlam | 148,625 | 9 |
| Kelowna | 144,576 | 12 |
| Langley | 132,603 | 5 |
| Saanich | 117,735 | 6 |
| Delta | 108,455 | 7 |
| Nanaimo | 99,863 | 16 |
| Kamloops | 97,902 | 13 |
| Chilliwack | 93,203 | 10 |
| Maple Ridge | 90,990 | 4 |
| North Vancouver | 88,168 | 3 |
| New Westminster | 78,916 | 13 |
| Prince George | 76,708 | 9 |
| Vernon | 44,519 | 10 |
| Penticton | 36,885 | 6 |
| Squamish | 23,819 | 8 |
| Fort St. John | 21,465 | 5 |
| Cranbrook | 20,499 | 11 |
2 more towns have a venue worth its own guide
The town itself is too thinly mapped for a city guide, but the venue publishes enough to stand on its own.
- Princeton: RockRidge Canyon
- Tofino: Tidemark Theatre (467), Willow Point Lions Club Hall (120), Rivercity Stage (96), Rivercity Players Stage
Also in British Columbia, with nothing mapped yet to build a guide from: Port Coquitlam and Elkford. They appear here rather than as pages with three facts on them.
What an event costs here
A British Columbia programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to BC Place in Vancouver, the largest stated capacity in the British Columbia dataset — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the free 50
- 900billable, after the free 50
- for the whole event, at CA$7 each
- CA$6,300for the whole event, at CA$7 each
Where this data comes from
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Administrative attributes and the population figure from Wikidata, CC0 (Wikidata (P1082)).
- Contains information from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census, used under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. event67 has no commercial relationship with any venue listed.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- CA$7
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- CA$6,650
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
Which British Columbia city is best for a conference?
It depends on how many people you need to seat and how they arrive. Vancouver has the deepest venue list in this province, while Victoria, the capital, carries the government and association calendar. The table above ranks every covered city by how many venues are mapped in it, which is the closest proxy to choice you will get before you start calling.
How many event venues are there in British Columbia?
335 venues across 27 cities are mapped in this dataset, of which 13 are convention, exhibition or conference facilities. That is what open data records, not a complete registry — small function rooms inside hotels and community buildings are consistently under-mapped everywhere.
What does event67 cost for a British Columbia event?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so CA$6,300 for the event. The rate is CA$7 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at CA$6,650 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
What is the biggest venue in British Columbia?
BC Place, at a stated 54,500. That is the practical ceiling for a single-room programme anywhere in the province; above it you are splitting the audience across buildings or looking outside British Columbia.
Does British Columbia span more than one time zone?
Yes — 3: America/Dawson_Creek, America/Edmonton and America/Vancouver. Publish the schedule in the venue's zone, name the zone in the app, and every attendee's phone converts it correctly from there.
Keep reading
Start with a city
- Hosting an event in Vancouver
94 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Surrey
17 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Victoria
35 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Burnaby
10 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Richmond
4 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Abbotsford
20 venues mapped
Running something in British Columbia?
Pick the city, then let the app do the schedule, the invites and the arrivals. Free for your first 50 activated attendees.