FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre is a performing-arts centre in St. Catharines, Ontario. Open records put its footprint at 95,000 sq ft. Here is what the public record holds on it, and what an event67 rollout would cost in a room this size.
- Recorded footprint
- 95,000 sq ft
- building outline, not exhibit space
- From YYZ
- 66 km (41 mi)
- Toronto Pearson International Airport
- From the centre
- 1.4 km (0.9 mi)
- of St. Catharines
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
The building
It stands at 250 St. Paul Street, L2R 3M2, right in the centre of St. Catharines.
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre was operated by FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre and owned by St. Catharines.
No seated capacity is published. The recorded footprint is 95,000 sq ft, which is the outline of the building rather than usable exhibition space, so treat it as an upper bound and ask the venue for a room-by-room sheet.
- Address
- 250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 3M2
- Operator
- FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
- Owner
- St. Catharines
- Coordinates
- 43.1584, -79.2427
- Classified as
- performing-arts centre
Access and arrival
Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) is 66 km (41 mi) away. Build a real transfer window into the arrival day and do not schedule anything important before midday.
A central address is worth more than it looks: no shuttle, no parking plan, and evening sessions that people actually stay for.
St. Catharines has 14 venues mapped in total and a population of 136,803. The St. Catharines guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
The kind of event it takes
A fixed-seat house suits a single-track programme: keynotes, panels, award ceremonies and film. It does not suit a trade floor, banqueting or anything that needs the seats to move, so pair it with a nearby function room if you need both.
- award ceremonies
Fixed seating, sightlines and a lighting rig are the hard parts, and they are already here.
- product launches
A single-track room with a real stage is the right shape for a launch.
- multi-track conferences
Works as a plenary house with breakouts booked elsewhere in the city.
The app bill, at this size
Suppose 950 attendees claim their invite and open the app at a FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre event sized from the recorded footprint of FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre at roughly twelve square feet a head. Here is exactly what event67 charges, with the free 50 taken off the top.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at CA$7 each
- CA$6,300for the whole event, at CA$7 each
You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.
Other rooms in St. Catharines
3 other venues in St. Catharines have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Meridian Centrearena
- Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Centrehotel with function space
- Shaw Festival Theatretheatre
Where these numbers come from
event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
- Wikidata, CC0
- OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: street address, postal code, floor area, floor-area sizing, operator, owner, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance and more.
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
How big is FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre?
The recorded footprint is 95,000 sq ft. That is the outline of the building, not usable exhibition or function space, and no seated capacity is published anywhere in the open record. Treat it as an upper bound and ask the venue for a room-by-room sheet.
Where is FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre?
250 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 3M2. It is 1.4 km (0.9 mi) from the centre of St. Catharines. The nearest major airport is Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), about 66 km (41 mi) away.
What does an event app cost for an event at FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so CA$6,300 for the event. That example is sized from the recorded footprint of FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre at roughly twelve square feet a head. 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.
Is event67 affiliated with FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre?
No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
What else is nearby if FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre is booked?
Meridian Centre, Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Centre and Shaw Festival Theatre are in the same city and have their own pages here. 14 venues in total are mapped in St. Catharines.
Keep reading
Elsewhere in St. Catharines
- Meridian Centre
arena
- Holiday Inn & Suites Parkway Conference Centre
hotel with function space
- Shaw Festival Theatre
theatre
- Hosting an event in St. Catharines
What kind of event is it
Running an event at FirstOntario Performing Arts?
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