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The Butchart Gardens

Everything the open record has on The Butchart Gardens, a performing-arts centre in Saanich, British Columbia — address, size, access and the events it carries. Open records put its footprint at 2,368,060 sq ft.

Price your eventWhat fits here
Recorded footprint
2,368,060 sq ft
building outline, not exhibit space
Opened
1904
122 years old
From YVR
73 km (45 mi)
Vancouver International Airport
From the centre
7.6 km (4.7 mi)
of Saanich

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

What The Butchart Gardens is

It stands at 800 Benvenuto Ave, V8M 1J8, 7.6 km (4.7 mi) from the centre of Saanich.

The Butchart Gardens was opened in 1904, which puts it at 122 years old.

No seated capacity is published. The recorded footprint is 2,368,060 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
800 Benvenuto Ave, Saanich, British Columbia V8M 1J8, Canada
Coordinates
48.5653, -123.4694
Classified as
performing-arts centre

Getting there

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is 73 km (45 mi) away. Build a real transfer window into the arrival day and do not schedule anything important before midday.

At 7.6 km (4.7 mi) from the centre of Saanich, plan on transport between the hotels and the venue as a line in the budget rather than an afterthought.

Saanich has 6 venues mapped in total and a population of 117,735. The Saanich guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Formats this suits

The seats do not move, which is the whole trade. You get sightlines, acoustics and a lighting rig you would otherwise have to rent, and you give up the ability to put tables in the room. The Butchart Gardens is 3rd of 3 such houses mapped in Saanich.

  • 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.

Pricing a full house here

Take 950 people through the door in The Butchart Gardens — sized from the recorded footprint of The Butchart Gardens at roughly twelve square feet a head. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.

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.

1,000
activated attendees at The Butchart Gardens, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Nearby alternatives

2 other venues in Saanich have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

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
  • 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, year opened, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance and more.

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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.

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Questions people actually ask

How big is The Butchart Gardens?

The recorded footprint is 2,368,060 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 The Butchart Gardens?

800 Benvenuto Ave, Saanich, British Columbia V8M 1J8, Canada. It is 7.6 km (4.7 mi) from the centre of Saanich. The nearest major airport is Vancouver International Airport (YVR), about 73 km (45 mi) away.

What does an event app cost for an event at The Butchart Gardens?

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 The Butchart Gardens 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 The Butchart Gardens?

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 The Butchart Gardens is booked?

Charlie White Theatre (315) and ArtSpring Theatre (259) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 6 venues in total are mapped in Saanich.

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