The Vancouver Convention Centre is located on the harbourfront and has breathtaking views. Built over land and water with floor to ceiling glass throughout, the new West Building of the Convention Centre is a masterpiece of design, inspiration and sustainability and is located approximately 20 minutes from Vancouver International Airport.

Surrounded by the mountains and located on the waterfront at Canada Place in the heart of beautiful downtown Vancouver, the Vancouver Convention Centre is an award-winning facility. In fiscal year 2010, it hosted 350+ events and 225,000 delegates, and generated more than $215 million in economic activity for the province of British Columbia.

The Vancouver Convention Centre opened in July 1987 after originally serving as the Canada Pavilion at the World's Fair in 1986. Since inception, the facility has demonstrated a constant commitment to service excellence, technical capabilities, and creative high-quality banqueting. With our expansion complete, it has tripled its size to cover 1.1 million square feet (or four city blocks) for a combined total of 466,500 square feet of pre-function, meeting, exhibition, and ballroom space.