Canada Place

Coordinates: 49.288635°N 123.111119°W

Canada Place, co-named Komagata Maru Place,[4][5][6][7] is

Canada Place
a building situated on the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada.[8] It is home to the Vancouver Convention
Centre, the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, the Vancouver World
Trade Centre, and the virtual flight experience Flyover in
Vancouver.[9] The building's exterior is covered by fabric roofs
resembling sails.[10] It is also the main cruise ship passenger
terminal for the region, where cruises to Alaska originate. The
building was designed by architects Zeidler Roberts Partnership
in joint venture with Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and
DA Architects + Planners.

Canada Place is accessed via West Cordova Street and near

Waterfront Station, a major transit hub with SkyTrain, SeaBus,
and West Coast Express connections.

The structure was expanded in 2001 to accommodate another

cruise ship berth. During the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada
Place served as the Main Press Centre.[11]

History
General information
Status Completed
Type Convention center

Panorama view of Canada Place's sails

Cruise ship terminal
with the North Shore in the background. Location 999 Canada Place
Vancouver, British
Columbia
V6C 3T4
Country Canada
Coordinates 49.288635°N
123.111119°W
Current Vancouver Convention
tenants Centre
Canada Place with Downtown Vancouver
Pan Pacific Vancouver
Hotel
Canada Place was built on the land which was originally the
Vancouver World
Canadian Pacific Railway's Pier B–C. Built in 1927, its primary
Trade Centre
purpose was to serve CPR and other shipping lines trading
across the Pacific Ocean.[2]
In 1978 Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments Construction March 9, 1983
commenced planning for development of convention, cruise started
ship and hotel facilities. Four years later, the Government of
Completed December 1985
Canada created a crown corporation, the Canada Harbour Place
Corporation (known as Canada Place Corporation until 2012), Opened May 2, 1986
to develop the Canada Place project on the Pier B–C site. Renovated 2011
Construction began when Queen Elizabeth II arrived on the
Royal Yacht Britannia with Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Cost CA$400 million
Canada and William R. Bennett, Premier of BC to initiate the Renovation CA$21 million
first concrete pour.[12] cost
Owner Port Metro Vancouver
During Expo 86, the Canada Pavilion at Canada Place was
opened by Prince Charles and Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister Height 81.5 metres (267 ft)
of Canada. Among the largest and most elaborate pavilions Technical details
presented by any nation at any World's Fair, the Canada
Pavilion hosted more than 5 million visitors prior to the October Floor count 23
13, 1986 closing date. Design and construction
Architect(s) Eberhard Zeidler /
Canada Place Corporation (CPC), a Crown agent, continues to
Barry Downs
act as the coordinating landlord for Canada Place facilities.[13]
Architecture Joint venture: Zeidler
In 2024, Canada Place was co-named Komagata Maru Place in firm Roberts Partnership,
honor of a 1914 incident when the Komagata Maru steamship MCMP & DA Architects
(also known as the Guru Nanak Jahaaz) brought 376 Punjabis + Planners
(337 Sikhs, 27 Muslims and 12 Hindus) to Vancouver, most of
whom were denied entry, detained for two months with a lack Structural Geiger Engineers
of medical aid, food or water, and then forced to return back to engineer
India, where many were killed by British authorities.[4][5][6][7] Renovating team
Renovating Ledcor Group of
Events firm Companies
Website
Throughout the year many community events are held at and
www.canadaplace.ca (https://www.cana
hosted by Canada Place.[14]
daplace.ca/)
References
Pan Pacific Vancouver [1][2][3]

The Pan Pacific Vancouver opened in January 1986 and has 503 rooms and suites, two restaurants, and a
lounge.

The hotel is operated by Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts.

 Pan Pacific Vancouver lobby Canada Place, night view

Heritage Horns
The Heritage Horns, formerly known as the 12 O'clock Horn, 0:00 / 0:00
sound the first four notes of O Canada every day at noon and can
be heard throughout Downtown Vancouver and beyond. The ten Touch play to hear horns
horns have five facing north and five facing east on the roof of the
Pan Pacific hotel and have an output of 115 Decibels. They were
originally on the roof of the BC Hydro building (now The Electra) and were silent when the headquarters
was converted to condominiums in the early 1990s. The horns started sounding again on November 8,
1994 after being acquired, refurbished, and relocated to Canada Place. Due to complaints, the timer was
changed from mechanical to electrical soon after to make them accurate.[15] They sounded 26 times during
the 2010 Olympics, once for each medal won by Canada. The first was at 7:30pm on February 13 for a
silver won by Jennifer Heil.[16] The Heritage Horns were also sounding at 7:00 p.m. each evening from
March 26 to April 16, 2020 in support of essential service workers across Canada.[17] Another notable time
signal in the area is the 9 O'Clock Gun across the harbour in Stanley Park.

The north five of the ten Heritage

Horns.

See also
Ballantyne Pier—overflow cruise ship terminal in Vancouver
CPR Pier B and C
The Drop (sculpture)
Expo 86

References
 1. "Our History" (https://web.archive.org/web/20110716060520/http://www.canadaplace.ca/Our
_Story/Our_History). Canada Place Corporation. Archived from the original (http://www.cana
daplace.ca/Our_Story/Our_History) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
2. "Canada Place" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120313065754/http://www.pnwarchitecture.c
om/Printer.php?ID=61&CL=fr). Pacific Northwest Architecture. Artefaqs Corporation.
Archived from the original (http://www.pnwarchitecture.com/Printer.php?ID=61&CL=fr) on
2012-03-13. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
3. "Federal stimulus fund to cover cost of Canada Place roof upgrade" (https://web.archive.org/
web/20110123035049/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.ht
ml?id=958b111e-d809-4195-a094-9554ba997e9e). The Vancouver Sun. CanWest.
November 30, 2009. Archived from the original (http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/
westcoastnews/story.html?id=958b111e-d809-4195-a094-9554ba997e9e) on January 23,
2011. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
4. "Prominent Vancouver street given 2nd name in honour of Komagata Maru ship" (https://ww
w.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/komagata-maru-place-canada-place-renaming-1.71
10759/). CBC. 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
5. "Vancouver unveils street signs for Komagata Maru Place" (https://vancouversun.com/news/l
ocal-news/vancouver-komagata-maru-place/). Vancouver Sun. 2024-02-09. Retrieved
2024-02-10.
6. "Canada Place given secondary name and signage honouring Komagata Maru passengers"
(https://globalnews.ca/news/10285233/komagata-maru-signage-canada-place/). Global
News. 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
7. "Honorary Komagata Maru street signs unveiled near Vancouver Harbour" (https://bc.ctvnew
s.ca/honorary-komagata-maru-street-signs-unveiled-near-vancouver-harbour-1.6763385/).
CTV News. 2024-02-09. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
8. "Canada Place" (https://www.canadaplace.ca/). Canada Place |. 2015-09-30. Retrieved
2022-03-19.
9. "Flyover in Vancouver | Canada Place" (https://www.canadaplace.ca/facility/flyover-canad
a/). 2 October 2015.
10. Pound, Richard W. (2005). 'Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates'.
Fitzhenry and Whiteside.
11. "Highlights of the week" (http://www.olympic.org/vancouver-2010-winter-olympics).
International Olympic Committee. January 15, 2010. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
12. "History | Canada Place" (https://www.canadaplace.ca/about-us/history/). Canada Place |.
2015-10-02. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
13. "About Us | Canada Place" (https://www.canadaplace.ca/about-us/). Canada Place |. 2015-
09-22. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
14. "Events | Canada Place" (https://www.canadaplace.ca/events/). Canada Place |. 2015-09-
22. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
15. Heritage Horns (http://www.canadaplace.ca/At_Canada_Place/Attractions/Heritage_Horns)
Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20130403032914/http://www.canadaplace.ca/At_Can
ada_Place/Attractions/Heritage_Horns) 2013-04-03 at the Wayback Machine.
Canadaplace.ca. Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
16. VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS | THE CHAMPIONS OF THE GAMES :: ROBERT
SWANSON’S O CANADA HERITAGE HORNS TRUMPET CANADIAN MEDALISTS |
designKULTUR (http://designkultur.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/2010-vancouver-winter-olym
pics-the-champions-of-the-games-robert-swansons-o-canada-heritage-horns-trumpet-canadi
an-medalists/). Designkultur.wordpress.com (2010-02-28). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
17. "Heritage Horns | Canada Place" (https://www.canadaplace.ca/experience/heritage-horns/?d
oing_wp_cron=1586139052.4059989452362060546875). 2 October 2015.
External links
Official website (https://www.canadaplace.ca/)

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