Powell Street Festival

The 36th annual Powell Street Festival will be held on August 4th and 5th, 2012 at Oppenheimer Park with venues surrounding the park. 
The Powell Street Festival is a Japanese Canadian celebration of art, culture and heritage. Come and see and experience the dance, music, visual arts, martial arts demos, amateur sumo tournament, craft vendors, traditional displays, and of course, tons of scrumptious Japanese food.

August 4, 5
Powell Street Festival

THE STANLEY PARK TENNIS OPEN

You've heard of the famous Wimbledon Tennis Open, well Vancouver is host to another well-known tennis open. The Stanley Park Open, is one of the biggest amateur tennis tournaments in North America. You won't see the famous world known pros playing here, but you'll see some of the best tennis anywhere. These players are "hungry" for the coveted prize.

Come and enjoy the 81st Stanley Park Open.

Schedules are:
Seniors: July 7-15
Open: July 7-22
Juniors: July 7-14

Vancouver: Did You Know?

This blog on "Vancouver: Did You Know" lists a multitude of interesting facts about Vancouver. Many of these facts are not widely known even among those born here.  MyVancouver4u will continually update this blog with new facts as we come across them. Check back often and if you know some facts please pass them on to us.

• Vancouver was acknowledged by Economist Intelligence Unit as the first city to rank among the top-ten of the world's most liveable cities for five straight years.
• Vancouver is very rich with parks having close to 200 parks including well known Stanley Park.
• Vancouver is the third largest city in Canada.
• The city population was listed as 603,000 in 2011.  The Metro Vancouver area has 2.3 million.
• Vancouver's Chinatown is the second largest in North America.
• Vancouver has the highest proportion (per capita) of Asians of any North American city.
• Vancouver has the highest real estate prices in Canada. 
• The Vancouver Aquarium ranks in the top 5 around the world.
• Approximately 35% of Vancouver’s population are foreign born, the most of any city in the world.
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•  More Facts To Come . . .

Vancouver Greek Days

Vancouver Greek Days are here. The excitement happens between Blenheim and MacDonald along W. 4th. Festivities start at 11am. Look forward to great food, art, wine and dancing.

June 24th