Roundhouse Arts and Recreation Centre

Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre

What you need to know

Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre – located in downtown Vancouver's Yaletown neighbourhood – is a historic railway complex with arts, crafts, and leisure spaces.

Our facility has after-school child care; dance, pottery, and woodworking studios; a gymnasium; multi-purpose rooms; exhibition space; and a 200-seat theatre. We are also home to Engine 374, a locomotive that pulled the first trans-continental passenger train across Canada and into Vancouver in 1887.

Register for recreation programs and services

  • Register for activities
  • Drop-in schedules
  • Recreation passes
  • Facility use requests

Register for, purchase, and view recreation programs and services

Engine 374

Engine 374, the first trans-continental passenger train to Vancouver, is displayed in a glass pavilion at the Roundhouse.

Room rentals

Roundhouse Community Centre has a variety of spaces to suit your needs: wedding, corporate function, meeting or other event.

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Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre

The Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre is jointly operated by the Vancouver Park Board and the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Society (RCARS).

RCARS's mandate for The Roundhouse is to be both a centre for community cultural development, and a community source for recreational activities for all ages, by exploring issues, taking risks, and striving to bring people together in new ways to explore what is important to them.

About the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Society