Sporting events

Choose from a number of venues and locations for your next sporting event. Depending on the size, scope, and location of your planned event, there may be different requirements and application processes. Sport hosting grants are also available to groups looking for added support through funding and facilitation.

Learn more about planning sporting events in Vancouver parks

Fields, courts, and diamonds

We have 153 playing fields ranging from regulation-size grass fields and synthetic turf to gravel fields.

Organize a special event

Get details on how to apply to hold your event in a park, on a city street, sidewalk, or public plaza.

Private recreation activities

Want to host a private or commercial recreational activity in a Vancouver park? Find out if you need a permit and how to get one.

Sport hosting grants

Provides financial support for sporting events that might bring significant direct and indirect economic, social, health, and community development benefits to Vancouver

Learn about insurance requirements

Insurance requirements for filming, event, and facility use

We require that you carry liability insurance for events or activities that you hold on or in a City or Park Board property.