Vancouver Park Board — Special Event Permits

City-wide — Vancouver Park Board parks

Published rates — copied from the operator’s own schedule

Space / item	Who	Published rate	Notes (as published)
Picnic site — Neighbourhood parks (per time slot)	standard	Residential: $93 per event	Fees are per time slot and do not include tax; payment due at time of booking (Picnics in Vancouver parks page)
Picnic site — Neighbourhood parks (per time slot)	commercial	Corporate: $279 per event	Corporate rate applies to all private or commercial organizations; non-profit organizations are exempt and qualify for the residential rate
Picnic site — Specialty parks (per time slot)	standard	Residential: $134 per event	Jericho Pond, Locarno Beach, Maple Grove Park, Riverfront Park
Picnic site — Specialty parks (per time slot)	commercial	Corporate: $402 per event
Picnic site — Premium parks (per time slot)	standard	Residential: $249 per event	John Hendry/Trout Lake, Stanley Park Prospect Point, Railway and Second Beach sites
Picnic site — Premium parks (per time slot)	commercial	Corporate: $747 per event
Kitchen access — Stanley Park Second Beach and Stanley Park Railway	—	$63 plus GST flat	Available upon request; additional charge (Picnics page)
Special Event Application Fee	—	41.00 flat	2025 Fees & Charges, Park Use Permits — Special Events; pre-tax, includes 3% Amenity Improvement Fee; effective Jan 1, 2025
Alcohol Permit	—	818.00 flat	2025 Fees & Charges, Park Use Permits — Special Events
Community-based Events — Neighbourhood Parks, Level 1	—	129.00/day	2025 Fees & Charges; Levels 2–6 range to 1,613.00 (Neighbourhood) and higher in Premium/Specialty parks; Level 7 negotiable
Citywide Events — Festivals/Concerts/Sports, Neighbourhood Parks, Level 1	—	319.00/day	2025 Fees & Charges; Commercial/Private Events are Negotiable
Wedding Permit Application Fee	—	61.00 flat	2025 Fees & Charges; wedding ceremonies in Neighbourhood Parks from 180.00 (up to 1 hour, up to 10 people) to 813.00 (up to 4 hours, over 30 people)

Every figure is copied exactly as published in Picnics in Vancouver parks — City of Vancouver (picnic rates); 2025 Fees & Charges Appendix A, Park Use Permits — Special Events — Vancouver Park Board (Nov 25, 2024) — nothing is estimated or rounded by us. Schedule: Picnic rates as published on the booking page, checked 2026-10-23; special-event fees effective Jan 1, 2025. Add-ons (custodial, security, insurance, taxes) apply exactly as the operator’s schedule states.

Spaces you can rent

designated picnic sitespicnic shelterswashroomsgrass fieldskitchen (Stanley Park Second Beach and Stanley Park Railway, on request)parking

Picnic site — Fraser River Parkup to 150

Picnic site — Jericho Pondup to 150

Picnic site — Maple Grove Parkup to 75

Picnic site — Memorial South Parkup to 75

Picnic site — New Brighton Parkup to 150

Picnic sites — Stanley Park (Prospect Point, Railway, Second Beach)up to 150

Bookable parks & sites in this programme

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Use policy — as the operator publishes it

⛔ Key restrictions in the operator’s own policyA permit is required to reserve a designated picnic site; non-designated locations require a completed special event application to [email protected] (Picnics page). Under the Parks Control By-law, no person may operate an amplifying system or loud speaker, hold a gathering/meeting, or erect a tent/structure in a park without the written permission of the General Manager first had and obtained. Special-event approval tiers (Park Board Special Events policy): no permit required under 50 people with shared space and no setup/structures/PA; staff approval up to 1,000 people; Board approval over 1,000 people or for gated/admission events, liquor requests outside policy, or extensive setup. Alcohol: staff can approve special occasion licensed areas only when the sale of alcohol is supplemental to the event, the event is not in a mini or neighbourhood park, minors are not the prime focus, the operator is a community service organization using profits for its activities, hours parallel the event or run noon–9:30 p.m., and an approved security plan is in place. New major special events must be applied for six months in advance. Picnic fees are per time slot, exclude tax, and are due at booking; most picnic sites have no electric outlets, and inflatables/food trucks are prohibited except where a permit and authorization allow them (site-by-site on the Picnics page).

Book or ask

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Rates & details: Picnics in Vancouver parks — City of Vancouver (picnic rates); 2025 Fees & Charges Appendix A, Park Use Permits — Special Events — Vancouver Park Board (Nov 25, 2024) · Checked Oct 23, 2026 · vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/picnics.aspx ↗

How to read this listing. We checked — on the date shown — that this programme is real, publicly listed, and rents the spaces described, using the operator’s own pages. That’s a listing check, not an inspection and not a recommendation: we haven’t attended events there or verified insurance or licences. Prices, capacity and availability come from the operator’s own schedule and can change — confirm directly with the operator before you book or pay anything.

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