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Canada Day in Surrey is celebrated on July 1st at the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre with a carnival midway, entertainment and family-friendly activities.

Surrey’s Canada Day celebrations feature activities at the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre. Tens of thousands of people attend the event each year.

For the event’s official website, click Canada Day in Surrey.

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Canada Day in Surrey

One of the largest Canada Day events in the Lower Mainland, the Surrey celebrations are especially popular with young families during the day and people of all ages at night.

Highlights of Canada Day in Surrey include the amusement rides and fireworks every year. Except for the rides, the festivities are free!

Where and When

Surrey Canada Day celebrations are at the Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre which is located at 17728 64th Avenue by the Cloverdale Fairgrounds at the corner of 176th Street & 64th. The venue is a nice, large grassy field, which makes it a perfect place for the carnival rides and free outdoor concerts.

The event typically runs from 10:00 am until 10:30 pm. Live entertainment happens throughout the day and the fireworks blast off at about 10:15 pm.

TIP: If it’s a sunny day take lots of sunscreen, water and a hat as it can be hot and there isn’t a lot of shade.

For the most up-to-date details about the event, visit the City of Surrey‘s website.

Surrey Canada Day Activities

Activities at Surrey’s Canada Day celebrations include carnival rides, kids’ activities, live entertainment and the evening’s fireworks. At the 2024 Surrey Canada Day event there were also more than 30 food trucks. The Tavern is a place for adults to enjoy craft beer and wine. There’s also an Indigenous Village, where people can learn about Indigenous culture and shop from local vendors.

Canada Day Amusement Rides

Canada Day in Surrey is one of the few July 1st events in the Lower Mainland that features serious carnival-style amusement rides.

Other Canada Day event venues might have bouncy castles and inflatable slides for little kids, but in Surrey there’s usually a Ferris Wheel, the Zipper and Zero Gravity, among other attractions.

Tickets for the amusement rides at Surrey’s 2024 Canada Day event cost $1.50 and the rides geared towards children required between three and five tickets each. The adult rides cost between four and seven tickets each. Books of 20 tickets were also available for $30, and books of 40 cost $50.

Amusement Ride Tips

TIP #1: To avoid the longest lineups, hit the rides early in the day. By the afternoon the place is pretty busy!

TIP #2: Ride tickets are non-refundable, so be sure to use them up well before the fireworks start at the end of the day.

TIP #3: If you find you can’t use up all your tickets, it’s good to know that the tickets don’t expire. You can use them again next year, or at a Shooting Stars Amusements event at another time (like at the Abbotsford Agrifair in August on the BC Day Long Weekend).

For the event’s official website, click Canada Day in Surrey.

Canada Day Live Entertainment

There is lots of live entertainment at Surrey’s Canada Day celebrations. About 30 artists perform! The 2024 event featured multiple stages, including the Prospera Main Stage, Siam Stage, KPU Community Stage, and Kids’ Stage. Performance schedules for 2024 are listed below.

Prospera Main Stage (2024)

10:45 am – Welcome
11:30 am – Duniya Dance
12:30 pm – Kara-Kata Afrobeat Group
1:30 pm – Cedar Hills Caledonian Pipe Band, O’ Canada with Karishma Deo, Opening Ceremony
2:30 pm – Los Grandes
3:30 pm – M’Girl
4:30 pm – Coco Jafro
5:30 pm – Coast to Coast
6:30 pm – Don Amero
7:00 pm – DJ Marvel
7:30 pm – Indigenous Cultural Sharing with Semiahmoo and Kwantlen First Nations
7:45 pm – Sass Jordan
8:30 pm – DJ Marvel
9:00 pm – The Sheepdogs
10:15 pm – Fireworks

Siam Stage (2024)

11:00 am – Indigenous Welcome with Semiahmoo First Nation & Kwel Eng Sen Dancers
12:00 pm – White Thunder Dance Theatre
1:00 pm – Nette
2:00 pm – Norine Braun Duo
3:00 pm – Wayne Lavallee Duo
4:00 pm – Mark Ledlin
5:00 pm – Semiah
6:00 pm – Billy Joe Green Band

For full details about the event, visit the City of Surrey‘s website.

KPU Community Stage (2024)

11:00 am – Xtreme Cheer & Dance
11:30 am – Anemos Greek Dance Group
12:00 pm – K-pop Dance Lesson with Yunik Dance
12:30 pm – Hip Hop Dance Demo with Praise Team
1:00 pm – Chinese Dance Demo with Aura School of Dance
1:30 pm – Kids Dance Party
2:00 pm – Zumba Demo
2:30 pm – Thistlebrook Academy of Highland Dance
3:00 pm – Higher Ground Dance Battle 1
3:30 pm – Learn to Métis Jig with Fergus Dalton
4:00 pm – Brazilian Swag
4:30 pm – Rangla Punjab Arts
5:00 pm – Higher Ground Dance Battle 2
5:30 pm – Dancing For Dessert Ballroom & Latin Dance Studio
6:00 pm – Afrobeats Dance Lesson with Annabelle Egwalu
6:30 pm – Wookiez Beatbox Demo
7:00 pm – Higher Ground Dance Battle Finale
7:30 pm – DJ Heer
9:00 pm – DJ A-SLAM & Lady Sincerre

Kids’ Stage (2024)

11:30 am – Magical Kingdom Sing and Dance A-long Show
12:30 pm – Terrence Wang Learn to Yo-yo Workshop
1:30 pm – Penny Pom Pom
2:30 pm – Mooshwa & Amisk ft. Pat Calihou
3:30 pm – Terrance Wang
4:30 pm – Will’s Jams

Surrey Canada Day Fireworks

Surrey is one of a few places in the Lower Mainland where you can see Canada Day fireworks. The pyrotechnics start at 10:15 pm each year and although not quite as extensive as the displays at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver used to be (until they got permanently cancelled), they are always still impressive.