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Earth Day is on April 22nd. The environment is celebrated in Vancouver that week and later in April with the Party for the Planet and other events.

Other Earth Day activities include special events in Stanley Park, Everett Crowley Park, North Vancouver, Coquitlam, Langley, Maple Ridge, Chilliwack and elsewhere. Some of the events involve gardening and other cleanup activities. Other are educational. Sometimes, one or two events might also take the form of an environment-related protest.

Earth Day itself takes place on April 22nd, which in 2026 is a Wednesday. Some Lower Mainland Earth Day events happen on the official day, but many take place on the weekend. In the case of Party for the Planet, for example, it took place on Saturday, April 26th in 2025.

See below for details about Earth Day events that happened this year as well as ones that happened in 2024. Some of this year’s activities were still to be confirmed.

This article includes information about the following events:

Earth Day Celebrations in Metro Vancouver

Party for the Planet is definitely the largest Earth Day event in the Lower Mainland. There are smaller events that usually happen as well.

Click on any of the links above for information about a specific event or topic, or continue reading to learn about all of the region’s various events celebrating planet earth.

Party for the Planet

Party for the Planet took place on Saturday, April 26th in 2025. So, the same as has been the case in the past, it isn’t actually on Earth Day itself. The venue is City Hall Plaza at 13450-104th Avenue in Surrey.

Concerts and performances usually take place at a number of different stages throughout the day. There are also environmental workshops, plants and arts vendors, and plenty of food trucks.

See our article about Party for the Planet to learn more about the event.

Earth Day in Stanley Park

The Stanley Park Ecology Society hosts a fairly “down-to-earth” event most years in the area of Stanley Park’s Nature House. The venue is on the southeast shore of Lost Lagoon at the north end of Alberni Street (so close to the edge of the park and the city).

Earth Day activities at the Stanley Park Ecology Society usually happen on the Saturday either just before or just after April 22nd.

Activities usually run from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. Things to do at the Stanley Park event include learning about ecology and conservation. Participants also get to help remove some invasive species (i.e. hard-core weeding).

See the Stanley Park Ecology Society website for more information.

Earth Day at Trout Lake

Trout Lake is the name of the small lake and community centre located inside John Hendry Park in Vancouver. The community centre’s address is 3360 Victoria Drive.

This year the Trout Lake Community Centre hosted an Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 12th. It was free to attend and ran from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.

At the event there’s seed potting and seed swaps, street theatre, a nature walk and other activities including the chance to learn about the Indigenous “medicine wheel” teaching method.

Check out the Trout Lake Community Centre website to learn more.

Earth Day at Everett Crowley Park

The Champlain Heights Community Centre hosts a special Earth Day event in South Vancouver most years. In 2025 the event ran from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm on Saturday, April 26th.

The community centre’s address is 3350 Maquinna Drive. The event takes place outdoors at Everett Crowley Park. Weather permitting, as many as 200 to 300 people show up most years.

At the event participants typically get to plant wild flowers and native shrubs. In the past there has also been a cultural dance, a drumming circle and several crafts for all ages. There are free refreshments at the event too.

Visit the Champlain Heights Community Centre website for more information.

Earth Day at the VIFF Centre

The Vancouver International Film Festival only takes place in the fall, but other films show at the VIFF Centre throughout the year. In celebration of Earth Day this year, the cinema hosted two screenings of Our Blue World: A Water Odyssey. It’s a film about water conservation.

The first screening took place at 3:00 pm on April 20th. The second event ran at 6:30 pm on April 22nd and included a post-film discussion. The cinema is located at 1181 Seymour Street. Tickets were available online.

See our article about the VIFF Centre for more details.

Earth Day in North Vancouver

People in North Vancouver gather at a different park each year to mark Earth Day by pulling weeds together.

The event this year took place on Saturday, April 26th, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. The celebration was held at Sunrise Park which is at 1100 East 4th Street. The event featured educational booths, invasive plant pulling and other activities.

Click Earth Day in North Vancouver for more details.

Earth Day in West Vancouver

One way to celebrate Earth Day in West Vancouver is by attending the annual Canadian Federation of University Women West Vancouver event. It often features talks by a panel of passionate students. Topics include environmental change, fast fashion, food waste and more.

The event this year was on Tuesday, April 22nd. Michelle Sheardown, a CFUW member and director of RegenerateBC, was the featured speaker. The event happened at Kiwanis’ Great Hall at 975 21st Street in West Vancouver.

Click CFUW West Vancouver for more information.

Earth Day in Coquitlam

There was an Earth Day Celebration and Clean-Up in 2024. The United Way BC initiative took place on April 20th from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. Something similar likely took place in 2025.

The event in 2024 was at Rochester Park, located at 1390 Rochester Avenue in Coquitlam. People were invited to help clean up the park. All cleaning equipment was provided, and there were free snacks and water too. The event also featured fun games, crafts and activities.

Other events in Coquitlam include the Earth Day Swap and Sale and a variety of hands-on workshops. See the City of Coquitlam‘s website for more details.

Earth Day in Langley

The City of Langley and the Langley Environmental Partners Society hosted an Earth Day celebration at Douglas Park this year. The event was on Saturday, April 26th.

There are a few different things to do at this event. Activities include garden tours, giveaways, games, and more. There are also usually workshops with hands-on activities to try.

See the Langley City website for details on this year’s event.

Earth Day in Maple Ridge

The 2025 edition of Earth Day in Maple Ridge took place at Memorial Peace Park on Saturday, April 26th. The event ran from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.

At the Maple Ridge celebrations there’s a Freecycle event where people can bring their gently-used toys, books and clothing. At the same time and place they can find great “new-to-them” treasures to take home, all for free. Also at the event is live entertainment, a selection of food trucks and a number of farmers’ market vendors.

Check out the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society website for more information about the 2025 event.

Environmental Events in New Westminster

The Fraser River Discovery Centre is an environment-related attraction at the waterfront in New Westminster. It hosts various events over the course of the year including its Super Weekend and River Basin Days events. Although not actually branded as “Earth Day” events, the venue offers some great environmental activities in April.

Super Weekend happens on the final weekend of each month, which was April 26th and 27th in 2025. As of mid-April the details for this month’s Super Weekend had not yet been released, but they would have been fairly similar to last year’s.

In 2024 the centre offered a special one-day Earth Day event on April 20th. That year’s Pollinator Party ran from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. People could drop by anytime to learn about butterflies, bats and other pollinators that are critical to the Fraser River region’s ecosystem.

Admission to the event last year cost $8 for adults (ages 19+), $6 for seniors (ages 65+) and students (with valid ID), and $5 for children (ages 3 to 12). Families with two adults and up to four children got in for just $20. Kids ages 2 and younger entered for free. Admission included access to the centre and its various displays. 2025 details were to be confirmed.

Party for the Planet Raccoon Mascot — Party for the Planet in Surrey

Earth Day in Chilliwack

The Chilliwack Vedder River Cleanup Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping the Chilliwack Vedder River clean. In 2025, the organization hosted an April River Cleanup event on Saturday, April 5th.

This year’s event took place at Thompson Regional Park located at 48600 Chilliwack Lake Road. Participants had to arrive between 8:30 am and 9:30 am to register and pick up cleaning supplies. Then, everyone could clean the river until 1:30 pm at the latest. There were prizes available to win as well.

See the April River Cleanup Facebook page to learn more about this event.

Tips & Advice

Below are some tips and suggestions to help you make the most of your Earth Day experience.

TIP #1: It’s Earth Day, so don’t drive your Hummer to the event. Ride your bike or take public transit if you can instead.

TIP #2: If you’re out in Surrey anyway for the Party for the Planet event, consider dropping by beautiful Bear Creek Park. The spring flowers are starting to come out, so it’s another perfect place to celebrate Earth Day. If you’ve never been, it’s worth visiting.

TIP #3: Do something nice for the environment. Join an invasive weed pull in your neighbourhood, go for a bicycle ride, turn off your lights early in the evening and go green for the day.

TIP #4: Although Earth Day is on April 22nd, unless the date happens to fall on a Saturday or Sunday, events usually take place on either the weekend before or after. If not a lot is happening on the official day in your neighbourhood, do your own thing – get outdoors and explore a Park or Other Place in Nature!