Canada Day is celebrated in Fort Langley with live entertainment and family-friendly activities in town and at the historic fort.
The event in the village at Fort Langley is a lot of fun, and it includes free activities at the Fort Langley National Historic Site too.
For details about the event at the historic fort on July 1st in 2024, see the Parks Canada website. To learn about everything happen in the area, continue reading.
Fort Langley on Canada Day
Fort Langley’s Canada Day celebrations include free activities at the BC Farm Museum, Heritage CNR Station and the Fort Langley Historic Site.
Canada Day isn’t a huge event in Fort Langley. It’s big for a small town, but not massive like the celebrations in some parts of the Lower Mainland. It’s a fun community event however, and definitely worth checking out. July 1st is also an especially good day to visit the fort.
The festivities in Fort Langley in 2024 ran from around 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.
Fort Langley Historic Site on Canada Day
Activities also take place on Canada Day at the Fort Langley National Historic Site. The Citizenship Ceremony kicks things off at 10:30 am. In 2024 there were Indigenous plant walks and blacksmithing and cooperage demonstrations. This year’s event also featured live performances by the Diamond Music Makers, Blackthorn Blossoms, The Wild Moccasin Dancers, Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers, and more.
Entrance to the fort is free on Canada Day. If you are in the area, it’s definitely worth checking out and seeing all the history the fort has to offer.
The full schedule at the fort for 2024 was as follows:
- 10:30 am – Citizenship Ceremony
- 11:00 am – Indigenous Plant Walk
- 11:30 am – Native Plant Tea Demonstration
- 12:00 pm – Diamond Music Makers
- 12:30 pm – Blackthorn Blossoms (francophone musical performance)
- 1:30 pm – The Wild Moccasin Dancers
- 2:00 pm – Jigging Performance (with V’ni Dansi)
- 3:00 pm – Central Fraser Valley Fiddlers
To learn more about events at the historic site, see our article about Fort Langley Events or visit the Parks Canada website.
Canada Day Activities at the BC Farm Museum
In 2024 most of the events around Fort Langley ran from 10:00 am until around 3:00 pm. Some of them, like the ones at the historic fort, ran until 4:00 or 5:00 pm, but the BC Farm Museum wrapped up at 3:00 pm.
The BC Farm Museum is located at 9131 King Street. It’s just a couple of blocks from the Fort Langley National Historic Site.
The BC Farm Museum hosts a number of Canada Day activities in the street outside the museum. In 2024 Aldor Acres was there with a petting zoo. There is also a clown doing balloon twisting for kids, a scavenger hunt with prizes, and craft activities for children. At the event there are also butter-making, rope-making and blacksmithing demonstrations as well as live entertainment. The Fort Langley Lions Club is also on site selling food and drinks.
Below was the entertainment lineup for Canada Day outside the BC Farm Museum on July 1st in 2024
- 10:30 am – Penny Pom Pom & Fae the Garden Fairy
- 11:20 am – Kat Moon Music (a two-person band playing music from the 1960s to the present)
- 1:00 pm – Tom Welsh (singer/songwriter)
- 1:50 pm – Louie-Quinn Jazz Duo
Heritage CNR Station
The Heritage CNR Station is another interesting place to visit on Canada Day. Located at 23245 Mavis Avenue, the venue is open to the public on weekends and statutory holidays between the Victoria Day Long Weekend in May and Thanksgiving in October.
On July 1st folks can explore the 1947 passenger car and the telegraph office from the 1920s. On the day before Canada Day in 2024, on June 30th, the Youth Concert Showcase Series took place outside the CNR Station. That event involved free live music presented by the Fort Langley Jazz Festival. It took place on Sunday afternoons until July 14th.
Other Information
For further details about the celebrations in Langley, see our article about Canada Day in the Township of Langley or visit the Township of Langley website.
For more information about the national historic site, see our article about Fort Langley or the Parks Canada website.
To learn about other things to do while in the area, check out Fort Langley, Surrey or the Fraser Valley.
For a list of July 1st events in other parts of the Lower Mainland, click Canada Day in Metro Vancouver.
For a video of July 1st celebrations in different communities, click Vancouver Canada Day Video.
