Every year there are Roads and Seawalls closures in Stanley Park for events.  This page will list the road and seawall closures that affect Stanley Park.

• November 11, 2022 morning - There may be road closures as part of the Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place at Stanley Park.

• October 11, 2022 10:30pm - 5:30am - The Stanley Park Causeway will be closed for paving.  Access to Lions Gate Bridge will be maintained by detours through Stanley Park.
• October 12, 2022 10:30pm - 5:30am - Stanley Park Causeway will be closed for paving.  Access to Lions Gate Bridge will be maintained by detours through Stanley Park.

• September 5, 2022 6am - 10:30am - Most roads in Stanley Park will be closed until 11am due to the Vancouver Triathlon.
• September 10, 2022 3am - 10am - There will be a limited road closure for the RBC GranFondo Whistler.  Also, the Lions Gate Bridge NORTHBOUND will be closed for the bicyclists to head to Whistler.

August 16-18, 2022: Crews will be cutting back brush along Stanley Park Drive from 7am to 1pm.  There may be some traffic stoppages during this period.

July 31 -Thurlow St., Robson St., Denman St., and Beach Avenue will have closures for the Vancouver Pride Parade.  Sunset Beach Park will be used for a festival.

Parts of the Stanley Park Seawall from Second Beach to Lumbermens' Arch AND from Devonian Harbour Park to Avison Way will be closed from 9am to 1pm for the BMO Vancouver Marathon.

A section of the Stanley Park Seawall from Third Beach to Prospect Point remains closed due to storm damage.  It is anticipated that it will re-open by the end of April 2022.

April 24, 2022 8am-11:30am - Car and Bus access to Stanley Park will be extremely limited or non-existent in the morning due to the Vancouver Sun Run.  The Sun Run runners will run down Georgia Street, then turn left onto Denman Street, then onto Beach Ave/Pacific Blvd.  So, when the runners are running, both the Georgia Street and Beach Ave entrances to Stanley Park will essentially be unavailable until all the runners have passed.

The Lions Gate Bridge and Stanley Park Causeway through Stanley Park will be completely closed overnight for work on the counterflow lights upgrade on the following days:

• April 29, 2022 10pm to April 30, 2022 8am
• April 30, 2022 8pm to May 1, 2022 5am
• May 1, 2022 8pm to May 2, 2022 5am

Note that the sidewalks will remain open.

May 1, 2022 6:30am - 11am -All roads in Stanley Park will be closed for the BMO Vancouver International Marathon.  The Stanley Park Causeway will remain open.

May 1, 2022: Note that there will be lots of road closures in the West End and Coal Harbour as part of the marathon also.  Check the marathon's website for more details.

2019 Stanley Park Road and Seawall Closures for Terry Fox Run on Sunday, September 15, 2019

The road closures for the Terry Fox Run are:

• There will be occasional road closures of Stanley Park Drive at Ceperley Park when the 3k route runners/walkers need to cross the street.  This will occur from about 10:15am to noon.
• The Stanley Park Seawall will remain open during this event, but there will be hundreds of runners from 10am to noon.
• The path around Lost Lagoon and the paths between Lost Lagoon and Ceperley Park will remain open during this event, but there will be hundreds of runners from 10am to noon.

2019 Stanley Park Road and Seawall Closures for RBC GranFondo on Saturday, September 7, 2019

The road closures for the RBC GranFondo are:

• 5:30am-8am: The Stanley Park Causeway and Lions Gate Bridge will be closed for northbound traffic from 5:30am to 8am.  One southbound lane will be open on the Stanley Park Causeway and Lions Gate Bridge.
• The Georgia Street entrance to Stanley Park and Stanley Park Drive will be closed from 3am to 8am.
• The Stanley Park Seawall will remain open during this event.

2019 Stanley Park Road and Seawall Closures for SeaWheeze Run

The Stanley Park road and seawall closures for the SeaWheeze Run on Saturday, August 17, 2019 are:

• 6am to 11am: The Stanley Park Seawall will be closed from English Bay(at Bidwell St.) to Lumbermens' Arch.  Bicycle and pedestrian detours will be in effect.
• 6am to 11am: Stanley Park Drive will be reduced to 1 lane for driving.

2019 Stanley Park Road and Seawall Closures for SeaWheeze Festival

The Stanley Park road and seawall closures for the SeaWheeze Festival on Saturday, August 17, 2019 are:

• 4pm-11pm: The festival will take place at the Brockton Playing Fields.
• 7pm-11pm: Stanley Park Drive will be reduced to 1 lane.  Give yourself lots of extra time to reach the festival!
• after 10pm: There will be road closures after 10pm from the roundabout at the Georgia Street entrance to Stanley Park to the Brockton Playing Fields to allow event participants to exit.

2019 Stanley Park Road and Seawall Closures for Ratha Yatra (Festival of India) Parade

The Stanley Park road and seawall closures for the Ratha Yatra (Festival of India) on Sunday, August 18, 2019 are:

• 11am?-3pm: Beach Avenue from Howe St. to Stanley Park.
• 11am?-3pm: Stanley Park Drive from Beach Avenue to Ceperley Park.

Stanley Park and West End Road Closures for Celebration of Light 2019 Fireworks

The road closures for the Celebration of Light Fireworks and Festival on Saturday July 27, Wednesday July 31, and Saturday August 3, 2019 are:

• 10am to 7pm: Beach Avenue from Pacific to Davie with periodic traffic control for event load in.
• 7pm to 12am: Davie from Denman to Burrard, Denman from Alberni to Beach, Beach/Pacific from Stanley park to Thurlow.

The transit reroutes for the Celebration of Light Fireworks and Festival are: Bus #5, #6, #23 will be rerouted west of Burrard.  Skytrain and Canada Line will run at peak service levels in the evening.  Last trains out of Waterfront at 1:15am!  Seabus will run every 15 minutes until 12:30am then every 30 minutes until 1:22am which is the last sailing out of Waterfront station.

Stanley Park and West End Road Closures for Pride Parade 2019

The road closures for the Pride Parade 2019 on Sunday August 4, 2019 are from 7am to approximately 3:30pm for:

• Thurlow from West Georgia to Nelson
• Alberni from Bute to Burrard
• Robson from Denman to Burrard
• Denman from West Georgia to Beach
• Beach/Pacific from Denman to Thurlow

Local Traffic Access Points for the Pride Parade 2019 on Sunday August 4, 2019 are :

• EXIT West End via Nelson, Comox, Thurlow, Harwood, or Burnaby
• ENTER West End via Harwood, Burnaby, or Davie(up to Thurlow)

The transit reroutes for the Pride Parade 2019 are: Bus #5, #6, #23 will be rerouted west of Burrard.

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