VancouverInvestmentsCapital service · 2026
Arts, culture & heritage
The City of Vancouver's 2026 capital expenditure budget puts $86.2M into arts, culture & heritage, 9.6% of the year; the largest program is “PNE Amphitheatre renewal & expansion”.
Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2026.
$86.2M
capital expenditure budget, 2026
By year, 2021–2026
$38.4M in 2021 · $86.2M in 2026
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Its programs, 2026
PNE Amphitheatre renewal & expansionEntertainment & exhibition$65.5MHastings Park - Pacific National Exhibition Master Plan: Infrastructure implementationEntertainment & exhibition$4.0M2023-2026 Capital Maintenance - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$3.5MChinatown Memorial Square RedesignHeritage$3.1MVancouver Civic Theatres Capital Maintenance – Orpheum TheatreCultural facilities$1.8M2023-2026 Capital Maintenance - Entertainment & ExhibitionEntertainment & exhibition$825k2023-2026 Civic Theatre upgradesCultural facilities$750k2023-2026 Cultural Capital Grant programCultural facilities$750kShow 17 more
2023-2026 New Public Art delivered by the CityPublic art$750kHistoric Joy Kogawa House renewalCultural facilities$700kFirst Nations Signage for Šxʷƛ̓Exən Xwtl’A7Shn and Šxʷƛ̓Ənəq Xwtl’E7ÉNḵ SquareCultural facilities$648k2023-2026 Maintenance of Public ArtPublic art$582k2019-2022 New Public Art installationsPublic art$500k2023-2026 Chinatown Cultural Partnership GrantsCultural facilities$404kFireHall Arts Theatre - Capital MaintenanceCultural facilities$340kRenovations - Entertainment & exhibitionEntertainment & exhibition$340k2023-2026 Renovations - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$336k2023-2026 Grant To Heritage FoundationHeritage$300k2023-2026 Planning & Studies - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$286k2019-2022 Maintenance - existing Public ArtPublic art$252k2015-2018 New Public Art installationsPublic art$200k2019-2022 Cultural Infrastructure Grant programCultural facilities$194kFacade Grant - 265 Carrall StreetHeritage$100k2019-2022 Capital Maintenance - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$60k2019-2022 Heritage Facade rehabilitation programHeritage$50kIn the 2023–2026 Capital Plan: $274M, by sub-category
Entertainment & exhibition4 programs$182M
Cultural facilities13 programs$56.0M
Heritage4 programs$20.3M
Public art3 programs$15.3M
Prior Capital Plan Items1 programs$235k
About these figures
Each program is listed under the service the year’s budget file gives it; a program can move from one service to another between budgets.