VancouverInvestmentsCapital service · 2023
Arts, culture & heritage
The City of Vancouver's 2023 capital expenditure budget puts $21.6M into arts, culture & heritage, 3.0% of the year; the largest program is “Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) Amphitheatre Planning & Design”.
Source: City of Vancouver open data, capital budget 2023.
$21.6M
capital expenditure budget, 2023
By year, 2021–2026
$38.4M in 2021 · $86.2M in 2026
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Its programs, 2023
Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) Amphitheatre Planning & DesignEntertainment & exhibition$4.0M2019-2022 Capital Maintenance - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$2.2MPlayland Redevelopment PlanningEntertainment & exhibition$1.7M2019-2022 Cultural Infrastructure Grant programCultural facilities$1.3M2023-2026 Cultural Capital Grant programCultural facilities$1.3M2023-2026 Civic Theatre upgradesCultural facilities$1.2M2019-2022 New Public Art installationsPublic art$1.0MGrant - 411 Seniors Centre SocietyCultural facilities$800kShow 38 more
Chinatown Memorial Square RedesignHeritage$675k2015-2018 Cultural Infrastructure Grant programCultural facilities$653k2015-2018 New Public Art installationsPublic art$597k2019-2022 Renovations - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$543k2019-2022 Cultural Capital GrantsCultural facilities$477k2019-2022 Capital Maintenance - Entertainment & Exhibition FacilitiesEntertainment & exhibition$402k2023-2026 Maintenance of Public ArtPublic art$400k2023-2026 New Public Art delivered by the CityPublic art$400k2019-2022 Maintenance - existing Public ArtPublic art$363kChinese Society Building Grant ProgramHeritage$350k2023-2026 Capital Maintenance - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$300k2023-2026 Capital Maintenance - Entertainment & ExhibitionEntertainment & exhibition$300k2023-2026 Grant To Heritage FoundationHeritage$300kVancouver Civic Theatres - Marquee SignsCultural facilities$258k2023-2026 Chinatown Cultural Partnership GrantsCultural facilities$250kDetailed design for Firehall Arts Theatre renewal & expansionCultural facilities$250k2019-2022 Planning & Research - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$234kFirst Nations Signage for Šxʷƛ̓Exən Xwtl’A7Shn and Šxʷƛ̓Ənəq Xwtl’E7ÉNḵ SquareCultural facilities$200k2019-2022 Renovations - Entertainment & ExhibitionEntertainment & exhibition$187k2023-2026 Renovations - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$150kQueen Elizabeth Theatre - Office RenovationsCultural facilities$125k2023-2026 Planning & Studies - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$100kFacade Grant - 265 Carrall StreetHeritage$100kQueen Elizabeth Theatre - furnitureCultural facilities$89kProperty Acquisition - September 2016Cultural facilities$69kChinese Cultural Centre - renovationsCultural facilities$50kGrant - Vancouver Cultural Spaces Fund - BC Artscape Society (BCA)Cultural facilities$50kQueen Elizabeth Theatre - Base Building ImprovementsCultural facilities$50kSun Yat-Sen Garden - Capital maintenanceCultural facilities$50k2015-2018 Cultural Planning and researchCultural facilities$38kQueen Elizabeth Theatre seat cup holders & Mobile orderingCultural facilities$38kCCTV Cameras - Civic Theatre VenuesCultural facilities$25kChinatown Museum Spoke #2Cultural facilities$25kQueen Elizabeth Theatre Audio & Lighting PackageCultural facilities$23kOrpheum Theatre - Digital Bar SignsCultural facilities$18k2015-2018 Public Art Boost - CapitalPublic art$13k2015-2018 Capital Maintenance - Cultural FacilitiesCultural facilities$11kQueen Elizabeth Theatre/Vancouver Playhouse - Video PackageCultural facilities$8kIn 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.