2026 FAMILY GUIDE

Thanksgiving weekend with kids

This is the 2026 guide. New-season dates need fresh verification.

Sat, Oct 10–Mon, Oct 12, 2026 · Vancouver, Metro Vancouver & selected day trips

Guide edited Fri, Oct 9. Each outing shows its own fact-check date.

Orange pumpkins on straw at Richmond Country Farms. — Richmond Country Farms · archive pumpkin-season photograph, 2016 · Photo credits

This 2026 edition has ended.

New-season dates need a fresh check. We’ll add the next edition when the organizers confirm useful family plans.

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About the photographs & image credits

Photographs include venue views, archive events and clearly labelled illustrative images, not live pictures of this week’s activities. Park photographs show the setting rather than a particular market or play session. Images are cropped in the layout.

The apple, music, autumn-fair, Halloween gateway, cardboard-play, circus and park-train artwork are original AI-assisted illustrations for Little Vancouver. They do not depict an actual venue or event. Listings without a checked photo or their own artwork use our original category illustrations, visibly labelled on each card. These symbolic scenes do not show the advertised venue, event, facilities or equipment.

John Hendry Park 202510.jpg by Canmenwalker. CC BY 4.0. Photographed 2025-10-06. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
The Bloedel Conservatory (6622805205).jpg by Guilhem Vellut. CC BY 2.0. Photographed 2011-12-10. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Hastings Park Italian Gardens 2026.JPG by Canmenwalker. CC BY 4.0. Photographed 2026-04-18. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Robson Square Vancouver 01.JPG by Xicotencatl. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photographed 2015-07-17. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivative retains the original license.
Lost Lagoon Vancouver.jpg by Ymblanter. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photographed 2019-08-06. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivative retains the original license.
Car 1220 at Steveston Tram Museum.png by IngeniousPachyderm. CC0 1.0. Photographed 2024-07-28. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivative retains the original license.
General view - VanDusen Botanical Garden - Vancouver, BC - DSC07020.jpg by Daderot. CC0 1.0. Photographed 2015-06-20. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Vancouver Maritime Museum Children Maritime Discovery Centre 2026.JPG by Canmenwalker. CC BY 4.0. Photographed 2026-03-14. Wikimedia thumbnail resized; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Burnaby Central Railway by Richard Eriksson. CC BY 2.0. Photographed 2006-08-19. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Yaletown Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre exterior by James Kruk. CC0 1.0. Photographed 2012-05-27. Resized and WebP-compressed for the web; cropped in display. No change to depicted scene. Reused under CC0 1.0.
Vancouver Art Gallery exterior, Robson Square side by Jason Vanderhill. Public domain. Photographed 2006-05-04. Resized and WebP-compressed for the web; cropped in display. No change to depicted scene. Reused under Public domain.
Gulf of Georgia Cannery Museum 2018.jpg by Wpcpey. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photographed 2018-07-21. Wikimedia thumbnail resized; cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivative retains the original license.
Vancouver Public Library - Central Library by Vince.varona. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2011-11-27. Resized by Wikimedia; cropped in display. No change to depicted scene. Reused under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heritage Hall by Iota 9. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2010-07-09. Resized by Wikimedia; cropped in display. No change to depicted scene. Reused under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vancouver Public Library Terry Salman Branch, 4575 Clancy Loranger Way by Vince.varona. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2011-11-27. Resized and WebP-compressed for the web; cropped in display. No change to depicted scene. Reused under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pumpkins @ Richmond Country Farms Market by GoToVan. CC BY 2.0. Photographed 2016-10-09. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Vancouver Science World.jpg by Franco Ng. CC BY 2.0. Photographed 2013-04-26. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Maan Farms, Abbotsford by GoToVan. CC BY 2.0. Photographed 2020-10-12. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
@Visually Rich - Capilano Suspension Bridge.jpg by Visually Rich. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photographed 2019-03-12. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivative retains CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Langley, BC - Cranberry Festival 1.jpg by James.bc. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2013-10-12. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Cranberries in hands 20170929-OSEC-LSC-2123 (36687305094).jpg by Lance Cheung / U.S. Department of Agriculture. Public domain (U.S. federal government work; Public Domain Mark on USDA Flickr). Photographed 2017-09-29. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Sunset community centre lehoux.jpg by Nic Lehoux / Bing Thom Architects. Attribution-only permission; commercial use and derivatives permitted with credit. Photographed 2008-04-29. Converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Entrance - UBC Botanical Garden - Vancouver, Canada - DSC07676.jpg by Daderot. CC0 1.0. Photographed 2015-06-21. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Granville Island Kids Market inside 2025.jpg by Canmenwalker. CC BY 4.0. Photographed 2025. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Hastings Mill Store.JPG by Iota 9 at English Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2010-05-28. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivatives retain CC BY-SA 3.0.
Church in Burnaby Village Museum (7869053454).jpg by Ruth Hartnup. CC BY 2.0. Photographed 2012-08-26. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes.
Richmond Nature Park, Richmond Nature House, March 2015.jpg by Laurasweil at English Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2015-03-01. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivative retains the original share-alike license.
PA266585 — Salmon Come Home, Institute of Urban Ecology booth by Niall Williams. CC BY-SA 2.0. Photographed 2008-10-26. Resized and converted to WebP; cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivative retains the original share-alike license.
ChanCentreForTheArts-upper-house.jpg by Lloyd Balser. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2013-07-13. Centered 3:2 crop of the original panorama, resized and converted to WebP; may be further cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivatives retain CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wing Sang Building 01.JPG by Xiao23. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2012-09-25. Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivatives retain CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vancouver Aquarium entrance (2026).jpg by Iiii I I I. CC BY 4.0. Photographed 2026-03-13. Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped in display. No scene changes.
The Amazing Brentwood Brentwood Plaza 2025.jpg by Canmenwalker. CC BY 4.0. Photographed 2025-09-25. Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped in display. No scene changes.
Pacific Coliseum aerial view 2026.jpg by Canmenwalker. CC BY 4.0. Photographed 2026-04-18. Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped in display. No scene changes.
Britannia Mines Museum.jpg by Anton Bielousov. CC BY-SA 3.0. Photographed 2013-05-05. Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivatives retain CC BY-SA 3.0.
PDA Exterior(1) b.jpg by Wikiplacedesarts. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photographed 2008-05-18. Resized and converted to WebP; may be cropped in display. No scene changes. Derivatives retain CC BY-SA 4.0.