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Whistler's Canada Day 

Whistler Village, in the shared, unceded territory of the Lil’wat People and the Squamish People.

See the 2022 schedule below. 

Explore & Experience Whistler on July 1

The municipality recognizes that this July 1 will be a time to reflect on all of Canada's history, including its past and present truths about our relationship with Indigenous peoples. 

Experience

Free Yoga class in Mountain Square

Time: 8 - 9 a.m.

Location: Mountain Square, outside lululemon

We celebrate the unity and peace that we strive for as a nation as we explore these qualities on our mat.

Please dress warm, this activity is outside. Remember to bring your own mat, a limited amount of mats are available for use

Brought to you by lululemon.

Pancake Breakfast - by donation for Lytton B.C.

Time: 9 to 11 a.m.

Location: Whistler Olympic Plaza

The Pancake Breakfast is organized by the Rotary Club of Whistler. Funds raised will support the rebuilding of the Lytton swimming pool facilities. #LyttonStrong

Minimum $7.50 donation per adult, $4 donation per child.

Feel free to bring your own re-usable plates and utensils or compostable plates and utensils will be available.

AWARE Whistler will be on-site with Zero Waste Heros ensuring all items are collected for composting.

2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games - Your Invitation to Engage

Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Whistler Olympic Plaza Stroll area

The Four Host Nations, Lil̓ wat7úl (Líl̓ wat), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), along with the City of Vancouver, the Resort Municipality of Whistler, the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Canadian Paralympic Committee have released their concept for a potential games bid for the 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Our Vision is that the Games will be a beacon of hope, inspire us to live healthier, to find harmony with the land, to lift each other up, and to build a stronger Canada. Indigenous-led, the Games will leverage and enhance the lasting legacies of Vancouver 2010, while accelerating our shared journey of reconciliation. These will be an inclusive, sustainable, climate-positive Games that will drive change by giving communities, businesses, organizations, and the public a common dream to share, while creating legacies that reflect the priorities and needs of a new generation of Canadians.

Now is your time to engage, to share your feedback on the vision and insights on what a successful 2030 Games means to you. We encourage everyone to visit gamesengagement.ca to learn more and complete our survey. Our community engagement team will be in Sea to Sky region on July 1 and invites you to connect in-person.

Pique Pedal Show & Shine

Time: 10 - 11 a.m.

Location: Whistler Olympic Plaza

Kids bring your helmets and decorated bikes to Olympic Plaza to put on display for the Pique Newspaper judges. Following the judging there will be a small parade with your decorated bikes around the perimeter of Olympic Plaza. Prizes available for different age groups.

Brought to you by Pique News Magazine

Community Reconciliation Canoe Carving

Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, 4584 Blackcomb Way

This summer, the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre (SLCC) will host the carving of the Community Reconciliation Canoe, as part of the SLCC Salish Summer Carving Series, with Master Carver – Chief Ray Natraoro (Ses Siyam) of the Squamish Nation, leading SLCC Ambassadors as Apprentices – Brandon Hall (Squamish Nation) and Qawam Redmond Andrews (Lil’wat Nation).

Carving Dates: Wednesday through Sunday until September 4th.

There is free admission to the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre on July 1.

People's Parade - a new way to parade!

Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Whistler Village Stroll

This summer Whistler will introduce a new way to parade: the People’s Parade!

Instead of observing the parade as it winds through the village, locals and visitors can explore fun and engaging stations set up along the Village Stroll at their own pace. 

Native Thunder

Location: Mountain Square

Time: 11 a.m. - Noon

For the past thirty years travelling, performing and competing has been a way of life for brothers Alex and Dan Wells. Hailing from Mount Currie, BC Alex is a three-time world hoop dance Champion. The brothers have participated in countless events nationally, internationally, and some closer to home.

Treeline Aerials

Location: Village Common

Times: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 2 - 4 p.m.

Witness an incredible performance art form as performers contort, spin, and lift suspended in the air from aerial silks. A performance of strength and grace that you will not want to miss!

Coast Mountain Photography flower photo booth

Location: Village Common

Time: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Stop by to capture a truly insta-worthy moment with your friends and family in front of an eight foot high wall of roses. You can treasure this memory forever thanks to Coast Mountain Photography, who are on hand to capture and print your photos to take home with you, or you can download the images to post directly online! 

Community Paint-by-Numbers Mural

Location: Town Plaza Gazebo

Time: 11 a.m – 4 p.m.

Visit the giant, interactive paint-by-numbers mural and you can be a part of the art! If you can colour within the lines, then you’ve got what it takes to bring this work of art to life. The finished mural will reveal a beautiful Whistler landscape captured by local photographer, Mitch Winton. 

Live & Local Music: Rachel Lewis

Location: Village Stroll (by Avalanche Pizza) 

Times: 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. & 2:30 p.m.

Rachel Lewis is a Canadian singer-songwriter and accomplished keyboardist who originates from Edmonton, Alberta. Music has always been a family affair for Rachel as her brothers and father are also singer-songwriters. Rachel began performing at the tender age of 5, began songwriting at the age of 10, and started to play guitar at 14. Rachel has been living in Whistler, BC, since the beginning of 2007.

Live & Local Music: Chris Sloane

Location: Fitzsimmons Bridge

Times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Christine Sherrington is a Canadian singer-songwriter, artist, and the voice behind Chris Sloane and the Small Town Runaways. Born and raised in the rural town of Erin, Ontario, she has been a fixture in venues up and down the Sea to Sky corridor on the West Coast of Canada for the better part of a decade. Sloane will take you on a storytelling journey, with a sound somewhere between country, rock, Americana, and blues. Chris Sloane is roots with a twist!

Live & Local Music: Monty Biggins

Location: Sightlines Bridge

Times: 11 a.m., 1 p.m. & 3 p.m.

Monty Biggins provides Americana roots music focusing on Louisiana themes, Rockabilly, Blues, and Soul. A long time Whistler performer, he brings a swing to everything he offers. Toe tapping fun for all ages.

Live & Local: Soul Club Whistler

Location: Mountain Square

Times: Noon, 1:30 p.m. & 3 p.m. 

Since 2016, Soul Club has been Whistler’s source for the finest in funk and soul music. This all-vinyl, all-45rpm affair showcases the best in funk and soul music from around the globe. With rare gems of the 1960’s, right through to the hottest contemporary soul music fresh off the record presses, there’s sure to be something to get you out of your seat and up on your feet. Soul Club is hosted by DJ, musician, and compulsive record collector Ben Keating who has been spreading the love of music in Whistler since 2013. 

Paint & Create: Andrea Mueller

Location: Village Square

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Andrea Mueller is an award-winning contemporary artist, creative event manager, and art instructor based in Whistler, BC. Andrea is a Fine Art graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Her work is inspired by the mountains, the ocean, the animals, and the forests. She is best known for her colourful paintings - always experimenting with style, mediums, and subject matter. 

Paint & Create: Anna Lynch

Location: Village Square

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Description: A self-declared “British craft nerd", Anna made Whistler her home in 2010 and has been creating artwork in the Sea to Sky corridor ever since. Anna has always had an interest in replicating the texture and tactile elements of the natural world in her work, primarily using textile mediums such as weaving, felting, knitting, and beading to make each work unique.

Paint & Create: Taka Sudo

Location: Village Square

Time: 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Born and raised in Tokyo, now residing in BC Canada, Taka takes influences from these two different environments to create his unique style of artwork. Scattered abstract elements composed of neon colour, neutral colour, newsprint, and photo collage assemble into organic shapes to find strong energy between the real and unreal. 

Paintertainment

Location: Roving Village Stroll

Time: Noon - 3 p.m.

Paintertainment are all about creating the most fabulous walking art - custom designing costumes and body art to be worn by beautiful models, to pose, mingle, and entertain. With elegance and good taste, Paintertainment create and inspire wonder.

Circus Fungus

Location: Roving Village Stroll

Time: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

With larger than life costumed characters and stilt walkers, colourful puppets from around the world, magical stories, and a plethora of whimsical shows for all ages, Circus Fungus entertain and inspire the imaginations of audiences of all ages.

Spo7ez Performance Team Welcome

Time: 4:30 - 5 p.m.
Location: Florence Peterson Park

Experience the SLCC Ambassador’s gift of meaningful storytelling through song, drum and dance. Adorned in regalia born from the land Whistler lives on and the history of the original peoples of this territory, young leaders of both Nations transform the audience atmosphere into the heartbeat of the bear, dance of the gopher, quickening of the salmon, and cry of the wolf.

Whistler’s Self-Guided Tours

Whistler’s self-guided tours are a starting point for creative discovery that helps you find cultural venues, museums, galleries, and public art pieces. Walk and bike friendly.

Nature Walking Tour (Video Guided)

This online tour corresponds with numbered, designated locations along the Nature Trail that starts at Lost Lake PassivHaus and includes video and images related to Whistler’s rich natural history

Whistler Valley Public Art Tour 

Whistler Village Public Art Tour 

Whistler 2010 Games Experience 

Concert @ Whistler Olympic Plaza

Opener: DJ Whitness

DJ Whitness

6:30 p.m.

Whistler Olympic Plaza

Free!

With close to 15 years of experience behind the decks, Whitness has a passion for playing soulful, heart-warming music. She loves to read the room and create the perfect vibe with her tune selections whether it’s a lounge gig, a club gig, or a festival. Her favourite genres to play are house, loungey vibes, old school hip hop, funk, soul, and liquid drum & bass. Legend has it that some of her musical powers can be traced back to the fact she was born on April Fool’s Day. Her fiery presence in the DJ booth can be attributed to her ginger hair and sassy Aries attitude. 

Headliner: Sam Roberts Band

Sam Roberts Band

7:30 p.m.

Whistler Olympic Plaza

Free!

This beloved rock and roll band from Montreal has infectious melodies, deep lyrics and a live show that rocks. Their songs are blueprints for how to be properly alive and their fiery spirit make their live shows legendary, earning them spots performing everywhere from Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza to Bumbershoot, and alongside giants like the Rolling Stones and AC/DC.

Explore Places

Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre - free admission on July 1

Hours: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Address: 4584 Blackcomb Way
Admission: FREE admission on July 1, 2, 3

10 a.m. Interpretive Forest Walk

11 a.m. Paddling Through the Nations Canoe Tour

11 a.m. Guest Speakers 

Noon: Spo7ez Performance Team 

1 p.m. Paddling Through the Nations Canoe Tour 

2 p.m. What We Treasure Tour 

3 p.m. Ancient Medicine Exhibit Tour

Audain Art Museum

Hours: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Address: 4350 Blackcomb Way

Admission: 

  • Adults: $20
  • Seniors (65+): $18
  • Young Adult (19 – 25): $10 
  • Youth (18 & under): Free
  • Members: Free

Current Exhibition - Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob

Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob at the Audain Art Museum is the first-ever retrospective of this brilliant carver’s career from the 1970s to the present. The exhibition features a critical selection of masks, panels, wall sculptures, vessels and regalia, complemented by Bob’s work in bronze casting, goldsmithing, printmaking and vestment production from public and private collections across Canada.

Whistler Museum & Archives

Hours: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Address: 4333 Main Street, Whistler

Admission: Entry by donation (Suggested $5 minimum donation)

Come visit us and learn about Whistler’s journey from wilderness to world-class resort. The Whistler Museum tells Whistler’s stories from early fun-loving summer lodge operators, to the creation of Whistler Blackcomb, to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and beyond.

Valley of Dreams Walking Tour

The tour is approximately one hour long and is for all ages.  

Walking Tours begin at 11 a.m. and each tour is led by a Whistler local, each with their own personal knowledge of Whistler's story to add. 

Tour departs from the Visitor Information Centre on 4230 Gateway Dr, Whistler

On the Whistler Museum's Valley of Dreams Walking Tour, you'll uncover the history of Alta Lake, tales behind the mountain development, and the stories behind Whistler's journey to the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

By donation.

Discover Nature

Time: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Location: Lost Lake Park 

This “pop up” museum explores Whistler’s unique natural history and includes visual displays and on-site interpreters. Different themes and aspects of Whistler's natural history are rotated and explored daily. 

Whistler Park Eats

Time: 11a.m. – 5 p.m.

Lost Lake Park: Lucia Gelato

Rainbow Park:  Folie Crepes

 

Time: 4 - 10 p.m.

Whistler Olympic Plaza: The Island Oasis and Whistler Wood Fired Pizza will be on-site.

Supporting local businesses has never been so delicious! Enjoy unique and delicious offerings from our in-park food trucks.

Visit the Park Eats page to learn more.

Summer Bobsleigh at the Whistler Sliding Centre

Whistler Sliding Centre

Adults $109, kids free with paying adult 1:1 ration, additional kids are 50% off.

Sessions 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m. & 1:30 p.m.
Duration approx. 1 hour
Some physical requirements apply.
Pre-booking is highly recommended.

After an orientation and a tour of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games venue including an exclusive track walk, your team will ride in a bobsleigh equipped with wheels, driven by a trained pilot, through twists and turns with speeds of up to 90km/hr. Youth (12-18) slide free with a full paying adult! Summer Bobsleigh runs rain or shine, so it’s the perfect addition to your time in Whistler, whatever the weather.

Free Rainbow Park Shuttle

The free shuttle stops at Blackcomb Way at Whistler Olympic Plaza,  Rainbow Lake Trailhead and Rainbow Park.

Time: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. 

Free Secure Bike Parking

Whistler Bike Valet

Whistler Olympic Plaza, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Rainbow Park and Lost Lake Park,11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Whistler Bike Valet will be providing FREE secure bicycle parking at Whistler Olympic Plaza, Lost Lake Park and Rainbow Park. This Secure Attended Bicycle Parking service is modelled on the complimentary secure attended bicycle parking service that has been provided in Whistler Village and the Upper Village since the summer of 2017. 

We also be provided free and secure storage of your personal water craft, such as paddle boards, and “bagged” items such as back packs. 

Whistler Blackcomb

Open for summer sightseeing & hiking.
The Whistler Village Gondola, Blackcomb Gondola and the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola will all be open for guests to access the alpine surrounded by jaw-dropping vistas, ancient glaciers, alpine lakes, and wildflower-filled slopes.
www.whistlerblackcomb.com

Whistler Mountain Bike Park

Whistler Mountain Bike Park is open!
www.whistlerblackcomb.com


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The Resort Municipality of Whistler is grateful to be on the shared, unceded territory of the Lil’wat People, known in their language as L̓il̓wat7úl, and the Squamish People, known in their language as Sḵwx̱wú7mesh. We respect and commit to a deep consideration of their history, culture, stewardship and voice.

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