2025 Neighbourhood Walks
Big Sights in Little Chinatown Walking Tour
Saturday November 1, 10am – 12:30pm
$0 – $25. Registration required.
Tickets: chinatown-walking-tours.eventbrite.ca
Also Wednesday November 5, 11am
A walking tour of Vancouver’s historic Chinatown that takes you on a journey from its origin to present day, highlighting the big sights in little Chinatown. Based on both historical research and community ties and involvement, your guide Larry Chin, will immerse you in the historical significance, place of continuance, cultural practice and heritage in the community. Larry is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and community historian. Walk with a new perspective on one of most historic cultural spots in the city and enjoy local Chinese treats along the way! For more information visit: Chinatown Wonders – Walking Tour. You will receive the meeting point upon registration.
How We Could End Homelessness in the DTES
Walking Tour
Saturday November 1, 2pm – 3pm
Balmoral Lot, 159 E. Hastings Free
The Carnegie Housing Project estimates that over 3,500 people in Vancouver are homeless. Your hosts will lead a tour of Downtown Eastside sites that could be used to stop the loss of low-income housing, build new housing that low-income people can afford, or shelter people who have no housing in the meantime. Be part of the conversation about important policy solutions, learn about the city’s upcoming plan to gentrify the neighbourhood, and how we can work to get our governments to end homelessness.
Recycling Stories: Walking with Vancouver’s Binners
Sunday November 2, 11am – 12:30pm
SFU Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, 149 W. Hastings
Free. Tickets binners.eventbrite.ca
Walk alongside Vancouver’s binners – informal recyclers who champion inclusion, sustainability, and community resilience. Join Binners’ Project for a workshop introducing their mission and programs, then explore the laneways where binners work. Experience firsthand the challenges they face and the impact of community-driven waste diversion in the heart of the city!
Tour of St. James’ Anglican Church
Sunday November 2, 12:30pm – 1:30pm
St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova Free
Also Wednesday November 5, 7pm
Here is your golden opportunity to tour the historic St. James’ Anglican Church with guide PJ Janson, and to learn about the fascinating architecture and beauty of this unique building. Constructed in 1935 by the famed British architect Adrian Gilbert Scott, the church is designed in a style that combines Romanesque Revival, Art Deco, Byzantine Revival and Gothic Revival architecture.
Bells of St. James’ Anglican Church
Thursday November 6, 2pm – 2:15pm
St. James’ Anglican Church, 303 E. Cordova Free
At 2pm come to the corner of Gore and E. Cordova, or stop outdoors in the surrounding neighbourhood, and listen for the ringing of the bells at St. James’. With a full octave range, the bells were cast in 1937 in Loughborough, England, and continue sounding to this day. The tenor bell, weighing two tons, is the bell that’s heard tolling, and all eight bells play together for special occasions.
Black Strathcona Walking Tour & Storytelling
Saturday November 8, 10am – 12:30pm
$0 – $30. Limited Capacity. Tickets strathcona-walking-tour.eventbrite.ca
Join Yasin M Kiraga from the African Descent Society on a popular heritage walking tour of Strathcona, on a trip through a very interesting history. Enjoy the 2.5 – 3 hour walk around the neighbourhoods from where blacks historically settled and made into vibrant communities, to their tragic removal with the construction of the Georgia Viaducts. You will receive the meeting place when you register.
Three Amigos Walking Tour
Saturday November 8, 1pm – 2:30pm
$0 – $30. Limited Capacity.
Tickets three-amigos.eventbrite.ca
The Three Amigos Return! The Festival is excited to present a Chinatown walking exploration with the powerhouse trio of John Atkin, Bob Sung and Hayne Wai. The trio bring a unique insight to the neighbourhood’s history, culture and architecture. Along the way you’ll discover what’s in the herbal stores, the fight for neighbourhood preservation and bbq’d meats as well as its architecture. John is a civic historian and heritage consultant, Bob hosts cultural and culinary tours of Chinatown, and Hayne is a long-time Chinatown researcher and advocate. You will receive the meeting place when you register.