Sport Hosting
Host your sport event in a city that knows how to run one. Sport Burnaby provides hands-on expertise, accessible and well-connected facilities, grant opportunities, community backing, and accommodation options that help your event perform from planning through game day.
Sport Burnaby is the City’s dedicated sport hosting office. We work alongside event organizers to provide practical, on-the-ground support, including venue access, introductions to community partners, grant guidance, accommodation coordination, and volunteer connections. Our team helps streamline the process so you can focus on delivering a strong event.
Burnaby hosts a wide range of sport events across field, court, arena, aquatic, and indoor cycling facilities. We welcome community tournaments, regional championships, national competitions, and international events year-round, supporting everything from grassroots sport to high-performance competition.
We offer practical planning support, venue coordination, hotel information, guidance on sport hosting grants, volunteer alignment, and local promotion. Think of us as your local point person, helping you line up the right pieces early so event week runs smoothly and participants feel genuinely welcomed.
Organizers choose Burnaby for its depth of facilities, more than 200 sport surfaces across the city, its central Metro Vancouver location, and direct SkyTrain access. Add in experienced hosting support and funding programs, and you have a city that understands what it takes to deliver a well-run event.
We’ve got a great mix of indoor and outdoor fields, courts, arenas, aquatic centres, and high-performance training spaces. Regional qualifiers, national championships, annual tournaments, multi-day competitions, we’ve hosted them all. The infrastructure is here. The layouts work. The athlete flow makes sense. And our venues are built to perform year-round.
Start by connecting with Sport Burnaby Hosting Assistance and sharing your event scope, anticipated attendance, and venue requirements. We will walk through facility options, partnership opportunities, and available supports. If funding is part of your plan, the Sport Hosting Grant program accepts applications during quarterly intake periods, and we can guide you through the process.
Your Event. Our Home Turf.
BURNABY PLAYS TO WIN WHEN IT COMES TO SPORT HOSTING
As the Sport City, we bring world-class venues, more than 200 playing surfaces, and partners who know the details that make events run well. Sport Burnaby works alongside you on planning, logistics, and local coordination, keeping communication clear and timelines tight. You stay focused on the competition. We help handle the rest. When athletes, officials, and spectators arrive, they step into a city that’s ready, coordinated, and proud to be part of it.
why host in Burnaby?
Hosting in Burnaby means everything is close. Teams move easily between venues, hotels, and places to eat, while spectators can get in and get settled quickly. With strong regional access and direct links to Vancouver International Airport, events run smoothly from start to finish.
“Sport Burnaby truly is the gold standard when it comes to hosting sporting events. Our experience partnering with them in hosting the 2016 World Taekwondo Junior Championships was exceptional and this is evident in the positive worldwide feedback we received following the event. The hospitality and facilities were world class and the legacies that were left behind to our sporting community will never be forgotten. With proactive, professional, and very passionate staff, we could not have asked for anything more from Sport Burnaby.”
The 2019 World Ringette Championships hosted in Burnaby, B.C. were an overwhelming success. The Host Committee’s dedication to making this a world class event was noticed on a national and international level. Being able to host an international ringette event in British Columbia has showcased the sport in a province where registration is continually growing. The 2019 World Ringette Championships increased overall capacity for ringette in the province, from participation to volunteers and overall hosting and we are looking forward to seeing more events here.
It’s definitely a city where Volleyball Canada would be proud to host more events.
We knew as early as during the preparation of our bid to host the National Rowing Championships that Sport Burnaby was just as committed as we were to deliver an exceptional event. Their unwavering support combined with relevant experience and professionalism makes them a partner that you know you can rely on in any situation. Additionally, they value the power of authentic relationships and they helped us create and foster partnerships of our own within Burnaby that are critical to the success of the championships and the further development of rowing. If you have the opportunity to work with Sport Burnaby—do it!
PAST EVENTS
Learn about Burnaby’s track record. From world championships and national tournaments to international competitions and weekly community leagues, hundreds of events have taken place here each year.
Burnaby prepares for local celebrations as the FIFA World Cup 2026™ comes to B.C.
The Burnaby United website is a hub of information and opportunities for local businesses and organizations to host games watch parties and special events.
Burnaby hosts elite qualifiers for the 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Two days of table tennis action as competitors try to win spots on Team Canada
Sport and culture come together in Burnaby for the 10th Anniversary of the Pat Quinn Classic
55 teams participate in the 2025 hockey tournament including a team from Kushiro, Japan.
A decade of legacy: Pat Quinn Classic hits 10-year milestone in Burnaby
Annual tournament attracts international teams to Burnaby.
Breaking the ice for a new ringette season in Burnaby
Players from 5 to 55+ compete in what's called the fastest sport on ice.
Sport Burnaby congratulates the Vancouver Rise FC as the team becomes the Northern Super League’s playoff champions
The Rise beat AFC Toronto to win the inaugural NSL championship
Judo mats on indoor soccer turf for international competition in Burnaby
Peak Judo hosts its 2025 international competition at Scotia Barn.
Sport Burnaby applauds inaugural season of Vancouver Rise at Swangard Stadium
Success in the first season means a Rise playoff game at Swangard.
Legacy of lacrosse continues in Burnaby with annual Jack Crosby Tournament
More than 100 U11 lacrosse games played over four days at three Burnaby venues.
Powerlifting to provincial titles in Burnaby
A showcase of strength and power at the Christine Sinclair Community Centre
