FAQ

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.