Canada Place - wikipedia Canada Place Not to be confused with Place du Canada ( Montreal ), Canada Place ( Edmonton ), or Place Canada ( Tokyo ). Canada Place General information Status Complete Type Convention center Cruise ship terminal Location 999 Canada Place Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3T4 Coordinates 49 ° 17 ′ 19 '' N 123 ° 06 ′ 40 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.288635 ° N 123.111119 ° W ﻿ / 49.288635 ; - 123.111119 Coordinates : 49 ° 17 ′ 19 '' N 123 ° 06 ′ 40 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.288635 ° N 123.111119 ° W ﻿ / 49.288635 ; - 123.111119 Current tenants Vancouver Convention Centre Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel Vancouver World Trade Centre Construction started March 9, 1983 Completed December 1985 Opened May 2, 1986 Renovated 2011 Cost $400 million CAD Renovation cost $21 million CAD Owner Port Metro Vancouver Height 81.5 metres ( 267 ft ) Technical details Floor count 23 Design and construction Architect Eberhard Zeidler / Barry Downs Architecture firm Joint Venture : Zeidler Roberts Partnership, MCMP & DA Architects + Planners Renovating team Renovating firm Ledcor Group of Companies Website www.canadaplace.ca References Canada Place is a building situated on the Burrard Inlet waterfront of Vancouver, British Columbia. It is the home of the Vancouver Convention Centre, the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver 's World Trade Centre, and the virtual flight ride FlyOver Canada. The building 's exterior is covered by fabric roofs resembling sails. It is also the main cruise ship terminal for the region, where Vancouver 's famous cruises to Alaska originate. The building was designed by architects Zeidler Roberts Partnership in joint venture with Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and DA Architects + Planners. Canada Place can be reached via the SkyTrain line at the nearby Waterfront Station terminus or via West Cordova Street in Vancouver. The white sails of the building have made it a prominent landmark for the city, as well as drawing comparisons to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia and the Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado. The structure was expanded in 2001 to accommodate another cruise ship berth and in 2009 / 10, for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Canada Place served as the Main Press Centre. Contents 1 History 2 Pan Pacific Vancouver 3 Heritage Horns 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History Panorama view of Canada Place 's sails with the North Shore in the background. Canada Place was built on the land which was originally the Canadian Pacific Railway 's Pier B-C. Built in 1927, its primary purpose was to serve CPR and other shipping lines trading across the Pacific Ocean. In 1978 Federal, Provincial and Municipal governments commenced planning for development of convention, cruise ship and hotel facilities. Four years later, the Government of Canada created a crown corporation, Canada Harbour Place Corporation ( known as Canada Place Corporation until 2012 ), to develop the Canada Place project on the Pier B-C site. Construction began when HM Queen Elizabeth II arrived on the Royal Yacht Britannia with The Right Hon. Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada and The Hon. William R. Bennett, Premier of BC to initiate the first concrete pour. During Expo 86, the Canada Pavilion at Canada Place was opened by HRH Prince Charles and The Right Hon. Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister of Canada. Among the largest and most elaborate pavilions presented by any nation at any World 's Fair, the Canada Pavilion hosted more than 5 million visitors prior to the October 13, 1986 closing date. Canada Place Corporation ( CPC ), a Crown agent, continues to act as the coordinating landlord for Canada Place facilities. Events Throughout the year many community events are held at and hosted by Canada Place. Pan Pacific Vancouver Canada Place, night view The Pan Pacific Vancouver has 504 rooms and suites and several restaurants and a lounge. The Hotel is operated by Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts. Heritage Horns The North five of the ten Heritage Horns. Touch play to hear horns The Heritage Horns, formerly known as the 12 O'clock Horn, sound the first four notes of O Canada every day at noon and can be heard throughout Downtown Vancouver and beyond. The ten horns have five facing north and five facing east on the roof of the Pan Pacific hotel and have an output of 115 Decibels. They were the brainchild of Les Southwell, designed and constructed by Robert Swanson for Expo 86, and funded by BC Hydro. They were originally on the roof of the BC Hydro building ( now The Electra ) and were silent when the headquarters was converted to condominiums in the early 1990s. The horns started sounding again on November 8, 1994 after being acquired, refurbished, and relocated to Canada Place. Due to complaints the timer was changed from mechanical to electrical soon after to make them accurate. They sounded 26 times during the 2010 Olympics, once for each medal won by Canada. The first was at 7 : 30pm on February 13 for a silver won by Jennifer Heil. Another notable time signal in the area is the 9 O'Clock Gun across the harbour in Stanley Park. See also Ballantyne Pier - overflow cruise ship terminal in Vancouver CPR Pier B and C Expo 86 The Drop ( sculpture ) References Jump up ^ `` Our History ''. Canada Place Corporation. Archived from the original on 2011 - 07 - 16. Retrieved 2011 - 06 - 24. ^ Jump up to : `` Canada Place ''. Pacific Northwest Architecture. Artefaqs Corporation. Retrieved 2011 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Federal stimulus fund to cover cost of Canada Place roof upgrade ''. The Vancouver Sun. CanWest. November 30, 2009. Archived from the original on January 23, 2011. Retrieved 2011 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ Pound, Richard W. ( 2005 ). ' Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates '. Fitzhenry and Whiteside. Jump up ^ `` Highlights of the week ''. International Olympic Committee. January 15, 2010. Retrieved 2011 - 06 - 24. Jump up ^ Heritage Horns Archived 2013 - 04 - 03 at the Wayback Machine... Canadaplace.ca. Retrieved on 2014 - 04 - 12. Jump up ^ VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS THE CHAMPIONS OF THE GAMES : : ROBERT SWANSON 'S O CANADA HERITAGE HORNS TRUMPET CANADIAN MEDALISTS designKULTUR. Designkultur.wordpress.com ( 2010 - 02 - 28 ). Retrieved on 2014 - 04 - 12. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canada Place, Vancouver. Official website hide Landmarks in Greater Vancouver Buildings BC Place Beatty Street Drill Hall Bentall Centre ( Bentall 5 ) BowMac sign Canada Place CBC Regional Broadcast Centre Vancouver Central City Tower Central Heat Distribution The Coaster Dominion Building Empire Landmark Hotel Former Vancouver Public Library Gulf of Georgia Cannery H.R. 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Question: vancouver’s cruise ship terminal is located in the city centre and is called
Answer: Canada Place