Pacific National Exhibition

Pacific National Exhibition
StatusActive
GenreSummer fair
Winter fair
DatesMid-August to Labour Day (15 days)
December (10 days)
FrequencyAnnually[note 1]
Location(s)Hastings Park, Vancouver, British Columbia
Coordinates49°16′58″N 123°02′12″W / 49.2828°N 123.0366°W / 49.2828; -123.0366
CountryCanada
Inaugurated
  • August 1910; 114 years ago (1910-08) (summer)
  • December 2022; 1 year ago (2022-12) (winter)
Previous event2023 (summer)
Next event2024 (winter)
Attendance731,708 (2019)[1]
1.1 million (record in 1986)[2]
LeaderShelley Frost (president & CEO)
Organized byPacific National Exhibition[note 2]
Websitewww.pne.ca

The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) is a nonprofit organization that operates an annual 15-day summer fair, 12-day winter fair, a seasonal amusement park, and indoor arenas in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The PNE fair is held at Hastings Park, beginning in mid-to-late August and ending in early September, usually Labour Day, and in mid-December until Christmas.

The organization was established in 1907 as the Vancouver Exhibition Association, and organized its first fair at Hastings Park in 1910. The organization was renamed to the Pacific National Exhibition in 1946. During the mid-20th century, a number of facilities were built on the PNE grounds, including Pacific Coliseum and PNE Agrodome. In 1993, the amusement park adjacent to the PNE, Playland, became a division of the PNE.


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  1. ^ "2019 Pacific National Exhibition Annual Report: April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020" (PDF). www.pne.ca. Pacific National Exhibition. 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Free admission to the PNE". Vancouver Sun. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2014.