20 Facts About Vancouver Aquarium

Vancouver Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Vancouver Aquarium was one of the first facilities to incorporate professional naturalists into the galleries to interpret animal behaviours.

The property is owned by the City of Vancouver and rented to the aquarium for $40,000 a year since 1991 .

In October 2009 the Vancouver Aquarium was designated as a Coastal America Learning Center by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Vancouver Public Aquarium Association was formed in 1950 by UBC fisheries and oceanography professors Murray Newman, Carl Lietze and Wilbert Clemens.

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The Vancouver Aquarium was the second aquarium in the world to capture and display an orca.

In 1975, the Vancouver Aquarium was the first aquarium accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums .

In 1996, the Vancouver Park Board instituted a municipal bylaw that prevents the Vancouver Aquarium from capturing cetaceans from the wild for display purposes, and only obtain cetaceans from other facilities if they were born in captivity, captured before 1996 or were rescued and deemed un-releasable after this date.

Vancouver Aquarium has played a significant role in the research of wild orcas in BC.

Vancouver Aquarium has not kept any orcas in captivity since 2001 and has pledged not to capture wild animals, but to instead rely on captive animals for breeding.

Vancouver Aquarium covers approximately 9,000 square metres and has a total 9,500,000 litres of water in 166 aquatic displays.

In 2021, the Vancouver Aquarium opened the Marine Rescue Exhibit where visitors can meet ambassador animals from the Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.

Vancouver Aquarium used to house two Pacific harbour porpoise rescued by the aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre.

Vancouver Aquarium is home to four harbor seals at this time, 2 females and 2 males .

Vancouver Aquarium has created and operates a number of conservation and research programs aimed at understanding and preserving animal species in the wild.

Vancouver Aquarium operates a Marine Mammal Rescue program which is aimed at rescuing and rehabilitating marine mammals that are found injured, ill, or abandoned, until they can be re-released into their natural habitats.

Vancouver Aquarium responded to criticism with an open letter in which they explained that it was their policy not to capture cetaceans from the wild and that the aquarium played a role as a home for rescued cetaceans that cannot be returned to the wild.

In 2022, the BC SPCA opened an investigation into the Vancouver Aquarium, following a report by the Vancouver Humane Society in regards to concerning animal behaviour and conditions.

Vancouver Aquarium was featured frequently in the 1980s Canadian series, Danger Bay, which followed the day to day exploits of the Roberts family, led by Grant "Doc" Roberts, a marine veterinarian and his two children, Nicole and Jonah.

Vancouver Aquarium was featured in the family film Andre, and romantic comedy Good Luck Chuck, as Cam's workplace.