This is a list of notable music venues in Canada. Venues with a capacity of 1,000 or higher are included.
List Opened Venue City Capacity Alberta (AB)1955Southern Alberta Jubilee AuditoriumCalgary2,538October 15, 1983Scotiabank Saddledome19,8001974GMC Stadium25,000August 1960McMahon Stadium46,0201985Jack Singer Concert Hall1,7971987WinSport Event Center4,000unknown WinSport Amphitheatre15,000unknown Chief Jim Starlight Center5,0001959; renovated 2017Big Four Roadhouse4,3002014Grey Eagle Casino Event Centre 2,511 3,000 1985Heritage AmphitheatreEdmonton2,9002019Midway1,3001983Francis Winspear Centre for Music1,7161955Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium2,538April 17, 1984 (expanded 2009)Edmonton Expo Centre Arena4,2001983Universiade Pavilion5,500September 8, 2016Rogers Place20,7431978Commonwealth Stadium56,000June 22, 1983Edmonton Convention Centre5,0001980Centrefire PlaceFort McMurray2,0001995Bonnetts Energy CentreGrande Prairie4,500 1,400 2010Grande Prairie Alliance Church1,156 September 12, 1974 VisitLethbridge.com Arena Lethbridge 5,900 2,928 1,100 October 2015Co-op PlaceMedicine Hat7,000unknown Cypress Centre1,726unknownCrossRoads Church Red Deer1,1002018Westerner Park Exhibition Hall3,000Unknown Prairie Pavilion2,650 2,340Neeralta Pavilion3,0971991Marchant Crane Centrium7,8192023Red Deer Events Centre2,000unknown Parkland Pavilion2,200 British Columbia (BC)May 2009Rogers ForumAbbotsford8,500Unknown Central Heights Church Worship Centre1,100Gateway Community Church Auditorium 1,1202004Chilliwack ColiseumChilliwack6,000The Q CentreColwood3,7792000Western Financial PlaceCranbrook5,928March 2008Ovintiv Events CentreDawson Creek6,500unknown Cowichan Community CentreDuncan2,400August 8, 1992Sandman CentreKamloops6,588August 28, 1999Prospera PlaceKelowna8,000unknown Laketown RanchLake Cowichan16,000 4,000 2,000 October 1983Frank Crane ArenaNanaimo4,155September 2008South Okanagan Events CentrePenticton6,432September 30, 1995CN CentrePrince George7,000February 11, 1994Prince George Civic Centre2,0002024West Fraser CentreQuesnel1,500September 28, 1978Farquhar AuditoriumSaanich1,228unknown Rogers RinkSalmon Arm2,200unknown Bell Performing Arts CentreSurrey1,062October 2001Kal Tire PlaceVernon5,1031941Vogue TheatreVancouver1,150July 1959Queen Elizabeth Theatre2,765November 7, 1927Orpheum2,7801963PNE Agrodome5,0002026Freedom Mobile Arch10,000 9,150 6,000 2,890 2,070 July 7, 2008Thunderbird Sports Centre7,200January 8, 1968 (renovated in 1984 and 2007)Pacific Coliseum17,713 13,500 8,000 5,103 September 21, 1995Rogers Arena18,910June 19, 1983BC Place54,5001931PNE Forum3,9001997Chan Centre for the Performing Arts1,365 unknown Harbour Convention Centre2,452The Centre at Vancouver for the Performing Arts1,8201913Royal TheatreVictoria1,416March 26, 2005Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre9,000 Saskatchewan (SK)August 19, 2011Temple Gardens CentreMoose Jaw5,0001970Conexus Arts CentreRegina2,030October 2, 1977Brandt Centre7,130July 1, 2017Mosaic Stadium40,0001913Coors Event CentreSaskatoon1,0002008World Trade Centre Hall C1,5362006World Trade Centre Halls D and E4,452 5,184 9,636 unknown Prairieland Park Grandstand 9,000 April 1, 1968 Sid Buckwold Theatre 2,074 February 9, 1988 SaskTel Centre 15,195 Manitoba (MB)April 2, 1973Assiniboine Credit Union PlaceBrandon5,915 2,493 1982Manitoba Room1,700unknown Fusion Credit Union Stage3,0001907 (reopened 1991)Burton Cummings TheatreWinnipeg1,638November 16, 2004Canada Life Centre16,345 3,440 May 26, 2013IG Field33,422March 25, 1968Centennial Concert Hall2,3051975RBC Convention Centre5,600 7,800 unknown Central Park Amphitheatre5,0002014Club Regent Event Centre1,400 Ontario (ON)December 31, 1995Sadlon ArenaBarrie4,7001998CAA CentreBrampton5,0001919; restored late 1980sThe Sanderson CentreBrantford1,1251967TD Civic Centre4,0001950Chatham Memorial ArenaChatham-Kent3,0001930Capitol Theatre1,2081976Ed Lumley ArenaCornwall5,8001970Alumni StadiumGuelph12,500October 6, 2000Sleeman Centre5,000 6,300 1973FirstOntario Concert HallHamilton2,193November 30, 1985TD Coliseum19,000September 1, 2014Hamilton Stadium23,2181971 McIntyre Performing Arts Centre1,029unknown Legacy HallHuntsville1,222February 22, 2008Slush Puppie PlaceKingston6,7002019Richardson Stadium12,000September 1980Raffi Armenian TheatreKitchener2,047May 24, 1951Dom Cardillo Arena9,036unknownOn the Grand Amphitheatre30,0002015Sunset AmphitheatreLeamington6,000June 21, 1967Centennial HallLondon1,637 2,200 1971Thompson Recreation and Athletics Centre5,3152018Siskinds LLP Stage4,000October 11, 2002Canada Life Place10,200 9,100unknownHarris Park20,0001950; rebuilt 1990Victoria Parkunknown London Music Hall1,6001968Alumni Hall2,2742022OLG Stage at Fallsview CasinoNiagara Falls5,0002004Avalon Theatre1,5591955Boart Longyear Memorial GardensNorth Bay5,000July 31, 1996Casino Rama Entertainment CentreOrillia1984Burl's Creek Event GroundsOro-Medonte100,000October 1998Mississauga Sports and Entertainment CentreMississauga6,000 4,800 May 31, 1969Southam HallOttawa2,065December 29, 1967TD Place Arena10,585January 15, 1996Canadian Tire Centre20,5001908TD Place Stadium24,0002024 Hard Rock Live Ottawa2,200 1,900 2011EY Centre10,4002026History Ottawa2,0001928Bronson Centre10001983J.D. McArthur ArenaOwen Sound3,8041951Pembroke Memorial CentrePembroke3,6431956Peterborough Memorial CentrePeterborough5,501 4,559 2,380 October 11, 2014Meridian CentreSt. Catharines6,900September 1967Ennis AuditoriumWelland1,0521995Progressive Auto Sales ArenaSarnia6,0002006GFL Memorial GardensSault Ste. Marie5,8022000sRoberta Bondar Park1,7501957Festival TheatreStratford1,8001901Avon Theatre1,010unknownGrace Hartman AmphitheatreSudbury1,9611951Sudbury Community Arena5,100October 16, 1985Thunder Bay Community AuditoriumThunder Bay1,497March 6, 1951Fort William Gardens4,6802008Fort William Amphitheatre50,000June 3, 1989Rogers CentreToronto55,000February 19, 1999Scotiabank Arena19,800 5,200 May 18, 1995RBC Amphitheatre17,000December 16, 1921Coca-Cola Coliseum9,2002004Sobeys Stadium9,1002024The Theatre at Great Canadian Toronto5,0002011RBC Echo Beach4,0001920Meridian Hall3,2001894Massey Hall2,7001982Roy Thomson Hall2,6002021History2016Rebel2,5001913Elgin Theatre1,538June 14, 2006R. Fraser Elliott Hall2,0711992Harbourfront Centre1907Convocation Hall1,7001993Meridian Arts Centre1913Winter Garden Theatre9821919Danforth Music Hall1,4001991Phoenix Concert Theatre1,3501956Queen Elizabeth Theatre1,250January 1, 1918Masonic Temple Concert Hall1,2002009Koerner Hall1,1001994Sun Life Financial ArenaWaterloo6,1002009Waterloo Public Square2,5002022Canada Events CentreWhitby3,0002008WFCU CentreWindsor6,871 3,241 June 2008Colosseum at Caesars Windsor5,000unknownChrysler Theatre1,200 Prince Edward Island (PEI)1964; restored 2014Confederation Centre of the ArtsCharlottetown1,1001990Eastlink Centre4,717 Quebec (QC)2011Centre d'Excellence Sports RousseauBoisbriand4,500unknownAmphitheatre Fernand LindsayJoliette7,0002017Place BellLaval10,000March 16, 1996Bell CentreMontreal21,105 19,20014,0001967Théâtre Maisonneuve1,4531884MTELUS2,350 1,100 February 7, 1926Olympia Theatre2,438 1874Parc Jean-Drapeau65,000 July 17, 1976Olympic Stadium66,3081894Monument-National1,6001963Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier2,982November 28, 1939Verdun Auditorium3,7951980'sThéâtre Saint-Denis 12,2182021Centre Slush PuppieGatineau4,000unknownTheatre du Casino Lac-Leamy1,600Theatre du Palais MunicipalSaguenay2,1001948Palais des Sports de Saguenay3,5001949Centre Georges-Vezina4,7491973Salle Maurice-O'BreadySherbrooke1,5011966Colisée Financière Sun LifeRimouski5,0611938Colisée Jean-Guy TalbotTrois-Rivières3,500July 2015Amphithéâtre Cogeco9,0002021Colisée Vidéotron5,9901903Capitole de QuébecQuebec City1,1061931Pavillon Guy-Lafleur5,000September 15, 2015Centre Vidéotron19,0001750sPlains of Abraham75,0001971; Rebuilt 2020Grand Théâtre de Québec1,885unknown Centre des Congres de Québec7,500unknown Centre de Foires du Quebec17,500unknown Place Jean-Beliveau10,0001982Salle Albert-Rousseau1,3381980Colisée DesjardinsVictoriaville5,000 Nova Scotia (NS)February 1978Scotiabank CentreHalifax13,0001749Halifax Common80,0001927Halifax Forum5,860UnknownMultipurpose Centre2,200November 1971Rebecca Cohn Auditorium1,0521856Garrison Grounds30,0001982Zatzman SportsplexDartmouth4,500May 1999Alderney Landing Events Plaza8,0001988Centre 200Sydney6,500March 12, 2013Rath Eastlink Community CentreTruro3,5881988Andrew H. McCain ArenaWolfville3,1001925Convocation Hall1,466 New Brunswick (NB)1990TD StationSaint John7,600unknown Saint John Trade and Convention Centre2,3001973Moncton ColiseumMoncton7,2002018Avenir Centre10,0001984Magnetic Hill Concert Site75,0002008Moncton Wesleyan Celebration Centre1,8742010Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium25,000Molson Canadian Centre2,500 2,100 1966Convocation HallSackville1,500October 2017Centre Jean-DaigleEdmundston3,7001976Aitken University CentreFredericton4,666 2,998 2,301 1,911 1996K.C. Irving Regional CentreBathurst4,400Newfoundland (NL)2001Mary Brown's CentreSt. John's7,0001962; restored 2000sHoly Heart Theatre1,1002017; rebuilt 2022Iceberg Alley Performance Tent3,800 2025JAG Hotel Soundhouse1,500
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