Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society Reviews

Great museum. Something to do in Steveston besides the dock.

This was such an educational experience. There is a 15min movie that you can watch to give some details on the history. You just have to ask one of the staff to play it for you.

Informative, in depth museum. I was there when the market was on, it was a great crowd with cozy live music.

We visited the cannery on Canada 150 special offer period. Even tourist are free entry. The museum has great explanation to introduce Canadian early immigration and fishery history. The old production line is also clear demonstrated.

My family spent more than 2 hours here. great place.

Learned a lot, very informative relevant history .The wages difference how the Chinese were payed the lowest and young children 8 years old were put to work and paid 10 cents a day. The most fascinating part was the ingenuity used to make the machines which are still working.

Very informative and interesting. We had kind of a private tour with a lovely knowledgeable young lady. This is different and gives an insight into life at the West Coast

Great place to visit for Farmer market event that is held here for fresh organic groceries and food items to buy!

Great educational spot to learn about fishing and some history and cannery stuff

A really interesting old factory and the guide was fun. You can learn how they worked back in the day

Awesome setting, interesting fact. Fun for everyone

Interesting history. Really enjoyed the complimentary tours.

We had free entry with the national park pass and it was an interesting and informative site. We spent close to an hour within and exhibits were described and accompanying videos helped to give a good picture of the entire operation.

If you are in the area its a must do great hands on museum in the historic building and all the original machines

Learn some rich history of BC's fishing and cannery industry.

Always fun to poke around in here. Plus it's in beautiful Steveston, a great place to walk around!

Great museum to visit. We arrived on a Saturday just at opening time. So we had a guide tour us around. She provided a lot of information about the history of the area. Recommended for any one visiting Steveston.

Accurate, but somewhat pro-industry-biased, historical walkthrough of the dawn and fall of the BC salmon and related fishing industry. Includes hands on with the actual machines, how the workers lived, and where they came from.

The lessons presented from the early 1900's fishery collapse are not being applied today given BC's circa 2017 near collapse of the sockeye Salmon.

Great museum, and wonderfully preserved cannery. Walk through the old machines, and learn about the impact on immigrants and the neighborhood, and how the industry changed over time.

Canning is actually pretty interesting it turns out.

The cannery has cool exhibits about the development of canning as a process, the machinery involved, and how this ties into ecological and environmental issues. Admittedly the environmental side could be better. While there is some mention of racial issues, lile Japanese workers around WW2 and Indigenous peoples, Ibfelt these were not as fully addressed as they could be. There is also a missed opportunity to talk about labour automation and changes in industrialization, and how that impacts communities. But overall a pretty entertaining little historical site.

If you like sea food there is a short segment of boardwalk right next door to the East with restaurants and fresh sea food being sold. Some of the shops are more tourist-trap kinds of places though.

Learned a ton about the harbour and fishing industry I never knew.

Great place to take children of all ages. Educational and fun. A bit cold this time of year so bundle up.

Very interesting place to visit. Especially for kids.

Always a great time at the cannery! Have loved going here since i was little. Fun and engaging for all ages!

Very interesting piece of Canadian West coast history. Well worth the visit and the guided tour with the working equipment with Megan was excellent.

Excellent museum with vivid historical photos and well preserved industrial canning equipment from the last century. Nothing quite like it

An entire history of can making machines. All sizes and shapes. A glimpse into how industry looked like back in the day.

Really not to much there to see , it has a line of old old canning machinery set up to shoe how they caned salmon in the early 1900

Really cool building! Learned a fair share of how they canned fish.. can o my imagine how much this place stank when it was in operations.. anyways really cool to see

Went there last Monday, and was honestly impressed with this historic site. It's interesting to see in close-up what factories (or canneries) were like and how they worked, plus the site displayed information about fishing and underwater life in general. Definitely would come back again next year!

The predecessor is a cannery that has been in business for nearly 100 years. Most of the machines for making canned salmon are completely preserved inside, and the work scene of workers handling salmon is vividly restored. It is very historical. You can bring your children to learn about the history of Canadian West Coast fishing in the last century.

Great venue for tours and community markets. The youthful staff, hired by the Feds, I believe, are fully bilingual and committed to a delightful and animated delve into our past.

Built in 1894. Historically, one of the province's largest canneries. Opened during COVID-19 pandemic period with directional signage and reduced capacity. Free parking.

Super cool and quiet place of learning; full of history and fun

Went for a craft fair, it wasn t very good but the gift shop had lots of lovely things for purchase and I did! Staff was extremely friendly and outgoing. The views around the cannery are just amazing! Spent a few hours at Steveston. It s one of my favourite places

Historical fishing museum dealing with the canning of salmon and fishing in the Fraser River estuary area. Good collection of fish processing tools and equipment.

It surprised me how big the place is. We visited during Christmas and it's quiet. There is a kid corner with lots of kids stuff and kids role play clothes. Very intriguing place. Glad we stopped by and spent 2 hours here. Only thing is that the place tends to be really freezing during winter. Be sure to wear coat before entering.

We came here for the Easter thing but we came away learning about fish and the cannery. It s a relatively small museum but it s neat.

My ONLY suggestion and REQUEST is if you have loose candies maybe use a ziplock bag instead of these cheap bags where glitter can be imprinted on the loose candies. I feel it isn t as sanitary because the bags aren t really sealed.

This place is old and nice and has the smell of the ocean in its walls. Historical site.

Saw some cool stuff! Great to learn the history of Steveston

Narrated tour of an old salmon cannery and herring reduction plant.

ENJOYED my visit very much! I rarely go to richomd-chinatown, but there are some nice places to visit still!

It was a sightseeing spot that was connected to Japanese people, and it was more fun than I expected!
There are Japanese guides and recommended for tourists!

Surely worth a visit to see the hardships ppl faced in making cans of fish

Staff was amazing, museum was amazing. Very interactive and interesting. Anyone in the Bay area must come and visit.

A historical landmark of the ancient tuna factory worth a visit

Very interesting tour and free to visit this year for Canada's 150th anniversary! You might think that a cannery museum might not have much to offer, but, the exhibits are very interesting and the staff is friendly and knowledgeable.

Very cool experience of learning about what it was like to work at a Cannery. Has excellent, interactive exhibits.

Gary is the most amazing tour guide! I joined three different tours led him and I was never bored for a second. If you can t stay for a long time, make sure you at least join some of the tours!

I think everyone should pay a visit at least once if not more, the gift shop has some really nice ideas for all occasions. Yes there are touristy items. But on saying this, these are not the typical tacky items. There are some very nice local indiginous items from prints to scarf's. Have a look in the museum ! Learn some history !

Really Interesting tour, great to learn about a part of our history we don't get too much out in the prairies!

If you really interested in fishing and canning history of Vancouver! It's good place to visit!
I study food science~ the food processing line is great!

We opted to join the guided tour which lasted for 45 min. It was very informative and our guide was knowledgeable and approachable. We we're pressed for time so didn't spend as much time as we would've liked on the herring refinement part of the museum. I would definitely recommend bringing your out of town friends to this place. It is right by Steveston Pier which has great photo ops and many quaint stores to shop at.

Alot to learn about the West Coast Fishing. History and present.

Cool original building. Also Sunday farmers market twice a month. Great history display on salmon fishing in BC.

I really love to see how salmon fishing was done and canning too. Its worth the detour.

Very interesting! Lots to see and interactive for all ages.

This was a surprising gem. We loved the machinery and architecture and our 3 year old was captivated by all the fish and displays.

Sadly though I assumed since it was indoors this would be a good place to go on a winter weekend. But the building is not heated and I was so cold I couldn t really enjoy it as much as I d like. Wish I knew before we came.

The history of the British Columbia fish cannery industry to discover a little-known story (guided tour available in French).

We games to Steveston on the last day of pure Canada holiday and loved the historical feel of the place and the fishing boats selling their produce in the harbour. The old processing and canning factory has been preserved beautifully, and on this particular day had free entry and was full of pirates! (Talk like a pirate day). I found it quite fascinating, there were good exhibits to entertain children and a good shop.

An interesting look at a cannery from the inside. Young kids might find it kind of neat or not LOL

I visit here as part of the last 4 years worth of Tourism Challenge Vancouver... Ashtrays a popular visit for me!

Take a history lesson here, thank you for your contribution!

The place is nice, has many stuff abput the cannery although the fishy smell may be too strong for others.

I finally figured out how they produce that expensive fish oil. Now I'm thinking why they charge so much for some fish oil when it is literally pressed out ofleftover garbage that can't be put in cans.

Great interactional museum - activities for kids and adults.

A fun adventure for the family. During Canada's 150 birthday year it's free entry! It's in beautiful historic steveston village. Go for a scenic walk along the boardwalk and check out the local fair. There is a farmer's market within the cannery on Sundays!

It's really a great place to learn about the history of Steveston as a center of the cannery and fishing business. It's worth the entrance fee and you'll learn and experience a lot.

Tip: It's cold inside so make sure you're prepared for that.

Great place to learn about Steveston's history and the cannery

A lovely place to catch some knowledge and enjoy some cool history.