New Westminster

Just 20-minutes south-east from downtown Vancouver, you can discover Western Canada's oldest city, New Westminster. Known as the “Royal City,” explore the historic downtown's 19th century architecture, poke around the waterfront with its public markets and boardwalk or discover the Fraser River's ever changing parade of tug boats and freighters.

New Westminster offers an interesting and eclectic array of shopping. Columbia Street is the centre of downtown, and you’ll find antiques of all sorts tucked away on Front Street's "Antique Alley." History, arts and culture are in abundance, with plenty of local museums, galleries, and performing arts venues.