Luggage storageGranville Island

Luggage storage at Granville Island

Plenty of visitors reach Granville Island juggling a bag they'd rather put down. Since the island itself has nowhere to leave one, plan to stash it nearby before you explore.

The Public Market keeps its own hours, closing for January maintenance and on a few holidays. If your day includes an event at BC Place, that venue runs a bag check for CA$10 but only at events, and nearby SkyTrain connections make it easy to reach the island after dropping bags elsewhere. Granville Island sits on a peninsula in the Fairview neighbourhood, giving it a waterfront footprint that makes the surrounding approaches feel distinct from the mainland street grid. It draws around 10 million visits a year, so expect a busy, pedestrian-heavy area where managing luggage before you arrive is easier than improvising on the spot. Its identity as an artistic and cultural hub means many visitors combine gallery or studio browsing with market stops, which can extend the time you are carrying anything you brought with you. Granville Island does not provide any official bag check or luggage storage facilities for visitors. With Stasher, you can store bags from CA$3.49 per bag a day at 10+ locations near Granville Island.

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Getting to Granville Island with luggage

The number 50 False Creek bus runs directly to Granville Island, stopping at Anderson Street and West 2nd Avenue, and that approach is step-free with accessible ramps leading towards the pedestrian path under the Granville Street Bridge. Another route is to take any bus serving the Granville Street and West 5th Avenue interchange, then walk five to ten minutes north under the bridge to reach the island.

Planning your visit around bags

The Public Market is open on statutory holidays, though it closes on January 1st, December 25th and 26th, plus every Monday in January for maintenance — worth knowing if you're heading over with bags and hoping to browse first.

If your trip includes an event at BC Place, the stadium strongly encourages arriving without bags, permitting only small bags no larger than 6.5 by 8.5 inches or clear plastic bags up to 12 by 12 by 6 inches. BC Place provides a first-come, first-served bag check service at events for CA$10 per piece, and the stadium is approximately a five-minute walk from Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain station. BC Place hosts conferences and trade shows as well as sports and music events, so bag restrictions can apply to a wider range of visits than just game days.

There is no official luggage storage facility provided by the City of Vancouver or the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association within the downtown neighbourhood. Downtown Vancouver is the city's primary business, cultural, and entertainment district, and its central cluster of shops and restaurants is often part of a Granville Island itinerary.

Transport hubs and connections

The SkyTrain Canada Line provides a direct public transit link from Waterfront Station to Vancouver International Airport (YVR), so anyone arriving from YVR has a direct connection to Waterfront Station. For rail travellers, Pacific Central Station is the western terminus for Via Rail's The Canadian and the northern terminus for Amtrak Cascades.

If you're arriving by cruise ship, Waterfront Station is the closest transit hub to the Vancouver Cruise Port, giving you a direct connection to SkyTrain, SeaBus, West Coast Express, and bus routes. Waterfront Station is the terminus for the SkyTrain Expo Line, the SkyTrain Canada Line, the West Coast Express, and the SeaBus passenger ferry service.