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White Rock Pier Lights
Lighting the White Rock Pier
The White Rock Pier, built in 1914, is a popular destination for people from the Lower Mainland and beyond. People come to the waterfront and the pier to enjoy breathtaking sunsets and beauty of Semiahmoo Bay.
The City installed accent lights to the pier in 2018 to add to the beauty and enjoyment of the Pier experience and to celebrate annual occasions and/or build awareness for registered not-for profit causes that are important to the White Rock community and its visitors.
Lighting Requests
Please note: Pier lighting requests are now closed for 2023.
Community non-profit groups can request to light the White Rock Pier to recognize not-for-profit causes that are important to White Rock community and its visitors. Requests must meet the White Rock Pier lighting policy.
Lighting requests may be submitted from October 1 - November 30 for the following year. Applicants will be notified by the end of the year if their application has been approved at which time the new schedule will be updated on the City website.
Please check back between October 1 - November 30, 2023 to submit your request for 2024.
Pier Lighting Schedule 2023
| Date | Reason | Colour |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | New Years Day | Multi-coloured |
| February 1-6 |
Black History Month | Orange and Yellow |
| February 11 | 211 Day | Red |
| February 17 | Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week | Green |
| February 20 |
Family Day |
White and Blue |
| February 22 | Pink Shirt Day | Pink |
| February 25 | Coldest Night of the Year Walk | Blue and Yellow |
| March 8 | International Women’s Day | Purple |
| March 17 | St. Patrick's Day | Green |
| March 26 | Purple Day for Epilepsy | Purple |
| April 7 | Green Shirt Day - Promoting Organ and Tissue Donation | Green |
| April 9 | Easter | Purple, Yellow, and Pink |
| April 11 | World Parkinson’s Day | Turquoise & Magenta |
| April 19 | Porphyria Awareness Day | Purple |
| April 24 - 28 | National Volunteer Week | Blue and Pink |
| April 29 | World Wish Day | Blue |
| May 2 - 8 | Huntington Disease Awareness Month | Blue and Purple |
| May 12 | Fibromyalgia Awareness Day | Purple |
| May 16 | Celiac Awareness Month | Green |
| May 17-19 | Shine a Light on NF (Neurofibromatosis) | Blue and Green |
| May 24 | World Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day | Purple |
| May 28 | Menstrual Health Day | Red |
| May 30 | World MS Day | Red |
| June 1 | International Pride Month | Rainbow |
| June 2 | National Deafblind Awareness Month | Blue |
| June 21 | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Green |
| July 1 | Canada Day | Red and White |
| July 21 - 29 | Pride Week | Rainbow |
| August 7 | BC Day | Blue, White, Red, Green, and Gold |
| August 10 | Picnic on the Pier Fundraiser for the Peace Arch Hospital Foundation | White |
| August 31 | International Overdose Day | Purple |
| September 15 - 18 | Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Blue |
| September 23 | World Mitochondrial Disease Week | Green |
| September 28 | National British Home Child Day | Yellow or Red, White and Blue |
| September 30 | National Day of Truth and Reconciliation | Orange |
| October 1-8 | Breast Cancer Awareness | Pink |
| Nov 1 | Lung Cancer Awareness Month | White |
| November 12 | Diwali | Blue, Red, Green, and Orange |
| November 11 | Remembrance Day | Red |
| December 10 | International Day of Human Rights | Blue |
| December 7-15 | Hanukkah | Blue and White |
| December 11-18 | Christmas | Red and Green |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | Red and Green |
| December 31 - Jan 1 | New years Eve/New Years Day | Multi-coloured |