Support our local restaurants and pubs by ordering food to eat at home while you watch the live event video. 

Here’s a list of local businesses to choose from:

Participate in our Community Art Project

Port Coquitlam residents of all ages and members of the Royal Party are invited to participate in a May Days community art project by expressing in words or drawings what Port Coquitlam means to them.

Download our templates below:

Port Coquitlam Resident Template: Submit online by clicking here.

Royal Party Template: Download and submit artwork in the drop box at the Outlet in Leigh Square. The Outlet at Leigh Square is located at:
#110-2248 McAllister Ave, Port Coquitlam.

All artwork must be submitted by June 15. Artwork will be shared through social media, become part of a large digital art piece, and will be maintained as a record of this unique period of the city’s history at the Port Coquitlam Heritage Museum. Members of the Royal Party will also have their artwork created into a commemorative booklet. Please email arts@portcoquitlam.ca with any questions.

As an addition to the 2020 Community Street Banner project, we will unveil four new heart-themed banner designs selected from the hundreds of drawings residents have submitted to the city over the past month. Watch for the banners on the Coast Meridian Overpass in mid-June!

Make a card for Mother’s Day!

Mother’s Day is right around the corner! Learn how to make a pop-up Mother’s Day card with a few supplies you already have around the house: paper, scissors, glue, pencil and coloured pencils or crayons.

The month of May is believed to have been named for the Roman goddess of spring and growth, Maia. The month of May heralds the awakening and flourishing of nature and the coming of spring. In the City of Port Coquitlam, this month marks the celebration of May Day.

In ancient times, May was a time for outdoor celebrations. In Rome, it was a time that was sacred to Flora, the goddess of flowers. The Romans celebrated May Day with flower-decked parades. In England, the village youth went to the woods to gather spring flowers and hawthorne branches, returning singing and dancing. The flowering boughs they gathered were used to decorate the May tree. As the white flowered hawthorne tree became the tree most often decorated, it came to be called the May tree. In more recent celebrations, the May pole, symbolic of the May tree it has replaced, has been decorated with colourful ribbons.

The City of Port Coquitlam first introduced the celebration of May in 1916 when the principal of James Park School, Mrs. Enid Cox, arranged a small celebration for her pupils. The first official community May Day was held in 1923, when James Park and Central schools combined their efforts. It was in 1923 that Miss Evelyn Mars was crowned as Port Coquitlam’s first official May Queen.

In modern times, Port Coquitlam’s May Day celebration, has a May Queen and an Ambassador, along with the Royal Party, preside over the festivities, which normally include a parade, music, entertainment and dancing around maypoles.

This year’s online celebration is the latest proactive action Port Coquitlam has taken to help stop the spread of COVID-19 and to support the community at this challenging time.

Thank you to the Community groups that participate in May Days in Port Coquitlam! We appreciate you!