Volunteer at the Aquarium
While visiting us you’re bound to run into a volunteer! Volunteers provide directions, explain our ongoing research and share interesting stories about the animals at the Aquarium.
Get Involved
Learn how you can become a volunteer. Recruitment happens three times a year: in the fall, winter and spring. You will be required to commit to approximately one 4-hour shift per week for six months, or do 100 hours if you choose to fulfill your commitment in less than six months. (.. more)
Learn how you can become a volunteer. Recruitment happens three times a year: in the fall, winter and spring. You will be required to commit to approximately one 4-hour shift per week for six months, or do 100 hours if you choose to fulfill your commitment in less than six months. (.. more)
Benefits of Volunteering
Discover all the benefits that volunteering can give! Expand your social network, increase your marine and conservation knowledge, gain valuable work experience in a new field, and stay stimulated and connected to your community. Our volunteers also get perks such as transit tickets, paid parking, discounts and field trips (.. more)
Discover all the benefits that volunteering can give! Expand your social network, increase your marine and conservation knowledge, gain valuable work experience in a new field, and stay stimulated and connected to your community. Our volunteers also get perks such as transit tickets, paid parking, discounts and field trips (.. more)
Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers support numerous departments, and there are plenty of roles in the galleries and behind the scenes. (Note that while we recruit for many of our roles through the public, some are reserved for current volunteers, members and corporate teams. These include Animal Encounter Assistants, Aquarist Assistants and more (.. more)
Volunteers support numerous departments, and there are plenty of roles in the galleries and behind the scenes. (Note that while we recruit for many of our roles through the public, some are reserved for current volunteers, members and corporate teams. These include Animal Encounter Assistants, Aquarist Assistants and more (.. more)
Volunteer Recruitment - Now open as of April 1!
Check out the volunteer roles we are currently recruiting for. There are many volunteer roles at the Vancouver Aquarium. We know you bring a unique complement of talents and interests to us and want to match you with the ideal role (.. more)
Check out the volunteer roles we are currently recruiting for. There are many volunteer roles at the Vancouver Aquarium. We know you bring a unique complement of talents and interests to us and want to match you with the ideal role (.. more)
Youth Work Experience
Our volunteer team is supported by work experience students. Placements are offered to local secondary school students in grades 10-12. Occasionally, we are able to accommodate internship or externship placement requests (.. more)
Our volunteer team is supported by work experience students. Placements are offered to local secondary school students in grades 10-12. Occasionally, we are able to accommodate internship or externship placement requests (.. more)
Post-Secondary Internships
Get hands on experience your classmates will be jealous of! Apply to gain valuable career experience in growing fields in marine biology. From training dolphins to taking x-rays, rescuing seals to recording respirations; our internships are resume builders you can’t get anywhere else in Canada (.. more)
Get hands on experience your classmates will be jealous of! Apply to gain valuable career experience in growing fields in marine biology. From training dolphins to taking x-rays, rescuing seals to recording respirations; our internships are resume builders you can’t get anywhere else in Canada (.. more)
Other ways to get involved
Each year thousands of Canadians make a difference for our aquatic environments and species through participation in the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. Become a site coordinator and lead a group of volunteers, or join a site that is looking for more helping hands. This is a fantastic opportunity to get the whole family or community out volunteering together (.. more)