History
asyPark has a service history of over 60 years in parking management and excellence within the City of Vancouver. We presently manage 39 facilities, totaling over 10,836 parking spaces and ranging in size from 20 to 1,577 spaces.
Founded in 1948 by visionary downtown merchants, the Corporation manages and operates parkades and properties owned or leased by the City of Vancouver, or joint ventures between the City and third parties. The original six properties were purchased by the business community and later gifted to the City of Vancouver. Subsequent profits have far exceeded what was originally invested and these gains are continually reinvested to increase off-street parking assets. The Corporation, which operates as a non-profit public authority, was a model of public-private partnership long before the phrase became fashionable.
Since then, the Parking Corporation of Vancouver, now known as EasyPark, is jointly owned by the City and the Downtown Vancouver Association (DVA). This share structure gives the City sole title to the assets of, and the revenues generated by, the Corporation; while the DVA provides the business expertise to conduct the affairs of the Corporation. It is governed by a board of two appointed and twelve elected directors.
An organization that began life as the brainchild of a small group of downtown business owners, has evolved into an organization that ranks among the very best of North American parking facility management companies. This has been accomplished by sticking to the principles of its founders: to provide safe, friendly, clean and affordable parking to the Greater Vancouver community.
Where do your parking fees go?
All net revenues go to the respective owners of the parking facilities (which is the City of Vancouver in the majority of cases) for reinvestment in the development of public parking facilities. Easypark facilities are intended to act as an integral component of Vancouver's transportation infrastructure and their use should be complementary to the vitality of the downtown business community.