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Cafés with Wi-Fi in Vancouver

Free #VanWiFi, roaster cafés on Great Northern Way and Wi-Fi tables until 22:00.

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Free public Wi-Fi is easy to find in central Vancouver. In January 2018 the City and Shaw expanded the #VanWiFi network to more than 600 locations, about 550 of them live at launch; speeds were generally 10 Mbps, there was no data cap, and logging in asked for no personal information.1

Downtown and Mount Pleasant have the most cafés with Wi-Fi, and the West End and Kitsilano tie for third. In Mount Pleasant they gather around Great Northern Way and the blocks east of Cambie Street; downtown they line West Hastings, Hornby and Robson Streets.

Local tip: If a café’s own network is slow, look for #VanWiFi or the VPL network: the city service is free, has no data cap and asks for no personal details.

Where these cafés are: Mount Pleasant (6), Downtown (6), West End (4), Kitsilano (4), Fairview & South Granville (3), Gastown & Railtown (2), East Village & Hastings-Sunrise (2), Yaletown (2), Riley Park & Kensington-Cedar Cottage (1), Granville Island (1), Commercial Drive (1).

At a glance

32Cafés listed
27With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
00:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Melriches Coffee House, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–21:30 · Sat 06:30–21:30 · Sun 07:00–21:30).
  • Closes latest: Passion8 Dessert Cafe, until 00:00 (Mon–Thu 13:00–23:00 · Fri–Sat 13:00–00:00 · Sun 13:00–23:00).
  • Most listed streets: West Broadway (2), Burrard Street (2), Great Northern Way (2).
  • Most common features: indoor seating (44%), outdoor seating (41%), smoke-free indoors (34%).
West End

Beyond Coffee

  • 1015 Burrard Street
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–21:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–17:00
  • +16046975326
  • Wi-Fi
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Wheelchair access
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Fairview & South Granville

Cha Tra Mue

  • 736 West Broadway
  • Mon–Fri 11:00–20:00 · Sat–Sun 12:00–20:00
  • Wi-Fi
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Toilets
  • Smoke-free indoors
  • Bubble tea
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West End

Melriches Coffee House

  • 1244 Davie Street
  • Mon–Fri 06:00–21:30 · Sat 06:30–21:30 · Sun 07:00–21:30
  • +1-604-689-5282
  • Wi-Fi
  • Indoor seating
  • Wheelchair access
  • Open by 6am
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Downtown

Olivier's Cafe et Viennoiseries

  • 859 Hornby Street
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–18:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–17:30
  • Wi-Fi
  • Air-con
  • Indoor seating
  • Vegetarian options
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Yaletown

Number e Food

  • 1308 Burrard Street
  • +1-604-559-6863
  • Wi-Fi
  • Indoor seating
  • Card payment
  • Vegetarian options
  • Partial wheelchair access
  • Toilets
  • Smoke-free indoors
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Connecting to #VanWiFi

To join, pick the #VanWiFi, COV-Public or VPL network, open a browser and accept the terms page that loads.1 Shaw’s part of the 2018 build covered more than 500 locations in the downtown core and surrounding area, plus nine social housing sites, six outdoor sites and 15 places the City asked for.2 The City’s first six hotspots, run by Telus, had gone live in October 2015.2

Great Northern Way and Mount Pleasant

Two cafés with Wi-Fi share Great Northern Way in the False Creek Flats, next to Emily Carr University. Nemesis Coffee at 555 opened in 2021 in a Perkins & Will-designed space finished in birch plywood, and roasts its own beans from farms in Honduras, Colombia, Brazil and elsewhere.3 Kafka, two minutes’ walk away at 577, has more tables and a long counter up in its loft.3

Nemesis opens weekdays 08:00–16:00 and weekends 09:00–17:00; Kafka runs 07:00–17:00 on weekdays and from 08:00 at weekends. The Federal Store, at 2601 Quebec Street, fills a corner building that has stood since 1922; it opened in November 2016 as a mercantile café selling groceries beside in-house bread and pastries.4 It opens daily 08:00–18:00.

Downtown: Hastings, Hornby and Robson

Downtown’s Wi-Fi cafés mostly keep office hours. Time Out Cafe at 1150 Melville Street opens weekdays 06:30–17:30, Mink at 863 West Hastings runs 07:30–18:00 on weekdays, and Olivier’s Cafe et Viennoiseries at 859 Hornby Street opens at 07:00 every day.

Le Petit Belge at 340 Robson Street serves brunch until 15:00 on weekdays and 16:00 at weekends, and Bahar Bakery & Cafe is at 579 Robson.

Wi-Fi after 20:00 and on the East Side

For evening work, Avik Bakery at 682 West Broadway is open until 22:00 daily, and Liberty Bakery at 3699 Main Street reopens from 17:30 to 22:00, Thursday to Sunday. In the West End, Melriches Coffee House at 1244 Davie Street runs 06:00–21:30 on weekdays, and Beyond Coffee at 1015 Burrard Street until 21:00 on weekdays.

Passion8 Dessert Cafe at 3010 Cambie Street stays open until 23:00, and to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays; Nok Nok Cafe at 2586 East Hastings Street runs 09:00–23:00. On Commercial Drive, Turk’s at number 1276 (07:00–18:00) belongs to Linda and Brian Turko, who learned from Milano Coffee’s master roaster and later took over Milano.3

Sources

  1. Vancouver launches more than 600 free WiFi locations with Shaw, Daily Hive (January 20, 2018), accessed October 2026
  2. The City of Vancouver partnered with Shaw to expand free public Wi-Fi, MobileSyrup (Sameer Chhabra, January 22, 2018), accessed October 2026
  3. The Sprudge Guide To Coffee Shops In Vancouver, BC, Sprudge (Gregory Walters, January 29, 2024), accessed October 2026
  4. The Federal Store: Vancouver’s Beautiful Mercantile Cafe, Sprudge (Peter de Vooght, April 10, 2017), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Wi-Fi in Vancouver: questions

How do you connect to free #VanWiFi in Vancouver?

Choose the #VanWiFi, COV-Public or VPL network in your device’s Wi-Fi settings, open a browser and accept the terms page. Login asks for no personal information and has no data cap. Speeds were generally 10 Mbps when the City and Shaw expanded the network to more than 600 locations in 2018.

Which Vancouver neighborhoods have the most cafés with Wi-Fi?

Downtown and Mount Pleasant have the most cafés with Wi-Fi, with the West End and Kitsilano next. Downtown options include Mink at 863 West Hastings and Olivier’s at 859 Hornby Street; in Mount Pleasant, Nemesis and Kafka share Great Northern Way next to Emily Carr University.

Which Vancouver cafés with Wi-Fi are open in the evening?

Avik Bakery at 682 West Broadway is open until 22:00 daily, and Melriches Coffee House at 1244 Davie Street until 21:30 on weekdays. Passion8 Dessert Cafe on Cambie Street stays open until 23:00, and to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays.

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