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Date Spark press kit
Everything you need to write about Date Spark: who we are, the numbers, the logo and how to reach us. If you need something that isn't here, ask. We answer email faster than we answer the question “where should we go tonight?”, which is saying something.
In one line
Date Spark (datespark.ca) is a free, independent guide to date ideas in Greater Vancouver and Victoria, BC, with real prices checked on each venue's own website and a planner that turns any idea into a timed evening out.
What Date Spark is
Date Spark is a date-idea guide for Greater Vancouver and Victoria. You can browse it like a streaming app, take a short quiz, or swipe through ideas, and any idea can become a full plan: somewhere to start, the main event and somewhere to wind down, timed with real travel between stops.
Ideas carry real photos of the places, with sources credited. Prices are per person: the ones marked as checked come straight from the venue's own menu or website, with the date we looked, and the rest are researched estimates we are converting to checked prices venue by venue.
Venues can't pay to be listed. The site also covers what's on today, tonight and this weekend, plus neighbourhood guides and city news.
Key facts
- 786
- date ideas with real photos of the places, plus live events
- 2
- cities: Greater Vancouver (554 ideas) and Victoria (232)
- 13
- categories, from coffee dates to day trips
- 354
- prices checked on the venue's own website
- 182
- free date ideas
- $0
- to use, and $0 for a venue to be listed
Counted from the live catalog each time the site is published. We don't publish traffic figures.
Categories
Cozy & Intimate, Adventure & Outdoors, Coffee & Chemistry, Arts & Culture, Foodie Experiences, Break a Sweat, Scenic & Romantic, Rainy Day, After Dark, Day Trips & Getaways, Broke & Bougie, Kid-Friendly Dates, Me Time.
Data for stories
We publish the numbers behind what dates cost here, with the method in full so you can check our working.
Date Night Index
What a date night for two really costs in Vancouver and Victoria, from a basket of prices re-checked on each venue's own site. Low, typical and splurge, with the method published.
Christmas lights cost tracker
Every holiday lights date in the region with its official 2026 price, from free to the ones that need a budget meeting.
Logo
The wordmark is “date spark” in lower case, followed by the red flame. In running text, please write Date Spark.
Please don't recolour, stretch or redraw the logo. Venue photos on Date Spark belong to their credited sources and aren't part of this kit.
Colours and type
Spark red
#E50914
The flame and main actions
Deep red
#B1060F
Links and hover states
Ink
#202124
Wordmark and text
Slate
#50545B
Supporting text
Rule
#CCD0D5
Lines and borders
Paper
#FFFFFF
Backgrounds
Date ideas in Vancouver
The research is our job.
Press contact
Interviews, data requests, comment on dating and going out in Vancouver and Victoria, or a correction: one inbox, read by a real person.
Email hello@datespark.caPress contact: Kwame Adoo, founder
Venue owner? The Featured on Date Spark page has your badge and embed code.