Back in 2017 we took a July 3rd Serenity Alaska cruise from Vancouver, we arrived in the early afternoon on Canada day, it was a Saturday. I don’t recall any chaos at the airport but it was busy as usual, particularly going through a long line for immigration. Then again, there were several flights from Asia that arrived around the same time as we did. As far as crowds, it was very busy that weekend but it was fun, we didn’t see it as a problem. We stayed near Canada place at the shangri-la…our favorite hotel in Vancouver
keep in mind that Vancouver is a very popular place, particularly in the summer months and more and more ships are sailing from there each and every year
Nancy