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Midway Directory · Midway operators and travelling carnivals

Who is West Coast Amusements, and which fairs does it play?

West Coast Amusements is a family-owned travelling midway company based near Chilliwack, British Columbia. Bingo and Jackie Hauser founded it in the early 1960s. It brings rides, games and food to fairs in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, including the Cloverdale Rodeo, Regina's Queen City Ex, Lethbridge Whoop-Up Days and the Vancouver Island Exhibition.

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Quick facts

Every line comes from a source listed at the bottom of the page. The small numbers point to it.

Official nameWest Coast Amusements12
Listed asMidway operator
Based inNear Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada (winter compound, as of 2011)16
FoundedA museum exhibit dates the company's start to 1962; a 2011 business profile gives 1964 instead.1516
Rides and gamesThe company's own site lists a fleet of more than 70 rides, from children's rides such as a carousel and Flying Elephants to thrill rides such as the Himalaya, Fireball and Zero Gravity 2, along with midway games for adults and children and fair food.123
Official websitewestcoastamusements.com/

Where they have played

EventWhereSeason
Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair13Cloverdale, BC2026
Queen City Ex7Regina, SK2026
Prince Albert Exhibition9Prince Albert, SK2026
Northwest Territorial Days6North Battleford, SK2026
Whoop-Up Days8Lethbridge, AB2026
Taber Cornfest11Taber, AB2026
Salmon Arm Fair14Salmon Arm, BC2026
Saanich Fair5Saanich, BC2026
Port Alberni Fall Fair12Port Alberni, BC2026
Cowichan Fall Fair10Duncan, BC2026
Vancouver Island Exhibition4Nanaimo, BC2026

Stops from the operator's own route pages and the fairs' pages, with the season each was listed for. Routes change every year. A linked name has its own page in the directory.

History

  • The founder sold his travelling animal show to zoos and bought his first ride, a used merry-go-round, in 1950.17
  • A lion cub named Simba from that early animal show later became the company logo.17
  • The company's first fair contract was in Port Alberni, British Columbia.16
  • Four generations of the Hauser family now run the business.15

Where they operate

  • British Columbia: Plays fall fairs on Vancouver Island and in the Interior, plus the Cloverdale Rodeo.154101314
  • Alberta: Plays Lethbridge and Taber in late summer.15811
  • Saskatchewan: Plays Regina, Prince Albert and North Battleford in summer.15796

Linked places have a page in the directory.

Linked in the directory

What we worked out

Not stated outright by any one source. This is our arithmetic or reading of the sources cited.

  • Taber Cornfest (August 27 to 29, 2026) and the Salmon Arm Fair (August 28 to 30, 2026) overlap, which fits the museum exhibit's statement that the company runs more than one travelling unit.111415
  • Using the earliest sourced start year of 1962, the company is about 64 years old in 2026.15

What we couldn't confirm

  • Founding year conflicts: the Digital Museums Canada exhibit says 1962, while the 2011 BCBusiness profile says 1964; the official site gives no year, only that partnerships span more than six decades.
  • Headquarters comes from a 2011 BCBusiness profile (winter compound north of Chilliwack); the official site and contact page give no address, so the current location is unconfirmed.
  • Ride counts differ by source and year: the official site says more than 70 rides, the 2011 profile said more than 100 and a 2012 news story said more than 120; the official site says about 60 fairs a year across three provinces.
  • Northwest Territorial Days is held in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, according to the company's event page; we found no sourced stop in the Yukon or Northwest Territories.
  • Mall stops (for example Tsawwassen Mills, Lansdowne Centre and Bonnie Doon Centre) appear in the company's event feed but were not added to the route.
  • Several company event pages name only the town, not the venue or province; provinces for Lethbridge, Taber, Regina and Prince Albert are inferred from the town names.
  • News reports link the company to the BC Northern Exhibition in Prince George, but we could not fetch a 2025 or 2026 source confirming it.
  • None of the fairs currently in the directory (PNE Fair, Playland, K-Days) appear on its sourced route, so no links were added.

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Sources

Official sources first. We paraphrase; nothing is copied. We use no logos or photos.

  1. West Coast Amusements: West Coast Amusements home page. Read on · official
  2. West Coast Amusements: Our Story. Read on · official
  3. West Coast Amusements: Rides. Read on · official
  4. West Coast Amusements: Vancouver Island Exhibition event page. Read on · official
  5. West Coast Amusements: Saanich Fair event page. Read on · official
  6. West Coast Amusements: Northwest Territorial Days event page. Read on · official
  7. West Coast Amusements: Regina Queen City Ex event page. Read on · official
  8. West Coast Amusements: Lethbridge Whoop Up Days event page. Read on · official
  9. West Coast Amusements: Prince Albert Exhibition event page. Read on · official
  10. West Coast Amusements: Cowichan Fall Fair event page. Read on · official
  11. West Coast Amusements: Taber Cornfest event page. Read on · official
  12. West Coast Amusements: Port Alberni Fall Fair event page. Read on · official
  13. Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association: Country Fair attractions and things to do. Read on · reference
  14. Salmon Arm Fair (Tickit ticketing page): Early Bird Midway Passes at the 2026 Salmon Arm Fair. Read on · reference
  15. North American Carnival Museum and Archives, Digital Museums Canada (Community Stories): Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron, West Coast Amusements modern carnival. Read on · reference
  16. BCBusiness: Carnie Knowledge in Canada. Read on · news
  17. Penticton Western News: Life is a carnival. Read on · news

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