thumb|right|350px|Empire Stadium Vancouver July 1954
thumb|right|250px|Opening ceremony.<br>Attribution:Province newspaper
The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from 30 July to 7 August 1954. This was the fifth edition of the event that would eventually become known as the Commonwealth Games, the second post-war Games, the second Canadian Games after the inaugural event in Hamilton and the first event since the name change from British Empire Games took effect in 1952. Other bids to stage the Games were received from Toronto, Montreal and Hamilton.
The main venue was the Empire Stadium, which had been specifically constructed for the games at the cost of £500,000. Work on the 25,000 seated stadium started in October 1953 and the keys were handed over to Stan Smith (General chairman of the games) on 12 July 1954.
The games were attended by 24 nations and 662 competitors. It was the first time that the games gained a television audience, when CBC and NBC transmitted pictures to an estimated 100 million North American viewers.
- Opening and Closing Ceremonies: Empire Stadium, Hastings Park
- Aquatics: Empire Pool, University of British Columbia, West Point Grey
- Athletics: Empire Stadium
- Boxing: Exhibition Forum
- Cycling (track): Empire Oval (Broadway Bowl)
- Rowing: Vedder Canal, Chilliwack
- Weightlifting: Exhibition Garden, Hastings Park