It is the home of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, a Primary Reserve Infantry unit.

[3] From their creation in 1910 until 1935 The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada paraded at the Beatty Street Drill Hall with the Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles.

The government was petitioned for a separate armoury to house the regiment and in the early 1930s a site was selected.

The site selected was a plot of unused land at the south end of the recently completed Burrard Street Bridge.

[7] In the Canadian Forces, an armoury is a place where a reserve unit trains, meets, and parades.