The Ontario Greenway follows the popular Ontario Bikeway linking False Creek to 59th Avenue, connecting parks, schools and community centers along the way. Raised crosswalks, traffic circles, speed humps, and landscaped corner bulges calm traffic on this 6 km bikeway/greenway. Schools along the route have participated in the development of the Greenway by helping to plan demonstration gardens. The street gardens at Ontario and 27th have been planted with native species to compliment the outdoor classroom at General Wolfe Elementary School. The children’s artwork of butterflies and bugs has been etched into rocks that form part of the design.

Views of the North Shore mountains to the north and the Fraser River to the south can be seen from different viewpoints along the route. Pedestrians use the sidewalk and cyclists share the road with vehicles along traffic-calmed, mostly residential, streets. Admire the traffic circle gardens cared for by local residents, ride or walk to Queen Elizabeth Park, take in a summer afternoon baseball game at Nat Bailey Stadium, play golf or jog around the Langara Golf Course. The Ontario Greenway intersects the Ridgeway Greenway and the Seaside Greenway and will eventually be extended further south toward the Fraser River.

Destinations and areas of interest along the Ontario Greenway:

• Major parks – Hillcrest Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, Langara Golf Course
• Other parks – Jonathan Rogers Park, Mount Pleasant Park, Riley Park
• Community Centres – Mount Pleasant Community Centre, Riley Park Community Centre
• Schools – General Wolfe Elementary, Van Horne Elementary, Sexsmith Elementary, Langara Community College
• Sports activities – walking, jogging, cycling, playing fields, outdoor pool at Mt Pleasant Community Centre, skating at Riley Park Community Centre (both seasonal), golf (Queen Elizabeth pitch and putt, Langara Golf Course), disc golf (Q E Park), tennis (Q E Park and Langara), children’s playgrounds, Nat Bailey Stadium

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