On foot

Vancouverites are renowned walkers. In fact, as rainy as it is here, walking accounts for 17% of all trips made in our city. Every day your neighbours and colleagues make over 300,000 trips on foot. The average person can walk one kilometre in ten minutes. Think of all the places you can get to in half an hour!

Try out a Greenway near you

Greenways are linear corridors that provide an enhanced environment for walking and cycling, including public art along routes, boulevard and traffic circle gardens, extra crosswalks and pedestrian-controlled lights, clear directional signage and more. Visit the site for descriptions and maps. Vancouver bike routes are also great for walking.

Step out and take a walk

The Vancouver Park Board's Active Communities step out walks include local park paths, trails and theme walks. The Active Communities website not only provides maps and information about these walks but also includes links to distances as well as calorie calculators so you can measure the health impact of traveling around by foot. The Active Communities program aims to increase residents' activity levels so everyone can lead a cleaner, greener, healthier lifestyle, one small step at a time. Watch the youtube video of their walk around False Creek that was held to celebrate the one year countdown to the 2010 Winter Games.

Find out what's in your community

Check out the City of Vancouver community pages website, which contains useful information about parks, community centres, libraries and other services in your neighbourhood within walking distance.

Get pedestrian safety tips and information

The City of Vancouver's Pedestrian Safety Program describes the local walking infrastructure and offers sensible safety tips for pedestrians and drivers.

Find out how walkable your neighbourhood is

Find out your neighbourhood's WalkScore. Enter your street address, city and province and Walk Score will then calculate the walkability of your address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, community centres and churches. This is important information to consider when choosing where you want to live.

Get involved in Car Free Vancouver days

Car Free Vancouver is about the next level in our evolution toward healthy communities, authentic cultural celebrations, and car-free streets. Events are being held in communities (like Kitsilano, West End and Main Street) each June. Get involved and lend your support to make these events happen.

Across the province

View recreation facilities and walking routes from around BC with Walk BC's interactive maps. This organization encourages individual and group walking to increase overall health in communities through a range of programs that promote walking.