Healthy children

Here is a list of free information, tools, and resources to help you raise happy, healthy, and active children.

Vancouver Coastal Health

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) offers a wide range of heath services for infants, children, and youth - along with their families and caregivers. They also offer services for parents, including postpartum support.

• Visit the Vancouver Coastal Health infants & children website

BC Ministry of Health

The Province of BC's "Best Chance" website is filled with up-to-date and practical information, useful tools, and resources, for women, expectant parents, and families with babies and toddlers up to three years old.

• Visit the Best Chance website

Healthy Families BC

Healthy Families BC is the province's online resource for health and wellness information. The site will give you the necessary tools and information to help you make better choices when it comes to managing your - and your family's - health.

• Visit the Health Families BC website

HealthLink BC

The province's HealthLink BC website helps teens - and parents of children and teens - to learn more about topics that affect their health and well-being.

• Visit the HealthLink BC website

Active & Safe Routes to School

Walking and cycling to school is part of a healthy lifestyle. It is good for the environment and it makes children happier. Active & Safe Routes to School promotes and celebrates children's active school travel in Canada.

• Visit the Active & Safe Routes to School website

VPL Kids

The Vancouver Public Library has one of the largest collections of materials specifically for children and families in BC.

• Visit the Vancouver Public Library Kids website