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Arguably North America's off-leash capital, with 160+ designated off-leash areas plus a patio culture that serves pup ice cream.
6 places4 categories5 neighbourhoods3 with an off-leash area
6 places, each checked against the venue's own information
Neighbourhoods covered: Southeast Calgary, Northwest Calgary, Victoria Park, Kensington, Inglewood.
No photo yetSue Higgins Park, formerly Southland Park, lies along the west bank of the Bow River in southeast Calgary and covers about 62 hectares. It is home to the largest fenced off-leash area in Calgary, with river access, marshes, grasslands and wooded trails.
No photo yetNose Hill Park is one of the largest natural environment urban parks in North America, covering about 1,129 hectares of Rough Fescue grassland in northwest Calgary. Roughly a third of the park is designated off-leash, and the paved trail crossing the park is an on-leash zone.
No photo yetBowmont Park is a 164-hectare natural environment park on the northern bank of the Bow River between Bowness and Montgomery. It has hiking trails, a tufa rock formation and waterfall, and designated off-leash areas mapped by the City of Calgary.
No photo yetVillage Ice Cream has been making ice cream fresh daily in Calgary since 2012, and its original Victoria Park shop at 431 10 Avenue SE has a bench patio. The menu includes a dog-friendly flavour, Gus' Doggie Dole Whip, so pups can join the treat run.
No photo yetThe Mash is a family-owned craft beer and pizza spot that brews with spent grain and bakes its pizza dough from it. Several Calgary locations, including Kensington, offer dog-friendly patios, and the kitchen makes a Pawsome Pizza for dogs with a spent-grain and oat crust topped with pumpkin, chicken, roasted red pepper and mozzarella.
No photo yetCold Garden is an Inglewood craft brewery known for its sunny, backyard-style patio full of umbrellas and couches. Dogs are welcome and get water bowls and treats from the staff, and the brewery invites patrons to post patio dog photos with its #dogsofcoldgarden hashtag.
Leash rules, off-leash hours and whether dogs are allowed inside are set locally and change without notice. Each listing here says what the venue or the responsible authority publishes, and the listing page links to the page we checked, so you can confirm the current rule before you set out. Outside a signed off-leash area, keep the dog on a lead.
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A harbour-front park on Lake Ontario, a ravine-top trail, and a restaurant row that has learned to expect dogs on the terrace.
A 400-hectare forested park inside the city, a lake beach with an off-leash end, and a taphouse patio with a dog menu.
An island park built for Expo 67, a canal towpath that runs for kilometres, and a taproom that welcomes the dog.
A greenbelt dog park with kilometres of paths, patio season on Bank Street, and a downtown hotel with a written pet policy.
The largest river valley park system on the continent pairs vast riverside off-leash parks with cafe patios that welcome muddy paws.
The crown jewel is Point Pleasant Park, where most of a 75-hectare seaside forest is off-leash, and harbour patios roll out water bowls.
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