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A 400-hectare forested park inside the city, a lake beach with an off-leash end, and a taphouse patio with a dog menu.
6 places4 categories6 neighbourhoods3 with an off-leash area
6 places, each checked against the venue's own information
Neighbourhoods covered: West End, Hastings-Sunrise, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Yaletown, Marpole, Vancouver.
Vancouver's largest park, a 400-hectare coastal rainforest with the Seawall, beaches and trails. Dogs are welcome throughout the park but must stay on a lead unless they are inside a designated off-leash area; the wooded trails and seawall path are the most popular routes for a walk.
A waterfront park in East Vancouver with a fenced off-leash area and a beach that is open to off-lead dogs out of season. The rest of the park, which looks across the water towards the North Shore mountains, is on-lead, and there is a separate fenced run of about 7,000 square metres.
A freshwater beach at the south end of Trout Lake in John Hendry Park, with an off-leash dog area at the north end of the lake. The surrounding park has play fields, a picnic area and a concession, and the water quality has been under review, so swimming is not permitted for people.
No photo yetA taproom and kitchen from the Steamworks brewery group on Main Street, with a large patio facing a small urban park. The venue advertises a dog-friendly patio and prints a dedicated 'Bone Appétit' menu for dogs, alongside a full pub menu for their owners and a weekend brunch.
No photo yetA 96-room boutique hotel in Yaletown that markets itself as dog-friendly. Its published policy welcomes one house-trained dog of up to 25 pounds per room, requires dogs to be with their owners or leashed in public areas, and adds a one-off cleaning fee at check-out.
No photo yetA riverside City of Vancouver park with rolling lawns, boardwalks over tidal marsh and views of the Fraser River, featuring a large designated off-leash dog area. Its mix of open grass and gravel paths makes it one of the city's most spacious official dog off-leash destinations.
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.
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.
Arguably North America's off-leash capital, with 160+ designated off-leash areas plus a patio culture that serves pup ice cream.
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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