Dogs in Parks

Where can I take my dog?

• Off-leash areas

  Let your dog stretch its legs in one of 14 off-leash areas:

  1. Ballantree Park
     Ballantree (PDF)
  2. Benbow Park
  3. Seawalk
     North of the fence (19th to 24th Streets only)
  4. Clovelly Walk
  5. Cypress Falls Park (leash dogs near fast-moving water)
  6. Douglas Woodward Park
  7. Hay Park
  8. Klahanie Park (trails only)
  9. Lighthouse Park (trails only except Birdsong Path)
  10. Walking trails and fire access roads in the undeveloped lands above the highway (with exceptions; please see map)
  11. McKechnie Park
  12. Seaview Walk
  13. Westhill Park
  14. Whytecliff Park (east of Marine Drive)

  Dogs are allowed off-leash on walking trails and fire access roads in undeveloped public lands above the Upper Levels Highway. Please:

  • do not trespass on private land
  • review all signage carefully
  • clean up after your dog
• On-leash areas

  Dogs are allowed on-leash in most areas of most parks, but not in playgrounds, beaches, sports fields and school fields. Please check all signage before entering any park.

• Dogs on beaches

  Dogs are not allowed on any West Vancouver beaches except where otherwise noted.

• Are dogs allowed on the Seawalk?

  Leashed dogs are now permitted on the Centennial Seawalk, which runs from the bottom of 18th Street (west of John Lawson Park) to 25th Street (Dundarave Park). The dog path behind the fence between 19th and 24th Street is still available for dogs to frolic off-leash, but once outside of this fenced dog path, dogs must be leashed.

  Leashed dogs are also permitted on the Ambleside Seawalk, the paved seaside walking path within Ambleside Park. View the map below for more information. 

  View map

  A maximum of two dogs per owner are permitted on these paths.

• Ambleside Park, Dundarave Park, and Horseshoe Bay Park

  Ambleside Park, Dundarave Park, and Horseshoe Bay Park allow dogs on a leash (no greater than two metres in length) on paved footpaths. 

  Dogs are not allowed on grass, piers, playgrounds, beaches, or gravel paths. The maps below outline the paved footpaths in each park where leashed dogs are permitted. 

  Ambleside Park

  Dundarave Park

  Horseshoe Bay Park