Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation

Offers many adapted and integrated recreational activities for children, youth, adults, and seniors with disabilities. Programs include adapted sports, aquatics, exercise classes, and social and recreational activities. Also provides equipment such as aquatic lifts, water wheelchairs, and beach entr...

Provides a free weekly hamper program where families or individuals ages 16 and up can pick up fresh produce, dried goods, and household goods weekly at Sunset Community Centre. Patrons can register online, in-person, or over the phone, weekly to be a part of the program. Pickup schedule is between ...

Breakfast Program offers a low cost breakfast option for students and families of Lord Strathcona Elementary. Fees are $2.50 per meal. Backback Program provides participants with produce and staples to last through the weekend.

A grass-roots volunteer-run shower program for up to 25 homeless people that runs on a first-come first-served basis from 7:30 am to 9 am on Saturdays. Serves a hot breakfast until 8:45 am. Toiletries are provided and a clean change of clothes. Also offers assistance with income tax and ID, connecti...

Service for Vancouver residents whose limited income may prevent them from participating in basic recreation services; applicants must be receiving Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (MSDPR) financial assistance or have a family income that meets the low-income guidelines of Statis...

The Leisure Access Agency Pass offers free access to basic recreation services at Park Board facilities to Vancouver nonprofit agency staff and volunteers when they accompany and assist their clients; apply online. Also offers access for Vancouver foster parents supervising their foster children.

Provides information on park and recreation programs and initiatives for the transgender, gender diverse, and Two-Spirit (TGD2S) community. A Trans Swim is offered at Templeton Park Pool (700 Templeton Drive) exclusively for transgender individuals from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm Sundays. The TGD2S Weight ...