Dog rules differ by land manager. Many regional and municipal parks allow leashed dogs, some BC Parks areas ban dogs entirely, and wildlife makes leashes important everywhere. Check the rule for each trail before you go.

leashed dogs allowed (per our data)

• Lynn Loop (North Shore, easy)
• Lynn Peak (North Shore, challenging)
• Norvan Falls (North Shore, moderate)
• Lynn Canyon & 30 Foot Pool (North Shore, easy)
• Capilano Canyon & Cleveland Dam (North Shore, easy)
• Dog Mountain (North Shore, easy)
• Mount Seymour (Pump Peak to Summit) (North Shore, challenging)
• Eagle Bluffs (North Shore, moderate)
• Black Mountain Loop (North Shore, moderate)
• Hollyburn Mountain (North Shore, moderate)
• St. Mark's Summit (North Shore, challenging)
• Mount Strachan (North Shore, challenging)
• Cypress Falls (North Shore, easy)
• Whyte Lake (North Shore, moderate)
• Lighthouse Park (North Shore, easy)
• Mount Brunswick (North Shore, very hard)
• Tunnel Bluffs (North Shore, challenging)
• Stanley Park Seawall (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Pacific Spirit Regional Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Burnaby Mountain Trails (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Coquitlam Crunch (Metro Vancouver, moderate)
• Buntzen Lake Loop (Metro Vancouver, moderate)
• Sendero Diez Vistas (Metro Vancouver, challenging)
• Minnekhada Regional Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Lindeman Lake (Fraser Valley, moderate)
• Teapot Hill (Fraser Valley, moderate)
• Bridal Veil Falls (Fraser Valley, easy)
• Cheam Peak (Fraser Valley, challenging)
• Elk Mountain (Fraser Valley, challenging)
• Hayward Lake Railway Trail (Fraser Valley, easy)
• Shannon Falls (Sea-to-Sky, easy)
• Sea to Summit Trail (Sea-to-Sky, very hard)
• Murrin Park (Browning Lake loop) (Sea-to-Sky, easy)
• Four Lakes Trail (Alice Lake) (Sea-to-Sky, easy)
• Brandywine Falls (Sea-to-Sky, easy)
• Killarney Lake (Bowen Island) (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Admiralty Point (Belcarra) (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Burnaby Lake loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Deer Lake loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Whistler Train Wreck (Sea-to-Sky, easy)
• Mundy Park loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Colony Farm Regional Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Pitt-Addington Marsh dikes (Grant Narrows) (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Kanaka Creek: Cliff Falls (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Derby Reach and Edgewater Bar (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Campbell Valley: Little River Loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Tynehead Regional Park loops (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Redwood Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Richmond West Dyke Trail (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Queen Elizabeth Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Capilano Pacific Trail (North Shore, moderate)
• Seaview Walk (North Shore, easy)
• Ambleside to Dundarave Seawalk (North Shore, easy)
• Sasamat Lake loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Port Moody Shoreline Trail (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Barnet Marine Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Central Park (Burnaby) (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• False Creek seawall loop (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Traboulay PoCo Trail (Metro Vancouver, moderate)
• Dorman Point (Bowen Island) (Metro Vancouver, moderate)
• Deas Island Regional Park (Metro Vancouver, easy)
• Stanley Park: Beaver Lake (Metro Vancouver, easy)

dogs not allowed

• Grouse Grind (North Shore, very hard)
• Hanes Valley (North Shore, very hard)
• Garibaldi Lake (Sea-to-Sky, challenging)
• Panorama Ridge (Sea-to-Sky, very hard)
• Elfin Lakes (Sea-to-Sky, challenging)
• Cheakamus Lake (Sea-to-Sky, moderate)
• Rainbow Lake (Sea-to-Sky, challenging)
• Wedgemount Lake (Sea-to-Sky, very hard)
• Joffre Lakes (Upper Lake) (Sea-to-Sky, moderate)
• Maplewood Flats (North Shore, easy)

tips

• Pack out dog waste.
• Carry water; many trails have none.
• Keep dogs away from bears, coyotes and other wildlife.
• Check paws on rocky or icy trails.

Trails marked "check" have rules that vary or change. See each trail page.

sources

• BC Parks: pets in parks (checked October 24, 2026)
• Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (checked October 24, 2026)