Chilliwack Walks

The Chilliwack Walks program encourages residents to embrace the health benefits associated with walking. Walking has been shown to:

1. Aid Weight Loss
2. Improve Heart Health
3. Boost Immune Functions
4. Regulate Blood Pressure
5. Tone Muscles
6. Increase Metabolism
7. Reduce Stress
8. Improve Mood
9. Increased Lung Capacity
10. Improve Memory
11. Regulate Blood Sugar
12. Strengthen Bones and Joints

Participate by completing up to eight walks in eight weeks (one per week) between July 11 , 2023 and August 29, 2023. Walk around your own neighbourhood aiming for 3-6 kms or follow some of our pre-mapped walks that can be downloaded below. Send a picture of yourself on your walk to [email protected]. Every picture you submit will count as one entry towards prize packages from the YMCA and the City of Chilliwack!  Limit of one entry per week.*

*Entries must be submitted by September 1, 2023 11:59 pm. Winners will be contacted by September 8, 2023.

Chilliwack Walks is part of the Chilliwack Active For Life initiative which is a partnership between the City of Chilliwack and the Chilliwack Family YMCA.

2023 Walk Details

• New walking routes have been added!
• All walks are self-led. There will be no scheduled group walks and no volunteers leading walks.
• There will be no passports to complete or return. Contest entry will require participants to share photos of themselves on their walks.

Unless otherwise indicated by contest entrant, it is understood that all photos submitted have been consented by the entrant and those in the photo to be used by the City of Chilliwack.