Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Vancouver
A climbing dome with a rope ladder inside, a cage-like overhead spinner for bigger kids, an embankment slide and a play hut, in a quiet residential park.
A roller slide, a rope pyramid, toddler play and sand, with sunshades, at Kitsilano Beach.
An indoor tropical conservatory of plants and birds in Queen Elizabeth Park, with strollers allowed.
A Stanley Park playground with bigger challenges for older kids than nearby Second Beach, with a picnic shelter and tables.
Separate play structures for smaller and bigger kids, with slides and a large rope challenge, for ages about 0 to 12.
An indoor play area with a two-story slide, a ball pit and an iWall, inside a market of kids' shops.
A city-history museum that lends sensory kits and noise-reducing covers every day.
Two small slide structures and a fenced sandy toddler area with baby swings, beside the beach in Stanley Park.
Two playgrounds: a larger one with a treehouse, rope dome and spinner, and a smaller one with a slide and swings.
A hedge maze of 3,000 pyramidal cedars, ponds and plant collections, with a garden cafe.
A natural-history museum with a 26 meter blue whale skeleton and drawers of specimens.
A playground built around a wooden ship, with in-ground trampolines, swing zones and accessible rubber surfacing.
Two slide structures, a double slide and a separate baby swing area, with the bridge overhead sheltering much of the play.
Beside Science World, with a zipline, a tower for bigger kids, a small embankment slide, a spinner, and a sandbox with a playhouse.
A classical Chinese garden and living museum with koi, tours and scavenger hunt resources for ages 4 to 12.
Climbing structures and baby swings, a stream and fountain in the warmer months, and an off-leash dog area next door.
A flight-simulator ride with a moving seat and wraparound film, for riders at least 102 cm tall.
A suspended canopy walkway through the forest, up to 20 meters high with platforms at 23 meters.
Admission covers a 45-minute planetarium show, a 20-minute live science demo and the gallery.
An anthropology and Northwest Coast art museum on the UBC campus, with a cafe on site.
An interactive science center whose Wonder area has a baby crawl and climbing zone, a water table, a nursing room and child-size toilets.
A dry playground behind the Water Park on Granville Island.
Two slides, a roller slide, a circle swing and an elevated walking net, with a cafe nearby.
Rescued outdoor mammals, a Clownfish Cove tunnel made for kids, and a 4D movie included with admission.
Drop-in artmaking in the Making Place and guided tours for ages 5 to 12, with free admission for anyone 18 and under.
A kids' gallery with magnetic miniature ship parts and costumes of boats and marine creatures.