The City of Vancouver just announced which parks you can (legally) crack open a cold one in this summer. Over 50 parks and beaches made the cut—but while some allow alcohol year-round, others are only approved for the months of July and August. And the beaches are booze-approved from June to the beginning of September.
Let’s not get bogged down in the details: here’s a list of every Vancouver park (and beach) you can drink at this summer. It’s organized by neighbourhood, so you know where you can sip a Malbec in Mount Pleasant and where you can slam a kölsch in Kerrisdale.
50+ Vancouver Parks and Beaches That Allow Alcohol in Summer 2023
We used the City of Vancouver’s website to assign neighbourhoods, so please address your strongly-worded boundary-related emails to them. Cheers.
Arbutus Ridge
Quilchena Park (July 1 to August 31)
Downtown
Harbour Green Park (year-round)
Dunbar-Southlands
Balaclava Park (year-round)
Memorial West Park (year-round)
Fairview
Granville Park (year-round)
Grandview-Woodland
Garden Park (year-round)
Hastings-Sunrise
Adanac Park (year-round)
Burrard View Park (year-round)
Clinton Park (July 1 to August 31)
New Brighton Beach (June 1 to September 4)
New Brighton Park (year-round)
Pandora Park (year-round)
Rupert Park (July 1 to August 31)
Sunrise Park (year-round)
Victoria Park (year-round)
Woodland Park (year-round)
Kensington-Cedar Cottage
Brewers Park (July 1 to August 31)
John Hendry/Trout Lake Beach (June 1 to September 4)
John Hendry/Trout Lake Park (year-round)
Jones Park (year-round)
Kerrisdale
Elm Park (year-round)
Fraser River Park (year-round)
Maple Grove Park (year-round)
Killarney
Riverfront Park (year-round)
Kitsilano
Kitsilano Beach (June 1 to September 4)
Kitsilano Beach Park (year-round)
McBride Park (year-round)
Tatlow Park (year-round)
Vanier Park (year-round)
Volunteer Park (year-round)
Marpole
Oak Park (July 31 to August 31)
Winona Park (July 31 to August 31)
Mount Pleasant
Jonathan Rogers Park (year-round)
Robson Park (July 1 to August 31)
Oakridge
Langara Park (year-round)
Columbia Park (July 1 to August 31)
Renfrew-Collingwood
Beaconsfield Park (July 1 to August 31)
Collingwood Park (July 1 to August 31)
Falaise Park (July 1 to August 31)
Norquay Park (July 1 to August 31)
Slocan Park (July 1 to August 31)
Riley Park
Queen Elizabeth Park (year-round)
Shaughnessy
Braemer Park (July 1 to August 31)
Stanley Park
Locarno Beach (June 1 to September 4)
Lumberman’s Arch Park (year-round)
Second Beach (June 1 to September 4)
Southwest and Second Beach Park (year-round)
Sunset
Memorial South Park (July 1 to August 31)
Ross Park (July 1 to August 31)
West Point Grey
Jericho Beach (June 1 to September 4)
Jericho Beach Park (year-round)
Locarno Beach Park (year-round)
Spanish Banks (June 1 to September 4)
Spanish Banks Beach Park (year-round)
