Winter Survival Guide

Christmas has passed, but somehow winter is still hanging around. Right, we still have a few months of cold weather to get through. Need some ideas for where to go and what to do? We’ve got you covered.
Winter activities around Vancouver
Ice skating at Robson Square
Annual Bald Eagle Count (Brackendale)
Polar Bear Swim (1 Jan)
Go for a bike ride
Visit Pizzeria Ludica and play a board game
Vancouver Police Museum
Chinese New Year Parade (8 Jan)
Sun Yet-Sun Chinese Garden
Go for a free storytime at Wesbrook
Vancouver Lookout
Ride the SeaBus
Hunt for driftwood at Spanish Banks
Go bowling
Fort Langley
Gulf of Georgia Cannery
Ride the Skytrain
Granville Island
Do an Aquabus tour
Vancouver Aquarium
Watch the planes at the airport
Hot Chocolate Festival (16 Jan – 14 Feb)
Visit Baaad Anna’s for knitting supplies plus toy corner
Lonsdale Quay
Need to head out of town? Head to one of the family friendly ski resorts like Big White.
Erin McGann is the former Managing Editor for Vancouver Mom and Toronto Mom Now. She drinks just a bit too much coffee, is a bit obsessed about sourcing local food, plays the cello moderately well, spends too much time on Twitter, keeps honeybees on a rooftop, and has a thing for single-malt whisky. Erin is working on a novel set in turn-of-the-century Vancouver, which her husband, son and dog have to hear about all the time, and also blogs at Erin at Large.
What fantastic ideas! Thanks so much for putting all these ideas in one easy to reach place!
Thanks Morgan – glad it helped. I definitely had to come back to my own list a few times when I was out of ideas!