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Pathways and trails

Pathways and Trails

Current Pathway Closures

  • Be safe. Pass with room.

    Sharing the pathway safely means leaving a minimum of one meter between yourself and the person that you are passing.

    When you’re cycling or riding a scooter on a pathway and you approach others from behind, make yourself heard by using your voice “passing on your left”, or bell.

    Pass safely by adjusting your speed for the situation and ensuring there are no oncoming users before leaving your lane. Also, never pass on blind corners or in underpasses.

    Learn more

Calgary communities, parks and natural areas are connected by an extensive network of multi-use pathways available for all Calgarians to enjoy, whether for walking, running, in-line skating or cycling. In fact, Calgary has the most extensive urban pathway and bikeway network in North America. The City maintains approximately 1000 km of regional pathways and 96 km of trails.

The City is responsible for the planning, design, construction, maintenance and programming of Calgary's multi-use pathway system. Calgary's pathways connect along the Bow and Elbow Rivers, Fish Creek Provincial Park, Nose Creek, West Nose Creek, the Western Irrigation District Canal and the perimeter of Glenmore Reservoir. There’s another 290 km of on-street bikeways and cycle tracks. The Rotary/Mattamy Greenway is a 138 km pathway that loops around the city with many special amenities along the way.

All pathways and trails are for non-motorized use with the exception of powered wheelchairs.

  • A regional pathway is part of the city-wide network, and is typically paved with asphalt and located off-street.
  • A local pathway provides secondary routes within communities, linking residential areas to local attractions such as neighbourhood parks, schools and other community destinations.
  • Trails are unpaved paths typically made of granular or compacted dirt.

Please note that Pathways are off-street routes, and Bikeways are on-street routes.​

Use the digital Pathway and Bikeway map to plan or explore your wheeling or walking routes. Toggle between tabs to view pathways, bikeways, and sidewalks receiving City snow clearing or areas of the pathway network that have closures and detours.

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Pathway closures/detours & access/proximity ePermits and manual

Apply via myID for ePermits

-- Found under Roads ePermits --

Private contractors, consultants, utility companies, and City personnel that require a closure of a City of Calgary pathway, due to construction should refer to the manual.

Download the manual

Snow on our pathways

Is it snowing? To make it easier for Calgarians to use the pathway system, maintenance activities include clearing snow from approximately 400 kilometers of paved (regional) pathways, usually within 24 hours of a snowfall. Be sure to check out the latest information about snow clearing on Calgary’s pathways.

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