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Accessible Beaches in BC

Updated on October 30, 2025

Here is a list of beaches in British Columbia that are equipped with a Mobi-mat or beach wheelchairs to rent or other type of accessible path to the beach or into the water.

Interior               

Kamloops:                     

Riverside Park Beach,100 Lorne St.

Mobi-mat available. Park also includes an accessible playground, waterpark, and trail.

Kelowna:                     

Boyce-Gyro Beach, 3400 Lakeshore Rd.

Concrete path to water and free beach wheelchair onsite

Rotary Beach, 3726 Lakeshore Rd.

Free beach wheelchair onsite. Note that the washrooms at this park are NOT accessible.

Strathcona Beach, 2290 Abbott St.

Mobi-mat and a free beach wheelchair onsite.

Nelson:                          

Lakeside Rotary Park Beach, Lakeside Dr.

Paddle Rental Centre has a beach wheelchair for rent, summers only. Contact for exact opening times. Mobi-mat also available.

Osoyoos:                     

Gyro Beach and Legion Beach

Both beaches have Mobi-mats and paved walkways. Beach wheelchairs are available in a trailer, currently located at Gyro Beach, but the trailer can be moved to other locations with prior approval. Call 250 495-6562

Penticton:                   

Okanagan Lake Beach, near Power Dr. in Penticton

Accessible walkway to the beach. Access west of Lakawanna Park in Penticton, with a concrete ramp to the water.

Okanagan Lake Park, east of Lakeside Resort

Ramp to the beach and concrete walkway to the water’s edge.

Sudbury Beach, Sudbury Ave.

Mobi-mat and beach chair

Skaha Lake Park, Skaha Lake Rd.

Accessible ramp to the beach

Salmon Arm:               

Canoe Beach, 3799 Canoe Beach Dr.

Mobi-mat available.

Summerland:   

Gordon Beggs Rotary Beach

Mobi-mat and mobi-chairs available.

Vernon:               

Kin Beach, 712 Astra Road

Mobi-mat available

Kin Beach, Kalamalka Road, Coldstream

Mobi-mat available

Lower Mainland  

Delta:                              

Centennial Beach, 541 Centennial Parkway

Mobi-mat

Surrey:                        

Crescent Beach, Beecher St.

Free beach wheelchair. 

Vancouver:                  

English Bay Beach and Kitsilano Beach

Mobi-mat and free beach wheelchairs; chairs can be reserved in advance.

Jericho Beach, Kitsilano Pool, New Brighton Pool, Second Beach Pool in Stanley Park, Second Beach, Spanish Banks East and West, Trout Lake Beach

Free beach wheelchair, can be reserved in advance.

West Vancouver

Ambleside Beach, 13th St. in West Vancouver

Mobi-mat

Vancouver Island

Nanaimo:                     

Finn Beach, , Hammond Bay Road

Mobi-mat

Collery Dam Park, 635 Wakesiah Ave.

Mobi-mat

Loudon Park, Victoria Ave.

Mobi-mat

Departure Bay Beach, 2745 Departure Bay Rd.

Mobi-mat

Parksville:                   

Parksville Beach Park, 193 Island Highway East

Mobi-mat, accessed from the concrete ramp by the gazebo. Two free beach chairs, which can be reserved at 250 248-8999 or beachclub@bellstar.ca

Rathrevor Beach Park, 1240 Rath Road

Mobi-mat

Shawnigan Lake:          

Old Mill Park, 600 Bently Rd.

Mobi-mat(avail. May – September only) Gravel pathway that leads to Mobi-mat

Tofino:                           

Tourism Tofino, 1426 Pacific Rim Highway

Free beach wheelchair rental with a $250 security deposit. See the webpage for beach suggestions; Long Beach and Mackenzie Beach are good options.

Victoria:                         

Cadboro-Gyro Park Beach, Sinclair Rd. in Saanich

Accessible seasonal beach ramp.

Ross Bay Beach Dallas Rd.

Ramp and Mobi-mat

 

Please contact InfoLine at info@sci-bc.ca or 1 800 689-2477 if you know of any that we have missed.

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