Whimsy Bike

Colwood Bike Map

Bike lanes, trails and calm streets in Colwood, BC, and a route planner that picks the comfortable way.

Open the Colwood bike map

Map of Colwood's bike routes, with the rest of Greater Victoria greyed out

Bike routes in Colwood

About 50.2 km of mapped bike routes, 94% of them on protected lanes, trails, painted lanes or traffic-calmed streets.

Protected lanes and paved trails14.5 km
Painted bike lanes19.0 km
Traffic-calmed streets1.7 km
Shared streets2.8 km
Unpaved trails12.2 km

Main bike routes

Rail trails

On the map

4 public bike repair stations; Royal Roads.

How Colwood's bike routes came to be

The Galloping Goose Regional Trail, Canadian National's old line to Sooke, crosses Colwood. It became a trail starting in 1987.

Greater Victoria's bike network grew out of its old railways. The Galloping Goose Regional Trail was turned from a Canadian National line into a trail starting in 1987, the Lochside Regional Trail opened up the Saanich Peninsula in 2001, and the E&N Rail Trail has been built in phases beside the Esquimalt & Nanaimo line since 2009. In 2016 the City of Victoria adopted a plan for a network of bike routes for all ages and abilities, and its first protected lane, on Pandora Avenue, opened in 2017. Neighbouring municipalities have been adding protected lanes of their own since.

Plan a ride

Whimsy Bike plans routes across Colwood and the rest of Greater Victoria on your device. Comfortable routes favour protected lanes, trails and quiet streets; Balanced and Direct trade some comfort for distance. Every route explains why it was chosen.

Bike maps by area

Rail trails