Whimsy Bike

Saanich Bike Map

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

Open the Saanich bike map

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

Bike routes in Saanich

About 283 km of mapped bike routes, 92% of them on protected lanes, trails, painted lanes or traffic-calmed streets.

Protected lanes and paved trails77.1 km
Painted bike lanes56.3 km
Traffic-calmed streets48.1 km
Shared streets17.1 km
Unpaved trails79.3 km
Difficult connections5.1 km

Main bike routes

Rail trails

On the map

13 public bike repair stations; Camosun Interurban, Camosun Lansdowne, Elk Lake, Gyro Park, Mt. Tolmie, Observatory, PKOLS, Panama Flats, Prospect Lake, Tillicum Mall, Uptown.

How Saanich's bike routes came to be

Saanich is where Greater Victoria's two great rail trails meet: the Galloping Goose and the Lochside, joined at the Switch Bridge over the Pat Bay Highway. Its main streets have been rebuilt for bikes since: Shelbourne Street's first phase was finished in 2022, and the next brought protected lanes and a connection to the University of Victoria. Tillicum Road has protected lanes too.

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 Saanich 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