Dog Off-Leash Strategy

We are looking for your input to update our Dog Off-Leash Strategy!

In 2012, the Parks, Recreation, and Culture (PRC) developed a 10-year strategy to guide decision-making on the planning and development of off-leash areas and supporting amenities for Surrey residents. Surrey’s urban dog population is growing, and a new plan is needed to reflect the growing population, changing demographics, and meet the demand for new and improved off-leash areas. The strategy will help guide decisions around locating, designing, maintaining, and funding new off-leash areas in the city for the next 10 years.

The updated Dog Off-Leash Strategy will:

• Work with the strategic direction, priorities, plans and policies of the City;
• Analyze the current operational off-leash areas to understand what works well, and what doesn’t;
• Account for changes in the City’s diverse communities;
• Reflect trends, best practices and changing expectations related to parks & recreation;
• Highlight public and stakeholder input in parks & recreation values, needs and expectations; and;
• Create a framework to guide the implementation of dog off-leash areas over the next 10 years.

Thank you for your input!

We appreciate everyone who attended our pop-up events and shared their thoughts by completing our online survey for Round 1 of engagement. Based on your feedback, a draft strategy was reported.

View a summary of what we heard during our first round of engagement in our engagement summary.

Round 2 of engagement is now completed. Watch the webinar presenting the draft strategy on the right under the 'Videos' section. Staff are working to complete the final strategy and will share an update on Round 2 engagement when available.