Vancouver has over 230 parks. Building new ones, renovating old ones, and maintaining trails costs real money. Here's the capital budget trend.
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Capital spending on parks & public open spaces has gone up — $55M planned for 2025 versus $47M in 2023.
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What we're trackingEnsure Vancouver parks are the most safe, inclusive, and accessible in the world.— ABC Vancouver's 2022 campaign platform
In plain terms: This covers new park construction, major renovations, trail building, and playground upgrades. It does NOT include day-to-day maintenance (mowing, cleaning) which comes from the operating budget.
We pulled every line item from the City of Vancouver's multi-year capital budget tagged 'Parks & public open spaces' and summed the planned expenditures by budget year. This is the city's own forward-looking plan, not actual spend. The dataset covers 2023–2026; big projects land in single years, so the series is lumpy. Source: City of Vancouver open data.
City of Vancouver open data — Capital Budget (Parks & public open spaces) · as of 2026-10-21 · Vancouver Promise Tracker — an independent look at whether local leaders deliver on their word.