Hadden Park (Kits Dog Beach)
Water Quality is Clean & Safe. Bacterial levels are well below federal health guidelines.
Latest Verified Reading
Metro Vancouver's public beach monitoring feed publishes each site's current result only — no per-sample historical series is available upstream, so no trend chart is shown here.
| Sample Date | 2026-08-14 |
| 30-Day Geo Mean | 42 CFU |
| Single Sample | 48 CFU |
| Water Quality | Safe to Swim |
Beach Amenities & Details
Beloved designated off-leash dog beach adjacent to the Vancouver Maritime Museum and Kits Beach.
Getting to Hadden Park (Kits Dog Beach)
Transit connections, parking access, and GPS coordinates
Bus #2 along Cornwall, 5 min walk north.
Paid parking lots at Maritime Museum and Kits Beach.
Nearby Clean Safe Beaches
Verified safe waters within quick travel distance
Connected Live City Telemetry
How Safety Status is Decided
Vancouver Coastal Health & Health Canada E. coli standards
≤ 200 geometric mean
≤ 235 single sample.
Single sample 235 – 400.
Beach Action Value triggered.
Geometric mean > 200
or single sample > 400.
Off-season or no sample within 14 days.
Recreational season: May–Sept.