Welland Canals Trail parkrun

Bus: 337, this is a direct bus to St. Catharines bus terminal

Train: The nearest train station is St. Catharines Go

From the St. Catharines Museum parking lot, head towards the canal. Walk along the Welland Canals Trail for approximately 350 meters north, towards the Garden City Skyway bridge, passing the children’s playground and the Fallen Workers Memorial. Continue along the trail until you see our parkrun setup and volunteers. The starting point is at the bottom of the downhill slope.
Please plan to arrive earlier, allowing 5 minutes for the walk to the start point.

From QEW Toronto Bound: Take the Glendale Ave exit toward Niagara-on-the-Lake. Merge onto Glendale Ave and go 1.4 km. Turn right onto Welland Canals Pkwy.

From QEW Niagara Falls Bound: Take exit 44 for Welland Ave. Merge onto Dunkirk Rd, then keep right. Slight right onto Dieppe Rd, then right onto Cushman Rd. Turn left onto Niagara Regional Rd 81, then right onto Welland Canals Pkwy.

From Downtown St. Catharines: Head southwest on King St. Turn left onto Ontario St. Continue 2.2 km, then turn right onto Queenston St. After 1.2 km, turn right onto Welland Canals Pkwy.

Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: The Eatery (food court at Outlet Collection), 300 Taylor Rd, Niagara-on-the-Lake. Please come and join us!

Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at The Eatery (food court at Outlet Collection), 300 Taylor Rd, Niagara-on-the-Lake - please come and join us!

Welland Canals Trail parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:

• Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
• Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
• Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
• We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
• Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
• Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
• Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
• If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
• If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
• Lyme Disease is a bacterial infection spread to humans by infected ticks. Consider protecting yourself by wearing repellent when at parkrun events in grassy or wooded areas. See lymediseaseuk.com for further details.
• You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.

We hope these tips help to ensure that Welland Canals Trail parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.

All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.

parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.

For more information, please see our Support page.

All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email wellandcanalstrail@parkrun.com to help.

parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.

To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.