Walk30 Challenge - Previous seasons

2016: The volunteer-run group, New Westminster’s Walkers Caucus created the Walk30 Challenge as a way to encourage walkability in New Westminster.

2017: The City of Burnaby joined in and it became the Walk30 Challenge to see which city could walk the most in a 5-week span. The goal was set to walk at least 30 minutes a day.

#of participants over the years

2018: Over 3200 people participated, from the two communities. Overall, participants logged over 700,000 minutes of walking an amazing turnout. This was the inaugural year for the Walk30 Challenge Cup. And with 1.2% of the population walking 362,198 minutes in total, the City of New Westminster clinched it.

2019: New Westminster has walked its way into winning the Golden Shoe for the second year in a row. Participants walked 40 minutes per day, compared to 27 minutes per day during last year’s challenge. A win-win for both communities and for ‘walkability’ in Metro Vancouver.

After the 2020 season was canceled due to the uncertainties brought in by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Walk30 Challenge returned with all the zeal in 2021.

2021: A total of 1.96 million minutes was recorded by 1,492 active participants during the five-week challenge. Remarkably, the results were too close to call and the competition was declared to be a tie.

2022: North Vancouver joined the WALK30 as a pilot edition. More than 1 million minutes were recorded by one thousand participants from the 3 municipalities.