Things to do around Victoria, BC – Summer 2022

Free things to do in Victoria, BC this summer!
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Learn to Code; Scratch is a great kids’ language
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Go Geocaching
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Visit Chinatown (Canada’s oldest!)
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See the goats (and other animals!) at the Beacon Hill Children’s Farm
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Jump on your bike, grab some books you’d love to pass on to others, and visit one of Victoria’s many free little neighborhood library boxes
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Write a thank-you to essential workers, write to a relative, write to a person at a senior’s facility, write to a child at BC Children’s Hospital
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Indoor/Outdoor Scavenger Hunt…Find:
* something blue
* an umbrella
* 3 red cars
* a shell
* an elastic
* a pack of cards
* a stick bent at 90°
Outdoor activities:
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Gyro Park playground (@ Cadboro Bay) – beach, washrooms
Indoor activities:
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Royal BC Museum and IMAX Theatre (note: 3rd floor closed)
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Miniature World (annual pass is recommended, and go a few times when it’s rainy out!)
Some other Vancouver Island ideas HERE (like Coombs and the Goats on the Roof and Jumping Jiminy’s indoor play centre in Nanaimo).
PLUS! – Online Kids & Money classes with Advisor Alyx! If you are working and the kids need quietly occupied by something other than a tablet or TV, check out these financial literacy classes on Outschool. Up to $20 credit for any class on the platform for new learners, or use coupon VALDALSUMMER6 for $6 off any of Alyx’s classes until the end of August!