Let your child discover the pleasure of walking with friends and adopting
healthy habits for life!
About half of all cancer cases can be prevented by adopting a healthy lifestyle and implementing policies to protect public health.
Program at a glance
What is the Walking School Bus ?
The Walking School Bus, led by the Canadian Cancer Society, is a project that allows elementary school children to walk to school together, accompanied by adult volunteers.
- Safe and supervised
- Planned routes with scheduled stops
- Trained volunteers who’ve undergone a background check
Benefits for everyone!
For children
- A chance to make new friends
- Pleasure and sense of belonging to a group
- Learn to become a good pedestrian
- Better concentration in class
- Increase in the level of daily physical activity
For parents who get involved
- Sharing responsabilities with other parents
- Pleasure and sense of belonging to a group
- Expanding your social network
- A way to keep fit
For schools
- Reducing car traffic around the school
- Increasing safety for pedestrians
- Parents mobilized around a project that brings people together
- Environment that promotes physical activity
For communities
- Fewer cars: families walk more to get around
- Greener neighbourhood
- Citizen involvement in an intergenerational project
- Strenghtening the social fabric
Did you know?
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58% of parents say that they always walked to school when they were children: only 28% say that their children are doing it today.
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The exercise that children get by walking to school increases their ability to concentrate, for the next four hours or so.
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Each kilometre covered on foot on a daily basis is associated with a 5% decrease in the probability of becoming obese.
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Only 14% of young Canadians between 5 and 11 years old are sufficiently active.
2 ways to get on board
the Walking School Bus
A simple and safe way to be active on a daily basis. Get on board the Walking School Bus today!
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Register my child
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Sign me up as a volunteer
Accompany children as they walk
to school and start
the day energized!