Family Day is almost here.— if you’re looking for some fun activities to take part in with your family, the city of Burnaby has you covered.
Skating? A museum visit? A family hike? While there are many things to do over the long weekend, here is a list of fun activities for you to enjoy with your family on Family Day when most establishments are closed.
Family Day toonie skate and pancake breakfast
Skate with your family at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre ice rink on Monday, Feb. 20, for $2, and enjoy family-friendly activities like crafts, face painting and a hearty pancake breakfast afterwards.
When: 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (pancake breakfast available from 9 to 11 a.m.)
Where: Bill Copeland Sports Centre (3676 Kensington Ave.)
Cost: $2 (includes skate and helmet rental), additional $5 minimum donation for pancake breakfast
Family Zumba
It’s a family dance party! Get active and join the hour-long fitness fun as a family while grooving to the popular beats from all over the world.
The family Zumba sessions will be held at different locations for anyone over six years old — children 13 years and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Where: Bonsor recreation complex from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.; Christine Sinclair Community centre 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Be active child and adult rates; $6 for adults, $4.52 for teens aged 13-18, students aged 19-25 with ID and seniors 65+, $3 for children under 13
There will be a 45-minute Zumba session at Edmonds Community Centre from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. for children aged five to 12 accompanied with an adult. It is priced at $3.15 for children and $6.30 for adults.
Family Swim
Drop by the Eileen Dailly Leisure Pool and Fitness Centre from 1 to 5 p.m. for a fun family swim time with water games and activities for all ages. Or drop in at the Bonsor recreation complex from 5 to 8:30 p.m. for an evening swim with your family.
Cost: Regular rates apply.
Family Day yoga
Relax together as a family before another hectic week of work and school with a family yoga class. Develop flexibility, strength and calm in a family-friendly format at this Family Day yoga event, which is described as "not your typical yoga class."
Pre-registration is required.
When: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Edmonds Community Centre (7433 Edmonds Street)
Cost: $6.70 for children and $8.90 for adults ; register here.
Tickets are limited.
Some events like Burnaby Village Musuem heritage tour and family hike on Burnaby Mountain are full as of the time of publication of this article, but visit the City of Burnaby page to join the wait list and to get more information on other drop-in activities like family badminton, pickleball and basketball.
Okaeri おかえり Return from Exile: All Paths Lead Home
Feb. 20 also marks Heritage Week in B.C., and Nikkei National museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby will kick off the celebration with an oral history video project in conjunction with the Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall.
The videos will launch in celebration of Heritage Week on Feb. 20, 2023, on the NNMCC Youtube channel .
The oral history project, Okaeri おかえり, will feature 21 interviews with Japanese-Canadians who lived through the Second World War.
They share their individual experiences of the nisei or second-generation Japanese-Canadians who lived through internment in Canada. The project also sheds light on stories of the kika-nisei — who were nisei, but who were uprooted to Japan and later returned to Canada in the 1950s.
The life stories are first-hand accounts of their challenges and what it meant for them to “return home” (Okaeri おかえり means ‘welcome back home’).
When: Feb. 20
Where: Virtual — on NNMCC Youtube channel
Cost: Free
