Oak Bay Local

Bring the dog

Places where the dog is welcome, plus one for after the beach.

  1. Community & nonprofit South Oak Bay

    Windsor Pavilion

    Windsor Park is off leash from sunrise to 11 a.m., September to June, and to 9 a.m. in summer.

  2. Food & drink South Oak Bay

    Windsor Cafe

    Garden patios next to the off-leash area.

  3. Home & garden Oak Bay Village

    GARDENWORKS Oak Bay

    Pets are welcome in the store.

  4. Health & wellness Cadboro Bay Road

    Oak Bay Optometry

    Dogs are welcome at the clinic, eye exam or not.

  5. Shops Oak Bay Village

    Bosley's Oak Bay

    A self-serve dog wash for $15, shampoo and towels included.

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New to Oak Bay? Start here

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Places with a past

A yacht club whose first clubhouse sank three times, a golf club older than Oak Bay and a pub that came back with its own beer mugs. Oldest first.

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Take it to Willows Beach

Estevan Village is a block from the sand. Pick something up and eat it there.

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Free in Oak Bay

Bowling, sculpture, archives and a painting party on a creek path. None of it costs anything.

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Open by 7

Coffee, groceries, a swim or a physio slot before work. Opening times come from each place's own hours.

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Still open after 9

For the forgotten dinner-party bottle and the late pad thai. Closing times come from each place's own hours.