Free in Oak Bay
Bowling, sculpture, archives and a painting party on a creek path. None of it costs anything.
Community & nonprofit Cadboro Bay Road
Oak Bay Lawn Bowling Club
Free bowling every Friday night, May to September. Arrive by 6 for a lesson and wear flat shoes.
Arts & culture Across Oak Bay
Oak Bay Public Art Collection
Walk from Willows Beach to Turkey Head and count the sculptures.
Community & nonprofit Oak Bay Village
Oak Bay Municipal Hall
Archives drop-in, Tuesdays 10 to 1. Old photos, family albums and records.
Arts & culture Across Oak Bay
Oak Bay Community Artists Society
The Bowker Creek Brush-Up, on the second Sunday in August.
Community & nonprofit Oak Bay Village
Greater Victoria Public Library, Oak Bay Branch
Books, the cottage playhouse and the Fastreads shelf.
Kids & families Cadboro Bay Road
Neighbourhood Learning Centre
A beginner skate area by the Goldsmith Street lot, open dawn to dusk.
Community & nonprofit Across Oak Bay
Community Association of Oak Bay
Most of their walks and talks are free.
More lists
Every place in Oak Bay
10New to Oak Bay? Start here
The first week, sorted: the decal, the library card, the pool and the people who will drive your neighbour to the doctor.
8Raining again
Places to wait it out in the Village and nearby, with or without kids.
16Places 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.
4Take it to Willows Beach
Estevan Village is a block from the sand. Pick something up and eat it there.
5Bring the dog
Places where the dog is welcome, plus one for after the beach.
9Open by 7
Coffee, groceries, a swim or a physio slot before work. Opening times come from each place's own hours.
12Still open after 9
For the forgotten dinner-party bottle and the late pad thai. Closing times come from each place's own hours.