YOUTH EN ROUTE
Cycling is freedom!
We are working to empower healthier youth to have the agency to get around their communities independently.
About Youth En Route
Our cycling education programs support enhanced curriculum delivery in schools. Cycling is a life skill that builds confidence, community and reduces transportation poverty. After our programs, students can go where they want, when they want.
Here is what we do
We’ve delivered 40 Adaptive Bikes to Calgary Schools, and we do not plan on stopping there. We want to make sure every student gets to experience the joy of bike riding! Adaptive Bike Project news
Youth en Route’s mission and vision are evolving. Our mission: Empowering youth to be healthy and resilient through using a bicycle to reach everyday destinations. Our vision: Youth have agency to independently travel their community by bicycle.
We break barriers for youth to be able to use active modes of transportation everywhere in the city, including on Calgary Transit.
We are always looking for bike donations. We want to make sure youth have the equipment they need to get where they are going. Having skills doesn’t help if you don’t have a bike. Consider a donation! We commit to recycling all donated and found bikes,
Cycling in winter is not only exhilarating and empowering, it is another way to experience freedom to get where you want to go. With the proper equipment and clothing, cycling in winter provides all the same benefits as in fair weather.
Youth en Route is committed to providing accessibility to active transportation for students. We have given away our fleets at Forest Lawn High School and Sir John Franklin so that students can have freedom this summer!
Youth En Route empowers youth with skill and equipment to choose active travel to pedal their path
Incorporated on May 11, 2021 as 13008037 Canada Association.
Registered Charity 758178461RR0001
Join us in supporting youth biking programs!
We always welcome new groups to partner with. Let’s work together on shared infrastructure, ideas and equipment – to make all of our funds go further, and get more kids out of cars and using independent, active transportation.
How to get involved
There are various ways that you can get involved in our initiative.
From the Blog
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Partnership delivers a new experience and wheels for kids
Once a week, 10 students at West Island College, a private Grade 7-12 school in Calgary, get together to work in the WIC Bike Club. In 2024, a small group of WIC students approached Erik Loewen, the school’s Academic and Career Advisor and avid cyclist, about finding a way to give back to their community…
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Meet our 2025 Summer Students
Youth en Route is happy to welcome young students to our team—especially during our spring cycling season. This year, we’re excited to introduce our Canada Summer Job Students; Reese and Georgia. Let’s meet Reese Reese is a student at Mount Royal University, where she finished her third year in marketing and data analytics. Reese is…
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We’re hiring Bike Valets!
What is a bike Valet you might ask? Well., in our world it means you move bikes around. From schools to our storage, from storage to schools. We take bikes to schools to give to kids, and we move bikes from schools when we’re teaching at a new school. We rent cube trucks to do…