Bike to School Week

Photo of children on bikes and scooters

Bike to School Week is a time to celebrate riding your bike to school and takes place June 2nd to June 6th, 2025 . 

As part of Bike Month in June, Schools in Ontario can register for Bike to School Week and receive resources and materials to help organize bike friendly school events.

For more information, safety tips, and lessons/activities on bicycle safety and active transportation, visit the following resources:

  • Parachute - Cycling (French website): Find bicycle and road safety tips, resources, and videos for children.
  • Canadian Automobile Association - Bicycle Safety: Provides lessons for kindergarten to grade 12 focused on bicycle safety. Topics covered include bicycle equipment, safety on the road, and additional resources.
  • CAA  -  Walking Your Way to Safety: Provides ideas for discussions, lessons, and activities for kindergarten to grade 3.
  • Helmet Safety – provides a tip sheet to choose the right helmet for your child and check the fit (offered in many languages).  
  • WECHU Active and Safe Routes to School Toolkit: The toolkit contains information on school travel planning, including common barriers to school active travel and ways to address them, a step-by-step process for school travel planning, and key resources to use throughout the process.
  • E-Bike Share Program – Bird Canada Inc. provides an e-bike rental service throughout Windsor between April and October and provides information on the program rules and riding tips.

Looking for a bike? 

Bike Kitchen teaches basic mechanics and bike repair to fix your own bike. 

  • If you have a child or adult bike(s) and/or bike parts you no longer use, think about donating them to the Bike Kitchen. They repair these bikes and sell them in their shop at low cost.

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