Weather Protected Spaces/Neighbourhood Nooks

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Artists rendering of neighbourhood nooks which feature wooden slat walls, metal roof, and picnic table.


The District of Squamish is building 11 weather protected spaces (Neighbourhood Nooks) across the community. There is a lack of weather protected spaces for people to gather outdoors in Squamish. With recent extreme weather, and the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing demand from the community for protected spaces to gather outdoors.

  • The locations are spread across Squamish to ensure they are accessible by a broad range of neighbourhoods and users.
  • Efforts were made to choose parks where the community has already asked for sheltered spaces or seating upgrades.
  • Parks and locations were chosen to consider high visibility areas to discourage any unwanted activity. Spaces can be easily moved if any issues develop.
  • The budget for this project is approximately $150,000 and includes all costs including the design and construction of 12 structures, seating, unique features for each location and engagement costs.

Between June 9 and July 4, 2022 District staff conducted public engagement with residents to discuss a series of weather protected spaces proposed to be located across Squamish and how to best integrate the spaces into the proposed locations. Thank you to all of you who participated in this process!

District staff hosted 11 pop-ups (one at each of the proposed locations) to meet with residents in-person and learn about their ideas for the new spaces. Residents were also able to provide ideas and ask questions using an online mapping tool hosted here on LetsTalkSquamish.ca.

Throughout the process, staff heard from more than 150 residents. We received feedback about where to place the new structures within each of the proposed parks and learned about design features that could be included to meet the needs of the neighbourhood the space will serve.

As a result of the feedback received, these structures will now be referred to as Neighbourhood Nooks. A list and map of all the Neighbourhood Nooks are available at Squamish.ca/neighbourhood-nooks.

View the Engagement Summary to find details about what we heard and how the feedback was incorporated.

*Note that of the 12 structures that were discussed, 11 will be installed. The structure proposed at Blue Jay Way Park will not be installed due to feedback which indicated residents were not in favour at this time.


Neighbourhood Nooks have been constructed off-site and will be installed beginning September 12, 2022.

Artists rendering of neighbourhood nooks which feature wooden slat walls, metal roof, and picnic table.


The District of Squamish is building 11 weather protected spaces (Neighbourhood Nooks) across the community. There is a lack of weather protected spaces for people to gather outdoors in Squamish. With recent extreme weather, and the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing demand from the community for protected spaces to gather outdoors.

  • The locations are spread across Squamish to ensure they are accessible by a broad range of neighbourhoods and users.
  • Efforts were made to choose parks where the community has already asked for sheltered spaces or seating upgrades.
  • Parks and locations were chosen to consider high visibility areas to discourage any unwanted activity. Spaces can be easily moved if any issues develop.
  • The budget for this project is approximately $150,000 and includes all costs including the design and construction of 12 structures, seating, unique features for each location and engagement costs.

Between June 9 and July 4, 2022 District staff conducted public engagement with residents to discuss a series of weather protected spaces proposed to be located across Squamish and how to best integrate the spaces into the proposed locations. Thank you to all of you who participated in this process!

District staff hosted 11 pop-ups (one at each of the proposed locations) to meet with residents in-person and learn about their ideas for the new spaces. Residents were also able to provide ideas and ask questions using an online mapping tool hosted here on LetsTalkSquamish.ca.

Throughout the process, staff heard from more than 150 residents. We received feedback about where to place the new structures within each of the proposed parks and learned about design features that could be included to meet the needs of the neighbourhood the space will serve.

As a result of the feedback received, these structures will now be referred to as Neighbourhood Nooks. A list and map of all the Neighbourhood Nooks are available at Squamish.ca/neighbourhood-nooks.

View the Engagement Summary to find details about what we heard and how the feedback was incorporated.

*Note that of the 12 structures that were discussed, 11 will be installed. The structure proposed at Blue Jay Way Park will not be installed due to feedback which indicated residents were not in favour at this time.


Neighbourhood Nooks have been constructed off-site and will be installed beginning September 12, 2022.
Consultation has concluded

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  • Share I like the basic idea. I have not been able to attend a session due to toddler schedules. Have you considered: Completely standardized and modular, portable design, similar to newer parks pit toilets. have a couple spares in the works yard. When one is vandalized, HIAB in a replacement and return the other for repair at leisure. They could also be rapidly moved or redeployed seasonally, or in response to community use & events. The walls will be a target for tagging and vandalism, sadly. Maybe less wall? on Facebook Share I like the basic idea. I have not been able to attend a session due to toddler schedules. Have you considered: Completely standardized and modular, portable design, similar to newer parks pit toilets. have a couple spares in the works yard. When one is vandalized, HIAB in a replacement and return the other for repair at leisure. They could also be rapidly moved or redeployed seasonally, or in response to community use & events. The walls will be a target for tagging and vandalism, sadly. Maybe less wall? on Twitter Share I like the basic idea. I have not been able to attend a session due to toddler schedules. Have you considered: Completely standardized and modular, portable design, similar to newer parks pit toilets. have a couple spares in the works yard. When one is vandalized, HIAB in a replacement and return the other for repair at leisure. They could also be rapidly moved or redeployed seasonally, or in response to community use & events. The walls will be a target for tagging and vandalism, sadly. Maybe less wall? on Linkedin Email I like the basic idea. I have not been able to attend a session due to toddler schedules. Have you considered: Completely standardized and modular, portable design, similar to newer parks pit toilets. have a couple spares in the works yard. When one is vandalized, HIAB in a replacement and return the other for repair at leisure. They could also be rapidly moved or redeployed seasonally, or in response to community use & events. The walls will be a target for tagging and vandalism, sadly. Maybe less wall? link

    I like the basic idea. I have not been able to attend a session due to toddler schedules. Have you considered: Completely standardized and modular, portable design, similar to newer parks pit toilets. have a couple spares in the works yard. When one is vandalized, HIAB in a replacement and return the other for repair at leisure. They could also be rapidly moved or redeployed seasonally, or in response to community use & events. The walls will be a target for tagging and vandalism, sadly. Maybe less wall?

    Roverdevin asked almost 2 years ago

    Thank you for your ideas and questions.  The base design for each space is being standardized and will be the same for each of the 12 spaces. Each space will be built and installed in a way that allows it to be moved in the future. The parks and locations for these spaces were chosen to consider high visibility areas to discourage any unwanted activity. While we don’t plan to have spares available, the spaces can be easily moved if issues develop.

    Each space will have a few different features to best meet the needs of the community members who will use it. This could include things such as hooks for jackets, public art installations, or different types of seating.  It could also include, as you mention, having fewer walls on some of the structures. Thank you for this feedback.

  • Share Hi Kerry, My name is Shoshana. I found one of the signs for this project in our parklet, the Northyards Children's Garden, but it wasn't in the ground. It says join us here for a discussion on June 27th from 5 to 6 pm. I would love to put it back up and maybe screw it to something so it can't be ripped down again. But I don't know if it was meant to be posted in our parket or at the end of No Name Rd. There is unfortunately someone in the neibourhood who likes to rip down signs. If you could send me the PDF for this I can also post it in the Northyards Neighbourhood Facebook group and the Garden's Facebook group. Thank-You on Facebook Share Hi Kerry, My name is Shoshana. I found one of the signs for this project in our parklet, the Northyards Children's Garden, but it wasn't in the ground. It says join us here for a discussion on June 27th from 5 to 6 pm. I would love to put it back up and maybe screw it to something so it can't be ripped down again. But I don't know if it was meant to be posted in our parket or at the end of No Name Rd. There is unfortunately someone in the neibourhood who likes to rip down signs. If you could send me the PDF for this I can also post it in the Northyards Neighbourhood Facebook group and the Garden's Facebook group. Thank-You on Twitter Share Hi Kerry, My name is Shoshana. I found one of the signs for this project in our parklet, the Northyards Children's Garden, but it wasn't in the ground. It says join us here for a discussion on June 27th from 5 to 6 pm. I would love to put it back up and maybe screw it to something so it can't be ripped down again. But I don't know if it was meant to be posted in our parket or at the end of No Name Rd. There is unfortunately someone in the neibourhood who likes to rip down signs. If you could send me the PDF for this I can also post it in the Northyards Neighbourhood Facebook group and the Garden's Facebook group. Thank-You on Linkedin Email Hi Kerry, My name is Shoshana. I found one of the signs for this project in our parklet, the Northyards Children's Garden, but it wasn't in the ground. It says join us here for a discussion on June 27th from 5 to 6 pm. I would love to put it back up and maybe screw it to something so it can't be ripped down again. But I don't know if it was meant to be posted in our parket or at the end of No Name Rd. There is unfortunately someone in the neibourhood who likes to rip down signs. If you could send me the PDF for this I can also post it in the Northyards Neighbourhood Facebook group and the Garden's Facebook group. Thank-You link

    Hi Kerry, My name is Shoshana. I found one of the signs for this project in our parklet, the Northyards Children's Garden, but it wasn't in the ground. It says join us here for a discussion on June 27th from 5 to 6 pm. I would love to put it back up and maybe screw it to something so it can't be ripped down again. But I don't know if it was meant to be posted in our parket or at the end of No Name Rd. There is unfortunately someone in the neibourhood who likes to rip down signs. If you could send me the PDF for this I can also post it in the Northyards Neighbourhood Facebook group and the Garden's Facebook group. Thank-You

    s.b. asked almost 2 years ago

    Hi Shoshana,

    Thanks for reaching out to us about the sign. We don’t have a pop-up planned for the Northyards Children’s Garden, so that sign is most likely from the dike located at the end of No Name Road. 

    Staff will stop by the Northyards Children’s Garden today to grab the sign, if you can please leave the sign there. We will re-use it and put it back on the dike. 

    We would appreciate if you share a link to this page on the Facebook groups that you mention, letstalksquamish.ca/weather-protected-spaces. Members of those Facebook groups will likely be interested in the in-person discussion planned for the dike at the end of No Name Road. That event is taking place on June 27, from 5:00-6:00 p.m.

    On this page, you can find the dates and times for all of the in-person discussions. You can also drop a pin on a map to leave comments about the weather protected space that will be located nearest to you. We are hoping people will join us in-person or comment on this page (or both), depending which option is easiest for them.