2022 Pathway and River Cleanup

Spring is in the air, which means that the City’s annual Pathway and River Cleanup is back! Over the weekend of May 13-15, thousands of volunteers collect trash from all over Calgary.

The event started in 1967 when 12-year-old Sandra Crawford noticed a mattress lying in the Elbow River. She attempted to remove it but was unsuccessful. She then wrote a letter to the newspaper, which led to the first annual Pathway and River Cleanup.

With hundreds of pathways and riverbanks, there’s no shortage of opportunity to get involved. For more information and to register, please visit the city’s River and Pathway Cleanup page.