YOUTH EN ROUTE
Cycling is freedom!
We are working to empower healthier youth to have the agency to get around their communities independently.
Pedalling is Power!
This giving season, consider a donation to Youth en Route. You’ll empower youth to be active, resilient and independent, reducing transportation poverty across Calgary. Once we give away a bike, 25% of students use them daily. Half use them two times per week.
Your donation will not collect interest, or be used in the future – we need help now to be able to continue our work into 2026.
We also have a local Cycling enthusiast promising to match all donations before Dec. 31. Your donation will go further.
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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Giving Tuesday: Help Youth Ride Into Opportunity
Every day, thousands of youth across Calgary face barriers to mobility, independence, and opportunity. At Youth en Route, we believe a bike is more than just a mode of transportation—it’s a gateway to freedom, confidence, and connection. We work in Calgary High Schools every week, and see how just a few tentative pedal rotations can…
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Kruch bikes donation helps YER share joy of cycling
Corey Kruchkowski donated 15 of his awesome Kruch Custom Steel Bicycle’s-built G-Trex to Youth en Route for our programs. It’s our largest donation to date! Painted in YER’s dynamic Blue and Yellow, these bikes will be part of the fleets we use at schools to teach basic cycling skills. “We’ve had our first G-Trex at…
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Rolling into fall semester PE classes
We are excited to kick off the 2025-2026 school year. After our busy year and huge impact last year, Youth en Route has grown to better support teachers and learning. Kimberley Nelson has taken on a leadership role as the Program Manager for Youth en Route. Based on feedback received from our student advisory council,…