If you’re a runner, what better way to get acquainted with your new city than by going for a run, particularly with like-minded locals?

The Running Room, a chain of running gear stores, publishes running maps for a huge number of Canadian cities.

There are maps for Vancouver, Victoria, and Kelowna in B.C.; Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta; Toronto, Hamilton, London, Waterloo, and Ottawa in Ontario; and Quebec City, as well as Montreal’s Westmount, Outremont, and Pointe-Claire neighborhoods in Quebec.

The Running Room also sponsors running clinics as well as free weekly practice runs, which are generally held Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings, but check the Running Room store nearest you for a schedule.

Photo by Duncan Rawlinson (flickr)