The City Nature Challenge is an annual event when Coquitlam competes with communities around the world promotes to gather observations about nature, find interesting species and engage people using iNaturalist, a project of National Geographic and the California Academy of Sciences.
2026 City Nature Challenge - April 24 to 27
Help Coquitlam and partner municipalities in Metro Vancouver compete with communities around the world from by gathering nature observations and finding interesting species to record using the iNaturalist app.
Como Lake Park Event - April 22
Pop by the Parks Team's Earth Day Event at Como Lake Park (700 Gatensbury Street) on April 22 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and chat with our Environment Team to learn how to download the app and record observations.
Check out 'how to' links on this webpage to better understand how to sign up for an iNaturalist account, make observations, and more. You can also watch this webinar video made by the Canadian Federation Wildlife Federation.
iNaturalist is a third-party app, and the City of Coquitlam makes no claims about the security or privacy of its use. View the iNaturalist Privacy Policy.