PaRx

Overview

Informing and inspiring Canadians

Research shows that spending as little as two hours in nature each week can improve physical and mental health. PaRx equips healthcare professionals to prescribe time outdoors as part of everyday care. By integrating nature into routine healthcare, PaRx helps people feel better, build healthier habits, and reconnect with the natural world, one prescription at a time.

Healthcare providers who register with PaRx receive a custom prescription file and a unique provider code, along with practical tools such as quick tips, patient handouts, and guidance on how to prescribe and log nature prescriptions. The program is designed to be simple, flexible, and effective, making it easy to incorporate outdoor experiences in local communities into patients’ daily lives. Patients can also access special offers from partners across Canada to help reduce barriers to getting outside.

Park Prescriptions began as a grassroots movement in the United States more than a decade ago and have since spread worldwide. PaRx is proud to be Canada’s national, evidence-based nature prescription program, connecting healthcare and nature to support healthier people and a healthier planet.