Jericho Beach, Beach in Vancouver, Canada

Jericho Beach is a beach in Vancouver's Kitsilano area, west of the Kitsilano seaside neighbourhood, backed by Jericho Beach Park, a grassy area with a pond and tennis court. The beach has concessions, soccer and baseball fields, picnic tables, public washrooms and beach volleyball nets, and it is home to the Jericho Sailing Centre Association, a youth hostel and the Vancouver Parks Board's Jericho Works Yard.

Jericho Beach was the site of the Jericho Beach Flying Boat Station, the first Canadian Air Force station in British Columbia. When the force became "Royal" in 1924, it became the province's first Royal Canadian Air Force station. It operated from 1920 to 1947. The old headquarters building is now used by 39 Canadian Brigade Group, and a monument at the site was installed by 801 (Vancouver) Wing and other veterans' associations.

The Squamish name Iy̓ál̓mexw and the Hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ name ʔəy̓alməxʷ are recorded for the beach. The English name may come from Jeremiah Rogers, a lumberman whose camp was called Jerry's Cove or Jerry & Co., or from Jericho Charlie (Shenáwtsut), who owned a cedar long house here. The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is held annually at the beach.

Lifeguards are on duty from late May to early September, so swimming is supervised only in that window. The beach sits west of Kitsilano, next to Jericho Beach Park, whose pond, tennis court and picnic areas adjoin the sand. Public washrooms are on site, and the Jericho Sailing Centre Association is based here.

The name has two competing explanations: it may be a corruption of "Jerry's Cove" or "Jerry & Co.", after lumberman Jeremiah Rogers, or it may come from Jericho Charlie (Shenáwtsut), who owned a cedar long house on these lands. The Squamish name is Iy̓ál̓mexw, in Hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ ʔəy̓alməxʷ.