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This study aimed to report the walking tasks most frequently encountered in the daily life of community-dwelling patients with post-stroke hemiparesis and to compare them with those of normal adults from a previous study. A total of 97 community-dwelling ambulatory patients with chronic stroke completed a walking survey to document the frequency with which walking tasks were encountered during a full awaking, non-therapy day, which included five tasks (walking surfaces, opening/closing doors, skilled walking tasks, intersections, and steps). The results showed that the most frequently encountered task (≥10 times per day) was opening/closing doors, followed by walking on rough and smooth surfaces. Furthermore, subjects were more likely to less frequently participate in challenging tasks while walking. These findings suggest that it needs to involve walking tasks encountered by patients with chronic stroke while walking in the household and community. This study provides valuable information for future studies that try to develop a walking training protocol aiming to restore functional walking capacity for community reintegration after stroke.