Arenas and Skating

Lace up your skates and take a spin around the ice in one of our many arenas and rinks! See our community skating schedule. For more information on any of our skating facilities or to book ice or floor time, please call 519-741-2699.

You can also get some fresh air this winter on one of our community's many outdoor rinks!

NOTE: Please listen to local radio stations for information regarding the cancellation of Kitchener Rangers games, special events, and facility rentals due to inclement weather. A full list of league cancellations will be posted on this page.

We offer the following indoor arenas, providing opportunities for residents across our city to learn and enjoy ice skating, in some cases, year-round:

The Aud, 400 East Ave.

Dom Cardillo Arena: ice surface is 85' x 185'.
Kinsmen Arena: ice surface is 100' x 200'.
Kiwanis Arena: ice surface is 100' x 200'.
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Activa Sportsplex, 135 Lennox Lewis Way

Kitchener Minor Hockey Alumni Association Arena: ice surface is 85' x 200'.
Patrick J. Doherty Arena: ice surface is 85' x 200'.
Lyle S. Hallman Foundation walking track
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Civic Square, 200 King St W., in front of Kitchener's City Hall

The ice surface is 65 feet by 112 feet in size. This outdoor artificial rink operates November to March each year.

Sportsworld Arena, 35 Sportsworld Crossing Rd.

Two ice surfaces 85' x 200'.

Don McLaren Arena, 61 Green St.

One ice surface 85' x 185'.

Grand River Arena, 555 Heritage Dr.

One ice surface 85' x 185'.

Lions Arena, 20 Rittenhouse Rd.

One ice surface 85' x 185'.

Queensmount Arena,1260 Queen's Blvd.

Ice surface no longer exists; facility offers 15,000 square feet of space available to be rented.

Breastfeeding friendly. Anytime. Anywhere. The City of Kitchener operates family friendly facilities and supports breastfeeding mothers.

Public Skating Notes and Guidelines

To accommodate other events, skating programs are sometimes affected. Reminders will be placed in facilities well in advance of such changes. Please check our community skating schedule for updates and cancellations.

For casual ice rentals, skating parties, hockey parties or practices; as well as Lions Hall rentals (meetings, birthday parties, weddings, etc.), please call 519-741-2699.

Two sledges and three wheelchair skates are available at Kitchener arenas. They can be reserved by calling 519-741-2228 or TTY 1-866-969-9994.

Public Skating guidelines apply to all skating events where the public are invited to skate, including: shinny, public skating, family, senior and adult skates. This includes skating at Civic Square rink, Community Arenas, and the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex.

1. Food & Beverage Consumption - is permitted in the arena lobby and spectator seating areas only.

2. Games, Hockey Games or Hockey Sticks - No games are to be played at any time that will endanger the safety and/or enjoyment of others. This includes hockey games, or the use of hockey sticks.

3. Keeping Pace - Avoid excessively fast skating and stopping (socializing), which could interfere with traffic flow.

4. Shoes - No shoes allowed unless assistance is being provided to help tots to skate in the cordoned off area or during a family skating session.

5. Skating Aids - Skating aids are available on a limited basis (please see Arena Attendant). Strollers, toboggans and wagons not permitted.

6. Wheelchairs/Sledges - Wheelchairs, wheelchair skates and sledges are welcome on Municipal arenas and outdoor rinks. Individuals using these devices must travel in the same direction as the other skaters. Attendants/helpers are welcome to assist individuals however they must wear skates. Where there are admission charges to an arena for public skating, the attendant/helper is admitted at no-charge upon presentation of a PAL Card. To apply for a PAL Card and/or to reserve wheelchair skates and sledges, please contact 519-741-2228 or TTY 1-866-969-9994.

7. Use of Helmets - Helmets are recommended for all skaters.

8. Carrying of Infants/Children - Children must not be carried by any means (e.g. sitting on shoulders, being carried in arms or carried in equipment such as "Snugglies" or in back packs).

9. Sitting on Boards - Patrons may not sit on the rink boards at any time.

10. Figure Skating - is permitted at the discretion of the Arena Attendant.

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