Kanata Leisure Centre and Wave Pool

Fantastic experience: It has wave pool from shallow to deep area like a waterpark theme. It also provide monthly pass to year pass. It is good for a family have more swimming activities. Here are also all kinds of swimming programmes for the kids.

Positive experience: Really enjoy the rec center but it can be abit small...

Negative experience: Had a 6 month old here for the first time and was not aloud to take pictures to create memories for him .. won’t return !!

Fantastic experience: Loved it

Positive experience: Someone pooped in the pool not great

Fantastic experience: Wave pool is good, hot tub and children’s pool. Plenty of lifeguards

Positive experience: TOO MUCH CHLORINE!! My family and I went to the pool and from the moment we walked in my eyes were burning from the chlorine without even being in the water. After we left my son was crying for hours that his eyes were burning. Aside from that the waves are not as good as the wave pool in Orleans but if you have kids that might be a good thing. The hot pool is better than the one in Orleans It’s not terrible but they really need to work on the chlorine issue because it’s brutal

Fantastic experience: For the price of $22, I and my nephews had 5 hours of fun from the Wave Pool, the slides, Hot Tub and Sauna. There is also a kiddie pool and a section for adults to sit and watch their kids in the water. The waves come every 15 minutes, which gives you a good cycle to rotate from the different pools. There is acccess to a lot of floaties and free life jackets to help the kids venture into the bigger waves.

Positive experience: “I liked it except it made me feel a little bit dizzy”-from the first child. “The wave took too long to come”-from second child. “I think it was great to keep them busy for almost 3hrs”-from parent

Negative experience: Great Facility but the management should be fired. They do advance booking and then change the timings making kids unhappy. I am pretty sure this was not the purpose of this facility.

Negative experience: Had a bad experience here the website says it opens until 8pm i was there by 4:30 and while entering there the staff says that it closes at 5

Fantastic experience: Always a fun time in the waves - but stay safe, it will get crazy!

Positive experience: Always a fun time with the kids, but they use a ton of chlorine here compared to other places to the point where my eyes hurt afterwards. I like the long open swim and wave swim times and that they have a long shallow area for younger kids. The swim lessons are nice for kids because of this.

Fantastic experience: I went for the lane swim today and it was great being able to have lots of space to swim and you can select your pace to swim at as well. Facilities are also very clean. It's a shame the canteen isn't there anymore but there are many vending machines for snacks and drinks

Fantastic experience: Wery nice place ,wery clean

Fantastic experience: I get it's a public pool but this one is the worst for being deafened by screeching kids.

Fantastic experience: Always fun place with indoor swimming and gym.

Fantastic experience: amazing wave pool for family. They have women and men's locker/ch changing room. I My son love to go here all the time he's always having a good time. The wave are awesome for indoor pool can't go wrong. Not too pricy for the entrance highly recommended specially during winter time.

Positive experience: Some of the tiles are broken in the pool, sometimes leading to cuts. There are many qualified staff. The red cross training is good and useful. Hope to work here someday. There is a fun slide and once and a while, if in a public swim session, cool waves. There are also some fun kid pools.

Fantastic experience: Fun family outing. However can be crowded during weekends and during the summer.

Positive experience: My kids love it here , I’ve been met with unprofessional staff but most are Polite, empathetic, and kind , the management team is wonderful and accommodating. Facility has tons of room ,locker space and it’s fairly clean for a public area. I would wear flip-flops though The hot tub , slide ,sauna and kids pool are always in use!

Fantastic experience: Clean environment. Totally accessible. Family orientated

Fantastic experience: We went here for my nephews 2nd birthday party. He had a great time.

Positive experience: Great place but small and always crowded. Which ruins the usability. You can't move with bumping into people.

Fantastic experience: We had a lot of great time here! With a water slide, kids' pool, hot tub, sauna, and wave pool, there's something for everyone. The hot tub can get crowded on weekends, so be prepared for a short wait. Overall, a great spot for some fun!

Fantastic experience: It's definitely a great place to pack a lunch and have fun with the kids on the weekend . I recommend wearing flip-flops as for most changing rooms at pools are gross . But ,I still highly recommend it.

Positive experience: Wave pool is fun. Plenty of life guards.

Fantastic experience: I loved ,the customer service & the programs are hihg quality.

Fantastic experience: We rent the pool for private events, great place and I love the slide.

Fantastic experience: Very good for family. Waves are really nice. Sauna and hot tub for relaxing

Fantastic experience: Very fun for a birthday event. Kids had a blast. Very friendly staff. 100% recommend it.

Positive experience: Website needs to make it clear that the pool is NOT open to public till noon Saturday 8am-Noon .. Drove an hour away to be there early morning for nothing. Even when I pulled up many families were returning to their vehicles with the same issue.

Positive experience: Pool was nice, dressing room is a bit of a gong show with so many people and all the winter boots on the floor ☺ We ended up taking our belongings into the pool area where we did find a locker that was available. Overall it was fun!

Fantastic experience: Nice place..

Fantastic experience: Good place and e environment. Kids and adults enjoy a lot.

Fantastic experience: Lots of fun! Very busy during the break.

Positive experience: The waves are not super big but it was fun.

Positive experience: The wave pool is fun for children. Also, it has many professional trainers.

Positive experience: Good atmosphere with big hot tub. Only dry sauna may need more maintenance.

Fantastic experience: Love this pool! Super warm, the slide is a lot of fun and the staff is very friendly! Highly recommend!

Fantastic experience: Went for the public wave swim with my daughter. Was busy but that's to be expected in the weekend. The little kids pool was open too. Great way to spend an afternoon.

Fantastic experience: Suitable place for swimming with family. Cheap and affordable

Positive experience: Very clean. Great kiddie pool which was nice and warm with lots of toys, the kids loved it. They also loved the water slide and the waves, which comes on for ten minutes every 20 minutes. Plenty of paddle boards to use. Water in the main pool was a bit chilly. Strict enforcement of rules like if your children are a certain age, the parent needs to stand at the bottom of the waterslide. They have fans blowing for some reason, which made standing there feel colder. After awhile the chlorine started to sting my eyes but otherwise it didn't seem too strong. Kids wanted to stay for 2h. Family change room was helpful but there was someone showering nude there which wasn't appropriate for children being present. The showers were nice and warm, liquid soap provided. Cost for 5 of us was $30. Limited coin-op lockers, plenty of other lockers for you to bring your own lock.

Fantastic experience: I love this place u can make so many memories with friends and family and your partner 100 percent recommend

Negative experience: The pool is ok but you cant get a "youth" membership to their gym if your under 18. Love when youth really means old enough to vote.

Fantastic experience: Great place. It has a significantly big pool. Worthy to spend hours in. The pool is used normally in weekdays as per my knowledge, and it’s used as wave pool+pool on Saturdays and Sundays. There’s also a hot tub, a slide and a dry sauna. If you’re just visiting for fun, Saturdays and Sundays are for you. Has a nice seating place beside the pool if you’re a parent, and outside as well. Snacks available to buy on vending machines. Must visit if you’re here in Kanata.

Fantastic experience: Super piscines à vague intérieur avec glissade.

Fantastic experience: Such a wonderful place

Fantastic experience: Very nice place for families

Fantastic experience: Ver clean, spacious, professional and friendly staff

Fantastic experience: My family of four enjoy it very much.

Positive experience: Nice and clean. I justed used cardio room.

Fantastic experience: A group of us kayakers were using the pool for rolling instructions.

Negative experience: Water quality need improvement I found hair and debris in water too much chlorine

Fantastic experience: This place is an absolute BLAST. Wave swim is $7.25/person which is a crazy deal for 2 hours in the middle of winter

Fantastic experience: The gym here is pretty nice, and often not very busy. Very clean and well taken care of.

Fantastic experience: The wave pool is great, my kids enjoyed it!

Positive experience: Many people were getting sick or only able to stay a short period of time due to the level of chlorine in the air.

Negative experience: I love how they say they are open on the website today. I got my child all excited to go and drove all the way there to find out they are closed. So frustrating

Positive experience: Nice wave pool, can be a bit cleaner and common change room/entrance a little bigger.

Positive experience: Very crowded, not a lot of showers or change rooms, no leisure pool to swim in other then the wave pool, had a lineup for the hot tub and slide and kid pool.

Positive experience: Gym could use an upgrade. At peak times lineups to front desk get pretty long extending all the way to the entrance doors often restricting free flow of visitor movement.

Positive experience: Take my 14 month old for swimming classes. Instructors are great and accommodating. The water is warm and comfortable for my kid as well.

Fantastic experience: We came during the heat wave. All the public pools in Ottawa were closed so we drove to kanata for the wave pool and had such a great time!

Positive experience: Facility offers a wide variety of programs POOL - Main pool with ramp entrance and slow increase in depth (kept at about 82C which can feel cold for little ones or when not moving around (Also functions as a wave pool but not all swims are wave swims - when on they run on a 15 minute rotation of ~7min on ~7min off) - Hot tub with ramp access - Electric Dry Sauna - Kiddy Pool with ramp access kept at around 90 with fountains and "waterfall" (waterfall usually kept off as it reduces air quality) - Slide & Slide pool stair access, usually only open during wave swims Also offers swimming lessons for all ages of children and adults FITNESS - Aquatic Fitness - Weight Room - Instructor-led Spin, Body weight workouts and yoga OTHER - Day camps for summer and holidays - Birthday Parties - Event Space - Men's, Women's and Gender Neutral "Family/Accessible" Changeroom

Positive experience: Great place to take kids. Would be nice if there were daily, early evening open wave pool sessions...vs only a few times a week. Why don't you have tap? Since the beginning of COVID all other businesses have changed their interac machines.

Positive experience: The hot tub was more like a "warm tub" but maybe I'm being too picky. The sauna was great, and the kids enjoyed the waves.

Fantastic experience: A great place to go swimming with the family. In addition to a large wave pool with a slide, there is a smaller and warmer pool for kids, a hot pool, and a sauna. What I like about this place is that there is a sitting area right next to the pools.

Positive experience: Other than a little small, awesome pool! Shallow end for kid to fool around; hot tub for me; wave for just fun!

Positive experience: Great and friendly staff, a fun place for anyone to visit no matter age. Always have lots of fun whether it’s First Aid courses or wave public swim.

Positive experience: The pool is amazing but we can’t stay on the latters and we can’t stay on the wall so i give it 3 stars not five cuz of that so u guys should change the rules so we can stay on the latter and hold onto the wall.

Fantastic experience: So much fun! Our kids love going for the afternoon on the weekends. Lots of lifeguards that make the experience feel very safe. The hottub is nice as well!

Fantastic experience: The entrance fee is reasonable. When we went before the wave started, the locker rooms were quite neat, but when we decided to go out, we found our shoes difficult. There is a need for an extra clothing cabinet and closet. also the pool is quite cold for over 3 years old.

Fantastic experience: Went to the wave pool with my 9yo and my gf and her 12yo. Got there 15min before the start of the wave swim and there was not much of a line yet but it was filling up fast. My 9yo was required to do a simple swim test to demonstrate that she does not need someone beside her the entire time. We all had a great time playing in the main pool with the waves and loved the large water slide. The hot tub pool was nice to relax in before the end of the swim but note that only upto 25 people at a time can use it. Every part of the staff was very nice and attentive. Definitely will be going back

Negative experience: VERY HIGH LEVEL OF CHLORINE!! We visited recently and the chlorine smell was too strong it burns the eyes just by walking in and even before going into the water. My kids were coughing nonstop.. City of Ottawa, who is running the pool?? How can we trust the safety of the water?

Positive experience: Great place for a casual swim, there is only one pool but it wasn’t too crowded during the wave swim. The chlorine level is really high so not good for sensitive folks and the bathrooms aren’t that clean, but that’s not rare for swim places!

Positive experience: This is a great place to go with kids friends and family, the wave pool is just great, and the toboggan is really worth the wait. There starts are doing their best to ensure everyone is safe at the premises. All i can say is that there is stuff to improve though: there family lockers are tiny and the space too. I suggest swapping the tall lockers in the men's changing room and put them in the family changing room, or even better, move the family changing room to be in the actual men's changing room because the space is really small for families with kids to move around, whilr the men's area has a pretty large space in the middle. I hope this suggestion will be considered. Reviewed by Tarek Belghith from RZ Network Inc Canada, 18 MAR 2023

Positive experience: Overall good. Staff is polite, quick tickets, even the swim test was smooth and quick for one of our kids. Clean facility. Dress rooms are ok. But! Specifically for our allergic family - too much chlorine (we felt it with our sensitive eyes and lungs).

Positive experience: Good spot to take my son! He loves it. Nice hot tub, great pool. Fair prices at the door, only downside is it does sometimes get crowed usually around 3ish in my experiences.

Positive experience: I love coming here! It’s always very fun, lots of lifeguards, reasonable prices. The only downside is it’s usually packed. But they have a wave pool, kiddie pool, hot tub, and sauna, OH and a water slide. It’s always a fun time and they usually have open swim times all day. Such a fun way to make a day !!

Fantastic experience: It’s been many years since I last visited this wonderful facility. It did not disappoint! My 8 year old grandson enjoyed it thoroughly. March Break crowds of course but no problem in the pool- just the change rooms! We’ll be back.

Negative experience: Air quality was terrible. The chlorine fumes were uncomfortable and made breathing difficult. Both air and water temperature were way too warm for it to be healthy. Pool water is hyperchlorinated. Pool was very crowded. On the plus side, lots of lifeguards on staff.

Positive experience: Great place to take the kiddos. Careful if your little is below the height requirement for the slide--you might need to spend a bit of time managing disappointment. The kiddy pool is tiny, but a lovely temperature. The hot tub is huge though! Only downside is periodic maintenance--no doubt the wave machine is finicky. You won't know if it's working for sure based on their site as there doesn't seem to be a way for them to notify visitors of unscheduled maintenance.

Fantastic experience: SWIMMING

Fantastic experience: 有点老了，但是很干净，而且设施很齐全

Fantastic experience: We have been visiting this place since 2017. My kids love the wave pool.

Positive experience: Fine pool. Accomdations are all fine. 1 star off because its like half chlorine in there.

Fantastic experience: The changing rooms and the amenities in general are modern and very clean. This is a must try if you have kids in Ottawa.

Fantastic experience: Wonderful Leisure point. Very cool staff and very well organized facility. Fun with kids, wave pool is awesome. Gym very neat and clean.

Fantastic experience: We went to the gym here while visiting for the week and it was great. Not busy, well-maintained equipment, lots of equipment options! Couldn't ask for anything more.

Positive experience: Super sad about this have gone to the city twice to go to this attraction however they only run the wave pool at night so our family is unable to go. You still love this place as a child :( hopefully the post-covid hours will adjust soon

Fantastic experience: I hadn't been to this spot since I was a kid. I just brought my kids here. What a blast from the past. They loved the waves and laughed so much while swimming on the boogie boards. I'm so glad I found this place again. I'll be back!

Fantastic experience: I go there for my morning swim. The pool is smaller than that at Richcraft but is still a good place for exercises. No need to book and slot in advance as it’s usually not crowded. The only thing is that they need more showers

Positive experience: Fitness room price is reasonable but weights are outdated. The biggest issue is that on holidays the facility may close from Friday to Monday but does not post any signage or update Google with its hours. So it has been 3 times now where I showed up, doors are locked, but it doesn't say which days it's open. Frustrating. Seems like front desk staff don't care.

Negative experience: Most disappointing day as I took my kids to the pool and to my astonishment we weren’t allowed in. Since I have 3 children (not 2) I did not comply with there 2:1 ratio and wasn’t allowed to swim, even though they are good swimmers and could also wear life jackets. This is the first time I haven’t been able to go in a public pool with them and I’ve never felt so upset, let alone my children were devastated!

Negative experience: Freezing cold water and we only lasted one hour! Dirty change rooms! Showers don't get hot! Water too cold for all age groups. Needs a makeover big time! It's a waste of my tax dollars if I can't go there. The waves are the only attraction yet it's expensive! Richcraft puts it to shame!

Positive experience: Good place for a swim. However, when summer reaches, the schedules on Saturday for public swim changes from 6 pm to 8 pm and closes everything after 4 pm and let the gyms remain open only when going to the centre. If the gyms were the only thing that stays open past 4 especially on weekends, I could just go to GoodLife fitness or Movati and do my workouts there. What’s the point of the place if nothing stays open past 4 o’clock for swimming? It’s summer time and people can benefit going there to cool down from the heat and enjoy their recreation while swimming. Is there any reason why the pool closes after 4 o’clock?! This is absolutely ridiculous. I would rather spend more time at the lake than be paying $10 for a scheduled swim time anyways. Horrible.

Fantastic experience: Fun place - had a kiddie shallow pool, hot tub and sauna on top of the shallow entry wave pool and tube-style slide. Lots of life guards and there is some chairs for those looking to just watch (both inside and outside the swim area). The family change room had cubicles and lockers (bring your own lock). There is a mini locker station outside the change rooms for 25c. All was reasonably clean. Pool area can be loud with the waves and kids - the alarm warning the waves are starting can be loud for young kids. I find it was fine. The front desk also had 2 places processing payments when we arrived so it wasn't too long of a wait. Parking is in the back - entry is in the front. There is a gym, too, and we could see people hosting kids parties in the meeting room. There are life jackets available to borrow. It is very chlorinated (enough to make my eyes sting with a few drops) so do rinse your swimsuits thoroughly.

Fantastic experience: Amazing ! Clean, organized, easy to use and happy people working there. Wave pool was fantastic! My 1.5 year old was giggling and my 5 years old was so happy. Plus, there is a big slide. So much fun ! Add to this the kids pool, a very shallow pool for the little ones with toys and two sprinkles or fountains. Has showers, lockers ( bring your own lock) and changing rooms. Everything is supported with wheelchair accessibility. We send 4 hours without being cranky or hungry. Will post the programs and prices for membership.

Fantastic experience: A place worth checking out! It has three pools: 1. Wave pool (large) 2. Hot tub (small) 3. Kiddie pool (medium) The place is very family friendly. Family change rooms and kids 2 and under are free.