Information about Canmore Recreation Centre

8 Ave 1900
T1W 1Y2, Canmore
+1 403-678-1878

Opening hours

  • Monday: 6:30 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Tuesday: 6:30 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Wednesday: 6:30 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Thursday: 6:30 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Friday: 6:30 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Saturday: 6:30 AM – 11:00 PM
  • Sunday: 6:30 AM – 11:00 PM
The Canmore Recreation Centre offers a variety of sport and leisure opportunities for all ages. The facility has two ice rinks, two multipurpose rooms, one including a servery, two meeting rooms, indoor walking lane, a fully-equipped fitness gym available for private hire and drop-in core classes, indoor foosball table and ping-pong table. Outdoor amenities include a skate park, ping-pong table and sports field. The Canmore Recreation Centre also houses the Canmore Illusions Gymnastics Club.

Our comment from FitFit Canada about Canmore Recreation Centre:

The Canmore Recreation Centre is a beloved community hub known for its vibrant atmosphere and excellent facilities. Visitors have praised the center for:

  • Immaculate cleanliness and modern facilities - The gym and rinks are well-maintained, ensuring a pleasant experience.
  • Amazing recreational events - From hockey tournaments to quilting shows, there's always something exciting happening here.
  • A great place for children - Families appreciate the variety of programs and camps available for kids, fostering a love for sports and activity.
  • Friendly staff - Many reviews highlight the supportive and helpful nature of the staff, enhancing the overall customer experience.
  • A beautiful setting - With stunning mountain views, the location adds to the appeal of the center.

While generally positive, some visitors have noted certain inconveniences:

  • Ongoing renovations - The facility is currently under construction, leading to limited seating and food options.
  • Tight restrictions on younger children - Some parents expressed frustration over policies regarding child supervision and safety gear.

Overall, the Canmore Recreation Centre remains a fantastic destination for both locals and visitors, combining community spirit with quality recreational opportunities.

Services, Machines and Guided Classes

Swimming Pool

Canmore Recreation Centre: Opinions

4.4/5 (74 Opinions)
Alejandra Gomez 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: Cool place to Watch some hockey Go eagles!!!

PT Saini 10 months ago

Fantastic experience: Awesome nice clean recreation centre.

Kerrie E 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Went to the Quilt Show here. Well serviced centre. Clean.

Peter 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Passionate about ice hockey this is the place to be

Darrell Dakin 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Hockey tournament. Good atmosphere. Nice canteen. Friendly

Jeff S 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: We were in Canmore for our granddaughter's ringette tournament

Dallas Hunter 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Good place to learn hockey as a Minor

Mary Lessing-Turner 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely place to play pickleball...

Jon Dr 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Really cheap way to try ice skating. Quite and no crowd on the ice. Cafe is also nice

Sean Jensen 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great venue for watching Canmore Eagles, and they serve great food and delicious alcoholic beverages during the game.

Course Manager 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff and great facilities. A local family spot!

Angie G 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: Skys theblimit Lazer is at the Canmore Christmas artisan Market. Having a great day. Here Saturday and Sunday.

Arpit Patel 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Superb

G Y 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Modern and clean gym facility. Do note closing hours on saturday and sunday which is at 9pm.

kasey daychief 2 years ago

Negative experience: My 2 year old wasn’t allowed in because they wanted him in a car seat buckled up. THE MOST STUPID condition required at a recreation facility. This also made it difficult for my 5 year old to participate. But they did say a 14 year old child can “watch” my 5 year old. - a child watching a younger child at a recreation centre makes no sense especially when the parent is present. And who would be carrying a car seat for a 2 year old around Canmore when the majority of visitors would be putting their child in a stroller, which is also not allowed in the facility. -

How it is Liz 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Learn to be a Canadian Hockey Player! A very memorable experience at The Canmore Recreation Centre! We had the rare opportunity to suit up like a professional hockey player. The experience starts off with an emotional video showing the extreme love Canadians have for hockey. We were then taken into the locker rooms to get the gear on. It was hysterical to watch everyone lace up their skates to head out onto the ice. The coaches were great sports, you can tell this is their life passion. The facility is very clean and well kept. They have two ice rinks and lots of seating for spectators. The management really takes pride in this facility. I highly recommend this experience. They even give you a certificate of achievement at the end! It's a really fun and unique way to spend the day!!

Jason Nickell 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: My daughter attended the Big Fun Camp here for 5 weeks. And loved every day (except one, we’ll get to that later). Absolutely the best staff and the most interesting itinerary I’ve ever seen for a full day camp: in one week she golfed, swam, rock climbed, took a field trip to a 3 parks and 1 planetarium, and walked over 10k-15k steps a day. It’s incredible. Absolute highest recommendation! *the one day I’d recommend skipping is the field trip to the Lake Minnewanka scary haunted boat tour. Was NOT appropriate for a 7 year old, and multiple parents complained. Otherwise, every, single, field trip is awesome!

Ethan Thompson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Up the eagles

Alfred Taylor 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Don,t get any better than this ,clean,modern,easy Acess

Sean Payne (Envirofog Solutions) 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great spot for Timbits tourney

Marcie Rawson 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful space easy to navigate for a hockey tournament

Leslie Lewis 2 years ago

Positive experience: Lots going on here - skating, gymnastics, meeting. The walking track was unavailable due to a gymnastics event, but often offers a convenient way to get exercise on an icy day

Anna Kr 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Took my toddler for New Years Party for kids there and he had a blast.

Simon Ongom 2 years ago

Positive experience: Awesome facility

Liam Gallagher 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful facility with an amazing backdrop obviously....

Sierra November 2 years ago

Negative experience: Public skating is a zoo. Rink doors open, simultaneous opposite direction skating. Tiny boys (great skaters) zipping around adults’ legs playing tag. Tots abandoned their plastic skating braces all over the rink, and they throw them, spinning down the ice. parents are oblivious. Figure skating practice with blades off the ice during jumps plus blades facing in the direction of travel. Typical Canmore shmozzle - rules but zero enforcement.

Joanne PH 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great place to visit

4tucks 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff & a wonderful program!!!

R3CKL3SS H3R0 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Free parkingwhen visiting Canmore downtown or to start your hikes.

Norma Cardinal 3 years ago

Positive experience: Was a nice rink

Ryan Kunn 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great facility in a small population. You can see the community in place here. Seats are comfy and the temper level is well placed in the stands

John Harper 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: A wonderful experience

MarcoinTheMountains Michayluk 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Go eagles

Bianca Twining 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Cheap tickets to the juniors hockey game. Great night!

Marshall Palmer 5 years ago

Positive experience: Clean, fresh atmosphere and comfortable viewpoints. Easily accessible, nicely arranged with a handy snack bar off the rotunda.

Brian Chalifoux 5 years ago

Positive experience: Excellent facility, the parking lot needs drainage/grading in spring conditions

Jeff Hayes 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Was there for my son's hockey tournement. Good rink with ample seating. The heat was cranked in the spectator area...maybe a bit to hot.

Oliver “ ” Green 5 years ago

Positive experience: Nice and clean almost all the time. They make sure to clean all the time. They have been renovating for almost 2 years now but are close to finishing. Much better after the renovations and the rinks are great.

Kyle 32 6 years ago

Positive experience: We're just finishing with all the Reno's so I imagine this will be up and running beautifully again within two weeks. Don't take my word for it though..

Kyle 21milmax 6 years ago

Positive experience: We're just finishing with all the Reno's so I imagine this will be up and running beautifully again within two weeks. Don't take my word for it though..

s & t 6 years ago

Positive experience: New Reno's look good, new closed in observation area for both sheets of ice

Jon Frolick 6 years ago

Positive experience: 3 stars, soon to be 5 stars when the renovations are complete. Looking forward to the new facility.

Kirk Himmelspach 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Under construction but should add to it really nice when done

Jeff Fechter 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Walkin shinny is nice

Brad White 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Love this place. Every time I visit Canmore I stop here with my kids.

Lynn Allport 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Was an awesome experience, learning about Canada's National Game - Ice Hockey. Our Coach was a wealth of information and we got to try out the outfits and on the Ice. Geriatric National Team here we come

Amanda E 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: This place was awesome, we spent all weekend here for a hockey tournament. While it's under construction, they were super accommodating. They even rented out their gym for parties in place of the normal room - we thought at first it might not work but it actually worked better as tons of space for a pizza party, and even an entire area for 30+ kids to run around. Can't wait to see it after the renovations.

Shannon Ritchie 6 years ago

Negative experience: Bathrooms were out of toilet paper and paper towels.

Robert Moore 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great skating and hockey facility

Alex Wilks 6 years ago

Positive experience: A fair place to relax and take it easy for a couple minutes.

Foreverblue 6 years ago

Positive experience: Made the trek into Canmore today to watch the Eagles. Usually wait for them to come to Calgary area. The arena attracts a decent local crowd. Approx 500 people there today. Good atmosphere. The hockey is great! Go Eagles!! Go #17 Finn Withy!! The food is limited.... no fries?! Avoid the pretzels they are dry and stale. The arena is really showing its age. Looks like they have a bit of construction happening now so be interesting to see if this expands into a Reno. Check your seat before you sit. There might be an old seat spring poking through the fabric.

Laura Ouellette 6 years ago

Positive experience: Great facility. Renovations will be a real game changer

Fedge No 6 years ago

Positive experience: Under renovation. Not much to see right now

Dylan Ogle 6 years ago

Positive experience: As of December 28, 2018 the building is under renovation. Less seating in arena and limited food options

Otis Rusling (OTIS) 6 years ago

Positive experience: Under construction

Micah Reim 6 years ago

Positive experience: Cold, old and dumpy...... Under construction, so half is closed right now.

Sebastian Bennett 7 years ago

Positive experience: Good

Terri Johanne Marsh 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great spacious rooms for practice etc.

James Odumeru 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: A great experience

Will Cherry 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent facilities, clean and well kept

Alex Danvers 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good facility

Mike Masters 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: The ladies at the front desk were great as i was looking for a place to have skates sharpened. They were more than helpful.

Damond DeJong 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice arena, seating is great, the mountains are always great to visit. The lady that hit my truck with her car door was a cow, even though I always park away from everyone.

Trevor Stuart 7 years ago

Positive experience: Small venue for competition. And seating is aweful But amazing surroundings and hosts were great!

Lindsay Grafton 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great staff

Saulo Neves de Oliveira 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice place!

Jason Connell 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great hot dogs with pretzel buns

T. Currie 7 years ago

Positive experience: first class facility for a small but vibrant community.Here for hockey and enjoying the local history on the walls. Locker rooms abound, but can be confusing when the Timbits are searching for a place to have the laces tightened. The Bear Bell Grill seems to be doing well tonight.

Jason Firth 7 years ago

Positive experience: I found it quite clean and well decorated as there was a lot of memorabilia and motivational posters along with awesome dressing room colors and themes! Their ice was great as well. Very impressed!

Tony Gize 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nicely renovated ice rinks

Darrin Wideman 7 years ago

Positive experience: Nice small towns rec complex.

Rebecca Reid 9 years ago

Fantastic experience: Terrible place for a music festival, but a nice rink.

Max Deveault 9 years ago

Positive experience: The crew is genuinely happy to be there. The work that they do on the maintenance and upkeep really displays great effort. Two ice rink, gymnastic and several meeting rooms available.

Sean Tonelli 9 years ago

Positive experience: Great place to see sports

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