Cole Harbour Place
Information about Cole Harbour Place
Opening hours
- Monday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Tuesday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Wednesday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Thursday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Friday: 6:00 AM – 9:00 PM
- Saturday: 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
- Sunday: 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Our comment from FitFit Canada about Cole Harbour Place:
Cole Harbour Place is a vibrant community center located in Dartmouth, Canada, offering a plethora of recreational activities for families and individuals alike. Visitors frequently praise its cleanliness and friendly staff, making it a popular destination for community events.
The facility features a large indoor pool with options suitable for all age groups, including a water slide and hot tub, as well as an ice rink and a well-stocked library. Here are some highlights:
- Great swimming and skating opportunities.
- Amazing staff dedicated to providing a professional and friendly atmosphere.
- Multiple facilities such as the gym, library, and event spaces available for community use.
- Beautifully maintained spaces that cater to various activities, including fitness classes and family-friendly events.
While many users enjoy the offerings, there have been some concerns regarding overcrowding during peak times and the need for facility upgrades. Some visitors have expressed dissatisfaction with the customer service in certain instances and the adequacy of change rooms. However, many still find it to be a fantastic destination for fun and fitness.
Cole Harbour Place: Opinions
Fantastic experience: Great place for recreational activities and more
Fantastic experience: Great place to go swimming and skating would recommend.
Fantastic experience: Amazing facility with very kind and professional staff. Have been a member here since the 90s and will continue to be until the day I die. CHP is a Cole harbour staple and always will be. Cheers, Luke
Positive experience: Clean building all around. Great library as well.
Positive experience: Can get cold in there, bring extra clothes or a blanket if you’re watching a game! :)
Positive experience: I took the kids to the pool this afternoon. I was pleased with the different options based on age group. There were two pools for kids with warm water, bigger pool for older kids and adults with lane swimming, a dive board and a big slide, and a hot tub. It was quite busy and all of the kids were having fun and screaming, so not the best for people who get overstimulated, but I heard that it's not always that busy.
Negative experience: Terrible summer camps. Between CHP and Membic ( sp? ♂️ )… they’re equally terrible. Buyer beware.
Negative experience: Here is an honest 1 star review for all to see.. this is the customer service I get after registering my son for summer camp at Cole Harbour Place. The camp was not for him and I requested a refund as per their policy. I have yet to get my money refunded and I've been in there 3 times already in the last week alone. Very unprofessional and not a good environment to leave your kids. Try it and ask your kids how the day went.. but when you ask for your money back expect a long wait. Abbey is supposed to be in a position of power and I don't see how she is competent in her duties at that facility. The counter staff laughed in agreement as well. They did their job and I did mine.. for some reason she asked me my availability and then 2 minutes later I can't get it? Ridiculous Enjoy the photos of our emailed conversations. Cole harbour Rec center is way better for the kids and parents a like. If you see my review please skip this place. Edit done August 28, 2024: I just got my cheque today. 4 weeks after I asked for my money back. While leaving the building I noticed a bunch of unattended chemicals left by the public stairs. These chemicals are for industrial flooring and surfaces of concrete. They are just sitting by the stairs for kids or anyone to play with. Not a good spot to leave your kids in this building and clearly not a good place to spend money.
Negative experience: Worst customer service, they don’t even know how to talk to customer. Their Walmart dress says “Happy to help” but they look like they absolutely hate their job. Just worst
Positive experience: Good place but poor maintenance. Could be upgraded
Fantastic experience: Clean , family friendly
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff. Lots going on in the building. Great place altogether for the community
Fantastic experience: Great place. Lots for the family to enjoy
Fantastic experience: Perfect place for family activities. Clean and good personel
Fantastic experience: Many services offered in one building. PT Health, public library, skating rink, public pool, gym, community room is often used for local events such as craft sales and flea markets.
Fantastic experience: It is a great place for weekend activities such as hockey, ringette, the libary, and random events such as cat shows and job fairs. I usually come during the weekend and avoid the weekdays. During the week, it can be super busy with the local school students. I never had a problem with the local youth despite some of the other reviews. It would be nice if there were more bus routes around, though.
Positive experience: Attended the cat show, which was awesome! What a busy complex!!
Positive experience: Facilities are dated but the kids had fun. Not nearly enough space in the change rooms.
Fantastic experience: really enjoying the aqua aerobics class, great fitness space. lots of rental space for group activities and often hosting lots of community events
Negative experience: Not inclusive of disabilities. Awful experience on multiple occasions. Won't be back.
Fantastic experience: I come here all the time and the staff here are so nice, I love all of them so much! and on Tuesday I go to teen night and they have the funnest stuff to do there I love chp
Fantastic experience: Started taking aqua dance classes with Rita on tues and Thursday evenings…what an amazing vibe..great music and Rita is so fun and motivating!! Class goes by super fast!! Highly recommend!!!
Positive experience: Open swims are hardly never crowded
Positive experience: everything you need under 1 roof...a pool ..a gym..a welfare office & a mental health outlet...woot woot
Negative experience: I used to love CHP gym but now it's a severally overcrowded hangout spot for teenagers. I go to the gym after work when the high school students are also at the gym. Everyday I'm stuck waiting for machines/equipment while groups of kids are sitting on equipment looking at their phones, having long conversations, flexing in the mirror or playing on equipment. My workout yesterday (a typical day at CHP gym): -Asked a staff member who was off shift working out to put his weights away as he left 4 plates and an easy bar at one of the few good benches in the gym. When I asked him to put his weights away he was dismissive and rude and only put a couple items away and left the rest. I asked him again and tried to explain that other people may want to use the equipment and the plates on the floor are a tripping hazard and he just put his headphones back in and ignored me. -I asked a group of teenagers that had been standing next to a machine talking for several minutes if they were using that equipment. They said yes and continued to chat - I never got to use that machine. -While using one of the machines, a group of 6 kids were playing on the machine next to me and bumping into me several times and seemingly unaware each time. -I spent the last bit of my workout walking around unable to find any machines or equipment to use and had to cut my workout short because nothing was available.
Positive experience: Had one of the best time with my daughter we went skating (bring a helmut), great time there
Negative experience: If only I didn't have to blast my personal music to drown out the gyms god awful music.
Negative experience: Closes at 8 on Saturday. Extremely disappointing.
Fantastic experience: very nice lots of things for the kids and the staff are very helpful
Fantastic experience: Well maintained and good organized event. Great community there!
Positive experience: Decent spot but no signage. Very hard to find your way around without help!
Fantastic experience: Great family facility
Fantastic experience: Great place to have fun
Fantastic experience: Love the aqua dance with Rita!
Fantastic experience: Great pool we go for the autism swim once a month which is free and it’s fantastic. I wish more pools offered this.
Fantastic experience: Always great staff. Cleanliness is great. Security is great. Gym has been revamped and looks great.
Fantastic experience: My grandson loves it there..
Fantastic experience: My boyfriend and I went to the good truck festival. We had amazing food.
Fantastic experience: Haven't been in a while but it still felt like home. Lots of nice floor upgrade upstairs in the training centre and a little rework. glad to be back
Positive experience: Kids ruin whole experience. Nonesense.
Fantastic experience: A very good place to train and nice people. Always immaculate and clean.
Positive experience: Where else can you find a water slide, ice rink, library, and some sort of karate day-care all in the same place? Only Cole Harbour Place.
Negative experience: Dated and poorly kept. Major upgrades are needed. Family change room needs big time updating.
Fantastic experience: Nice venue. My wife and I have been vendors here multiple times, great spot!
Positive experience: I really appreciate what it provides,but the fitness center needs work
Positive experience: Nice rink facility. Old style wooden bench seats in the arenas. Facility has multiple activities on site. Nice
Fantastic experience: excellent facility. great staff.
Fantastic experience: Going there for many years Great facility
Positive experience: Just went here for a tournament. It is a really big place. Well maintained and not super cold.
Positive experience: Very good place to go , I think we should have more places like cole harbour place in Metro Halifax .
Positive experience: Went to the library to get signed up for a library card.
Fantastic experience: Super great facility. Great for all experience levels. The only thing that's missing is a basketball court. Otherwise, I love being a member here.
Positive experience: Always clean, and staff are very friendly :-)
Fantastic experience: It really is a community staple. So many activities and just a wonderful place.
Negative experience: The speed bumps in the parking lot aren't made for CARS!!! YOU WILL HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF A REGULAR CAR IN THAT PARKING LOT
Positive experience: Needs music! Gym is wonderful but SO quiet! *** it now does. Much better atmosphere
Fantastic experience: Love this place excellent atmosphère courteous and helpful personnel. Only 2 squash courts
Fantastic experience: Great local community get together place for all kinds of events. It is a great place with many events.
Fantastic experience: What's there to say, other than it is the perfect 1 stop shop for family fun. There is every program that you could think of for the family, whether it be skating, swimming, or working out, it is a fabulous place.
Fantastic experience: Great community facility rink, pool, basket ball, library, meeting rooms, soccer fields, baseball fields
Positive experience: Good spot for play time with the kids, and education. Great spot to rent rooms and host a bday party or function. Lots of community event listings.
Fantastic experience: Cole Harbour Place is a nice community centre, offering a gym, pool, child minding, ice rink, library and more. They offer a variety of classes (aerobics, swim, dance, etc) and have event spaces to rent. There's plenty of parking and outdoor space, well positioned next to a high school and outdoor field. Nearby walking trails and outdoor tennis courts exist. Cole Harbour Place is on a main road which allows for easy commuting by foot, bicycle, or car.
Fantastic experience: Great spot to watch my boys play hockey. Friendly staff. Great library. Good gym. Nice pool. It has it all.
Fantastic experience: Was a great place to visit for the first time.
Fantastic experience: The front desk staff are really helpful and always friendly
Fantastic experience: I have been going here for years The staff are amazing. And it is always clean
Fantastic experience: Amazing play area brick walls and only one door. Soft ground no bloody knees falling here.
Positive experience: We go for family swims very often. Just wish the gender neutral/family dressing room, was bigger as it’s very jam packed pre/post swims.
Positive experience: Watching hockey in small rink. You have to walk to other side of CHP to get to a bathroom!
Fantastic experience: The best decision I made was to join.
Fantastic experience: Watched our grandson play hockey and took our granddaughter to the library.
Fantastic experience: Always loved going to Cole Harbour Place. Now I can take kids and have a blast too.
Fantastic experience: Good setup for mobile food festival
Fantastic experience: A delight for children and teenagers.
Fantastic experience: friendly and helpful stuff, the changing room are super clean and convenient. Love this place
Positive experience: Always a good time swimming here. Facilities are a little out of date but it's still pretty solid.
Fantastic experience: Excellent for your sports activities, it's sometimes used as well by special event's and is great for family fun year round.
Positive experience: I play hockey here regularly. They have a library, a great family pool, a gym and many programs. What more could you want in a community facility?
Fantastic experience: While the facility itself isn't perfect the staff are what really gives this place a perfect score. You won't find a more helpful and friendly group of people at other facilities (unless the ones from CHP are at the other facilities pitching in to help there, too!)
Positive experience: It was meah... You can't really see the game... Lol the library is nice though
Fantastic experience: Great rink! I always enjoy watching a game here lots of services on-site. I always seem to have trouble finding parking though.
Fantastic experience: Love this place, the rattle of plates and the smell of the iron always bring me back here. Great staff, super clean.
Fantastic experience: Love this place ! The old school feel, the rattling of the plates and the smell of the iron always bring me back here. Great staff, super clean.
Fantastic experience: Staff are excellent and knowledgeable. Very supportive staff!!! Great work!! Always pleasant and helpful!
Positive experience: Good facility, tight covid restrictions which can provide comfort for those using it.
Fantastic experience: Went to see my grand daughter play ringette
Positive experience: We went to the woodcarver's show. Lots of great things there.
Negative experience: Over crowded not much to see at craft sale.but proper precautions in place
Thank you for your review. Although we are happy to hear all COVID protocols were in place and followed, we would like to let you know that this was not a Cole Harbour Place hosted event. It was a 3rd party who rented out space for the day.
Fantastic experience: Great arena. Well laid out. Lots of hockey history their.
Positive experience: Large indoor pool with lots of place for different levels.....there's also a skating rink with ties to Sydney Crosby. A food court and a library
Positive experience: Very clean with great staff willing to help you!
Positive experience: Great place to play squash. I rated 4 stars due to the lack of humidity control. It was awful. Also they need more cameras outdoors to catch when people scratch with their cars other parked cars. Drivers are horrible.
Positive experience: A bit dated facilities but cheap and good service.
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Fantastic experience: Great ice. Locker rooms clean for an old place. Staff are good.
Fantastic experience: Very clean and safe playground, friendly staff
Fantastic experience: Fabulous day with grandchildren at library and pool!
Fantastic experience: Excellent playground. Totally enclosed, with a couple nice tables and benches, means you can let your kid run wild while you relax. Looks new, and well maintained, so it's a strong choice. Would be a little different if there were people around, but it was alone when we went.
Fantastic experience: Great that they are offering public skating still as my son is learning to skate. Not many places are still open for public skates so we've been going there from Fall River. Kudos to them
Fantastic experience: Really good time! Took the kids to the pool for March Break. $3 a person, can't beat that and I know the kids will sleep peacefully tonight.
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