Abbey Centre

Expérience positive: A good place for a family vacation but sometimes windy.

Expérience fantastique: Deepest happiest memory of July 2025. My son Blake and I had time together- Warm- sunny- loved the happy families.

Expérience positive: Great place to go if your close by. I can all the way from Edmonton area and it was worth the try.... But not again. The disappointing thing is that the slide exits right infront of the deepest end of the pool so obviously youre gonna get splashed. The other was the line to get into the hot tub. I believe children really shouldn't be in a hot tub but that's my opinion. Us old people need it!! Lol my daughter loved the baby area. The lazy river was great expect for the children holding down the sprayers and getting people in the face. Lifeguards shouldn't told them to stop cuz my 9 month old didn't appreciate getting sprayed. Also bring a lock or be prepare to pay $3 to just borrow a lock. Nice thing are the chairs to lounge and can also bring a bag out with you and the large changrooms are a nice change. Overall cute place but definitely not as big as I thought it was going to be.

Expérience négative: It's a nice facility. Staff are fine. We've gotten sick though the last 3 times we attended the kids play area (in 2025). Most recently it was pretty bad. Norovirus or something similar. We won't go back. Not sure if they are deep cleaning the kids area as well as they should. Might return to use the gym one day.

Expérience fantastique: Had a fantastic day with my three kids (ages 10, 9, and 4)! We drove from Edmonton, and it was absolutely worth the trip. The weather was perfect at +30, and the place wasn’t too crowded, which made the experience even better. The kids had an absolute blast and are already asking when we can return. The entry fee for all of us was only $20, which felt like a steal. While the food was a bit overpriced and outside food wasn’t allowed, you can eat outside of the water park at a nice picnic table on the grass. Overall, it was definitely worth the trip! Can't wait for our next visit! Highly recommend!

Expérience fantastique: The outdoor water park was fantastic. It was unfortunate that the waterslides weren't working for the time we were there, but the staff is great, the indoor and outdoor play areas are good. We'll go again!

Expérience fantastique: Amazing outdoor pool with slides, diving board, hottub

Expérience fantastique: Amazing outdoor pool with slides, diving board, hottub

Expérience fantastique: This place is awesome for all ages . My kids always have a blast and they range from ages 1-16. Clean , friendly staff and plenty of changing booths .

Expérience fantastique: The pool is good

Expérience fantastique: Absolutely loved it ,my kids didn't want to leave.

Expérience négative: Not a location that I would bring a teenager with special needs again. Parents of children especially on the spectrum be aware. Staff requires further guidance on how to deal with an incident with a child that cannot advocate for themselves.

Expérience fantastique: Has a great workout facility, walking/running track,outside pool and hottub, Hours are good,staff friendly.

Expérience fantastique: The kids so enjoyed it

Expérience fantastique: since 2023 good experience ❤️❤️

Expérience négative: Its a great pool and one of the best around, however after paying a premium for the full year pass we are left in disappointment, Our first year at this park the main pool was closed for the longest time, Not this year the hot tub was operated at 50 percent capacity and now its been totally closed and the water drained out...... This place does have the worst maintained equipment. I get that some things happen but to be all over the place with every pool in alberta to see the amount of issues this place has. The town of Blackfalds outta be ashamed

Expérience fantastique: Brought the kids to the indoor playground for my little man's birthday, him and the cousins had a great time! Clean and friendly environment and lovely staff to match! 10/10 will be going again

Expérience fantastique: Amazing staff and gym equipment!!

Expérience fantastique: Great place for kids and adults to enjoy the summer. Good day trip from the city. Can get quite busy on weekends and holidays best to get here earlier.

Expérience négative: Having a spinning bike in the weight room would be perfect for HIT. Combining weight sets with HIT is not possible.

Expérience négative: The lady working at the front desk today (June 7) was incredibly rude and should not be in a position that serves the public.

Expérience fantastique: My Littles love the play place and it's never really busy!!

Expérience fantastique: I love this recreation centre.

Expérience fantastique: Best water park ever would definitely recommend everyone to go

Expérience positive: Went to they farmers market Very busy

Expérience fantastique: How every town should have developed there community! Blackfalds really is the framework that should have been followed to make everywhere in alberta better.

Expérience positive: Abbey center has a fun indoor playground as well as a nice Dino-themed outdoor play scape that kids can enjoy

Expérience positive: They didn’t let me go to the track because I don’t have the “Training “

Expérience fantastique: The Abbey Centre is very clean, great facilities, and the staff is always very friendly.

Expérience fantastique: Good gym price

Expérience positive: Nice facility with a variety of workout , play, swim in the summer and a walking track on the top floor going around a 3 court multiple universal game area , I didn’t give it 5 stars because the walk I did around the track was very warm almost unbearable hot… maybe its been corrected?

Expérience positive: Would get 5 but I go play pickleball and they have only 2 courts and more people than spots but there is a court for badminton that no one is using

Expérience négative: Do you know what sucks!? When the phone lines will NEVER take you to a real person. It says push 0 which I have tried multiple times over the years and it just restarts menu selection. I complained and they told me it's not a problem. Well, I'm telling you it's been two years now and you still haven't fixed it. Your machine doesn't take me to talk to a person so I can't inquire about anything unless I choose the child minding option and then it's 50/50 someone picks up. So yeah, maybe fix that!!!!!

Expérience positive: Love the pool here

Expérience fantastique: Great place to take young kids. The play area is wonderful

Expérience fantastique: Kids love this outdoor pool setup with a couple water slides, lazy river, dive tank, hot tub and splash park the abbey centre has it all.

Expérience fantastique: Fun outdoor pool! Slides are great and come out in relatively shallow water in one end of the pool. Adults are allowed to ride with their child if the child doesn't reach the height requirement. Family rate is not super expensive, but will cost extra if you have a large family. We had six total five kids and one adult all from the same house, had to pay the family rate plus pay for one child as an add-on. Parking is free but fills up on hot days so you may want to arrive early.

Expérience fantastique: The Abbey center is a busy place the kids enjoyed it.

Expérience négative: Great when it's open. But often has the slides closed. Make sure to call ahead or check their site and make sure everything's working.

Expérience fantastique: this place is good and clean , the outdoor swimming pools are very good for kids and the slides are very nice

Expérience positive: Hot tub was not very warm, rest of pool was delightful.

Expérience positive: It is the best place to take kids when they're bored and have nothing to do at home.also it is pretty cheap,I take the kids I babysit here all the time.

Expérience fantastique: Absolutely love this place! Great fun for the whole family

Expérience négative: I bought 2 wraps chicken Cesar and I found there bacon and we are Muslim, so we can’t eat bacon . One I took one bite and other was not touched and they refused to give back money I told them gave at least the 23$ from the chicken Caesars that was not touched they gust said sorry and took the two Caesars sandwich. Just I spend my money for nothing.

Expérience négative: Better off to take a trip to Red deer. Rec center thats half the price cheaper for a family as well. Toddler can’t even move around in the hot tub without be told to sit down he’s was only floating. But they let teens argue and push in there. Hot tub is only warm not hot . Can’t even eat our snacks at the picnic tables outside where food is sold even though you bought food from there expensive concession with very small portions. Concession tables were absolutely filthy. Slides always closed as I was told which they were when I went. 4$ for a slushy and 10$ for half a handful or fries. Better spend your money elsewhere to actually enjoy your family time. We were not even there a hour we will stick with our location of reddeer from now on

Expérience fantastique: Awesome place for swimming and sports.

Expérience fantastique: The price can’t be beat. So much to do here. We always try to go on a weekday. Bring your own lock

Expérience fantastique: Beautiful place I hope it does well and It is munching hard!!!!

Expérience fantastique: The Abbey Centre is a state of the art recreational facility that offers a large gymnasium with ample room for multiple sporting events, a fitness room equipped with plenty of cardio machines and stretching areas. The outdoor aquatic playground is a must if you enjoy water slides or are bringing the family. Outside the building, there is an amphitheater for hosting events and a jungle gym for kids. The war memorial is worthy of respect. Take a moment and reflect on all that we enjoy from the efforts of the fallen soldiers.

Expérience fantastique: Beautiful day when we went. The pool opened at 10am Friday and the 2 slides opened about half an hour after that. Quick, easy swim test gave the kids more freedom. Nephew was under 4 ft but is a better swimmer than older kids because of training and he had to go down the slide with someone older/an adult. The facility itself was clean, it wasn’t too busy, there’s a small lazy river and climbing wall, as well as a big dive tank and one diving board. The shallow area and splash park looked great too. Grandma was able to sit on a chair and parents lay on beach chairs. Bring your own lock or rent one out for lockers. Staff helped us with lunch ideas and were kind to all.

Expérience fantastique: We have taken our 4 and 2 year old here quite a few times, and we love it!! Great slides, splash zone, and toddler area. We also love grabbing an ice cream cone while we are there at the little cafe. Highly recommend!

Expérience négative: The lifeguards this year need to tone down and get off their high horse. Miserable. What I witnessed the other day was completely unacceptable.

Expérience fantastique: Went there for the Metis registration. Was easy to get to. A very nice facility

Expérience fantastique: Great place love the variety of activities that you can do like go to the pool, workout gym, gymnasium, and playground for little kids!

Expérience fantastique: Great place. Staff is nice and caring and calm. Nice people go there. Gym is great. Pool is very fun.

Expérience fantastique: The price is unbeatable, 1 dollar for a 2 year old! It was quite busy, which I've been told isn't always the case but my kiddo had fun either way! Good area for 0-4 and a big play arwa for bigger kids

Expérience positive: The staff are super friendly which I love but It's a little frustrating for a regular going to their gym. The weights are all over the place the majority of time. I feel like I'm the only one putting them back. Not everyone can lift 45 pounds to get to the 10 pounds that's behind it. The hand sanitizer has been empty 3 consecutive times I've come after telling them that it's been empty twice. Just feel like the past 3 months or so it's been like this :(

Expérience fantastique: Great place with friendly staff

Expérience fantastique: Sky's theblimit lazer is at the Little of This Spring Market March 23rd and 24th at the Abbey Center from 11 till 4.

Expérience fantastique: Nice outdoor pool to use during the 6 months of winter.

Expérience positive: Good place to bring the young ones to burn some energy at the play room.

Expérience fantastique: Great place, wonderful staff, fair pricing and friendly people who go there.

Expérience fantastique: Love the indoor park for the kids to play for cheap..think it's like $2

Expérience fantastique: Great facility with helpful staff. A lot of activities available to do

Expérience positive: To much money to get in.

Expérience fantastique: Amazing outdoor pool and i love the kids play place its so huge and cheap compared to tree house!

Expérience négative: There’s this one lady that sits at the desk I don’t know her name but one day I went to go use the bathroom after walking around for a little and as I’m going my friend is also in there washing her hands and so she leaves before I’m done waiting for me cause I’m about to flush and the the lady just swings the door open before I had even fully pulled up my pants and had accused me of vaping cause it smelled “fruity” to her stupid knowledge and also wouldn’t let me and my friend leave till we gave are first name and last name

Expérience fantastique: Friendly staff, clean facilities, great for parties for little ones.

Expérience fantastique: Such a great place for children, families and events

Expérience fantastique: We love taking our little one here. She has a blast.

Expérience fantastique: Great outdoor pool with many more amenities inside!

Expérience positive: Kinda upset they took out the outside gym stuff not everyone can pay for inside these days

Expérience fantastique: Pool was a lot of fun. Worth the drive from Edmonton.

Expérience fantastique: Great indoor play place for toddlers/ kids and very reasonably priced.

Expérience fantastique: Lots of fun and great price. Good for all ages.

Expérience fantastique: Great addition to Blackfalds, at least there's enough parking here! Can't wait until the pool opens up.

Expérience fantastique: Great facility and staff! Just wish the hot tub were open past 830 a couple nights a week

Expérience fantastique: Awesome place. Water was a great temperature and the slides were fun.

Expérience positive: Great venue for our granddaughters first birthday party. Party and play rooms were adjacent. Oh so handy!

Expérience fantastique: Really nice and clean! Perfect place for a family outing- swimming, a gym, indoor play area etc.

Expérience fantastique: Unbelievable value in a family pass for $20 for the day. Outdoor pool/water park is amazing. Highly recommended.

Expérience fantastique: This place is awesome so much to do and such a reasonable price. Kids had so much fun. Definitely worth the 1.5 hour drive.

Expérience négative: Went here for the first time to use the badminton court and pool as my daughter wanted to swim but instead we were asked to leave because my daughter is 7 years old and I have to be in the pool with her. Unfortunately I didn’t bring my swimsuit. I stood by the side of the pool at arm’s reach while my daughter is at the side soaked in the 0.45m shallow pool. The lifeguard approached us and asked us to leave since I can’t go in the water. She said that it is their rule that the parent should be in the water with the child. I can respect the rule but her approached could have been less assertive. Her tone was authoritative and when my husband asked for her name she said that she is not a lifeguard and that she is the shift supervisor. Anyhow, I’m sure we’re NOT going back to this facility and definitely won’t renew my husband’s membership.

Expérience fantastique: If anyone hasn't tried the child minding it's amazing they are so good with the kiddos! Chantels classes in the morning are amazing and might I add they are free with your admission/ membership , it's definitely motivated me and keeps me going Tha ks

Expérience positive: Decent place to cool off with the kids. Great price and clean facility. I wish the kids' area had the waterslides going into a pool of water and not painful landing mats, lol. The center offers a lot of activities as well, like drop in basketball etc.

Expérience positive: Very nice facility, and clean for the most part. Kids loved it. Wish we had one in our town. Also, great prices to get in. $20 for family of 4. No shade in or by chairs, though. Do not recommend canteen, food is decent but it took 45 mins for a grilled cheese and chicken wrap. Over all good experience.

Expérience fantastique: The outdoor pool is great. Excellent place to bring younger kids on a hot summer day. Staff are friendly. The facility is clean and well maintained.

Expérience fantastique: Amazing outdoor place for the whole family for a very good price! The slides are super fun and the splash park and hot tubs are amazing too!

Expérience fantastique: They had the Alberta youth championships there for archery. It was amazing.... It would be great if the Abbey Center had an archery lane in it for people to come and shoot all the time?

Expérience fantastique: It was pretty packed but my kids had FUN!!! The splash pad, kiddie pool, slides and hot tub were all a BLAST. After spending hours and hours under the sun and in the water we mellowed out at the indoor playroom. Even with half of Central Alberta at the pool their staff and lifeguards were IMPECCABLE.

Expérience fantastique: INCREDIBLE! AMAZING!!! GREAT PRICE! 20$ for a family of 5. It has something for all ages even infants, a ton of lifeguards which is really nice and it's enclosed and the pool drop isn't too deep for taller 4+yr olds. Wish we lived closer so we could come weekly! Thanks to all the friendly staff.

Expérience fantastique: Excellent experience. Will definitely return.

Expérience fantastique: Great, well equipped gym.

Expérience négative: BEYOND busy! It is way overcrowded, I could barely get around without bumping into someone or someone bumping into me. And I went on a weekday or I can't imagine what a weekend would be like. I even had times were people separated me and my toddler just by swimming between us. Would not go again anytime soon even though it is cheap to go.

Expérience positive: So much fun! We stopped here on the way to Canmore and this may have been the highlight of the trip! The kids loved the outdoor pool and water slides!

Expérience fantastique: I cannot say enough good things about this place! The facilities were all clean, fresh and up to date and the staff were friendly and helpful. We can't wait to return!

Expérience fantastique: Very nice outdoor pool! Been visiting for 5 years now and we were just there yesterday, and saw this awesome life guard saved an old woman. Kudos to this guy for acting fast. Will be back summer after summer.

Expérience fantastique: A hot day so we scrapped the event we were at and headed to the pool to cool off. We were glad we did. There was a huge shallow pool for the youngsters. Deep pool, hot tub, water fountains and a lazy river. Only one of the 2 slides was open, but my niece really enjoyed and the lineup was not horrible long. The spray park wasn't going but it looked great. All of this was outside. We did not explore the rec center facilities inside. It looked like there were tons of things to go no matter your preference.

Expérience positive: It was nice to find a reasonably priced family excursion option in Central Alberta. The family admission to the outdoor aquatic centre cost $20 for the five of us. Unfortunately, one of the two slides as well as the spray park were not working during our visit. However, the pool basins were still fun, and although busy, the centre wasn't crowded. The in-facility restaurant was okay, but expensive.

Expérience fantastique: Love this place its great for the kids! It's $20 per family which is amazing. Not very busy at all. Worth the 1hr drive from Edmonton.