Atrium Le 1000

Montréal, QC · Public skating times & prices

The ground-floor atrium of 1000 De La Gauchetière has held a full-size public skating rink since 1992.

Public skating at Atrium Le 1000: the next 7 days

For the latest skating dates, check the rink’s official information.

Address
1000 Rue de La Gauchetière Ouest, Montréal, QC H3B 4W5
Phone
514-395-0555
Website
le1000.com
The 1000 De La Gauchetière tower seen from street level, its stepped glass crown rising above the sidewalk trees; the rink occupies the building's ground-floor atrium. — Atrium Le 1000
The 1000 De La Gauchetière tower seen from street level, its stepped glass crown rising above the sidewalk trees; the rink occupies the building's ground-floor atrium. Photo: Jeangagnon · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0
The rink under the atrium's glass dome, skaters spread across the ice with the mall's balconies and lights ringing the floor. — Atrium Le 1000
The rink under the atrium's glass dome, skaters spread across the ice with the mall's balconies and lights ringing the floor. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

A full-size rink inside a 1992 office tower

Atrium Le 1000 is the ice rink inside 1000 De La Gauchetière, the postmodern office tower built in Montréal in 1992. The idea of putting a skating rink in an office building came from New York's Rockefeller Center, and the rink's designers drew on Montréal's own Victoria Skating Rink. From the street the tower is recognisable by its triangular copper roof and the four copper-capped rotunda entrances at the corners of its base.

The rink fills the ground-floor atrium and is a full-size sheet, open to the public and skated to music through the whole year. Skating lessons run in the building as well. Twenty-five years after the tower opened, the rink remained its signature.

The building has changed hands twice since then. In 2002 SITQ, a division of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, bought the tower, and in 2021 it was sold to the real estate companies MACH and Groupe Petra.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

General daily admission (individual, non-refundable and non-transferable) is CA$12.00.

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Skates & rentals

Skate rental is CA$10.00. Helmet rental is CA$1.00. Skate sharpening is CA$10.00. Locker rental is CA$4.00 or CA$6.00.

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Booking & check-in

Admission is limited, so a ticket bought online in advance guarantees entry; skaters without a reservation risk being refused entry on busy days.

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Parking & arrival

Rink customers can have their parking ticket validated for a discounted rate of CA$8.

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Accessibility

The building is connected directly to Bonaventure métro; skating supports are available on site, while personal supports are not permitted.

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Rink rules

Helmets are mandatory (ski, roller or snowboard helmets are accepted, bike helmets are not). Children aged 6 and under must be supervised by a chaperone on the ice; children 7 to 12 must be accompanied, but the adult can wait in the Family Zone while the child skates. The minimum age is about 3.

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