Kingston Memorial Centre

Kingston, ON · Public skating times & prices

Kingston's 3,300-seat arena, opened in 1951 as a living memorial and home of Queen's Gaels hockey since 2008.

Public skating at Kingston Memorial Centre: the next 7 days

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate (All Ages)

Saturday, October 17

  • · Parent & Tot Skate (Ages 2-6)

Sunday, October 18

  • · Public Skate (All Ages)
Address
303 York St, Kingston, ON
Website
cityofkingston.ca
The Memorial Centre's tan brick front beyond the Memorial Wall, with flagpoles and a lamp-lined walkway through the grounds. — Kingston Memorial Centre
The Memorial Centre's tan brick front beyond the Memorial Wall, with flagpoles and a lamp-lined walkway through the grounds. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The empty Memorial Centre ice seen from behind one net, under the arena's arched wooden roof with seating along both sides. — Kingston Memorial Centre
The empty Memorial Centre ice seen from behind one net, under the arena's arched wooden roof with seating along both sides. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Kingston's 1951 'living memorial' arena

The Kingston Memorial Centre opened in 1951 as the Kingston Community Memorial Health and Recreation Centre, designed as a "living memorial" to Kingstonians who died in both world wars and the Korean War. It is a 3,300-seat multi-purpose arena, and its grounds host the annual Kingston Fall Fair run by the Kingston and District Agricultural Society.

The Kingston Frontenacs and their predecessors, the Kingston Canadians and Kingston Raiders, played here from 1973 until the Frontenacs' last game on February 15, 2008, when they moved to the new downtown Leon's Centre. An earlier Kingston Frontenacs team of the Eastern Professional Hockey League used the building from 1959 to 1963. Since 2008 it has been the permanent home of Queen's University's Golden Gaels varsity hockey, figure skating and intramural ice sports, replacing the demolished Jock Harty Arena, and the Church Athletic League of Kingston bases its hockey teams here.

Johnny Cash performed in the building in 1958 and 1987, and the Tragically Hip in 1995. In November 2005, city council voted unanimously to keep the site as public community facilities.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

2026 public skating fees: adults CA$5.75, seniors and youth CA$4.65, children CA$3.50 for residents (non-residents CA$6.64, CA$5.31 and CA$4.00); family rate CA$3.98 per person (non-residents CA$4.65). Taxes included.

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Booking & check-in

Pre-register online to guarantee a spot: 100 of the 125 places per session are booked online and 25 are kept for drop-in skaters.

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Skating with children

An adult who is skating must supervise children aged 7 and under.

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Accessibility

Wheelchairs and sledges may go on the ice if they stay along the boards, out of the flow of skaters.

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A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.