RIM Park

Waterloo, ON · Public skating times & prices

Waterloo’s four-rink Manulife Sportsplex, opened in 2001 in the park named for Research In Motion’s employees

Public skating at RIM Park: the next 7 days

Tuesday, October 13

  • · Adult Skate

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Parent and Child Skate
  • · Adult Skate

Friday, October 16

  • · Adult Skate

Saturday, October 17

  • · Public Skate · CA$7
  • · Adult Skate

Admission and skate rental

Admission
CA$5.25–CA$15.80 · Official source
Address
2001 University Ave E, Waterloo, ON N2K 4K4
Phone
519-884-5363
Website
waterloo.ca
The RIM Park Manulife Sportsplex front in winter: long tan brick wings with round towers, three flagpoles and snow on the lawn. — RIM Park
The RIM Park Manulife Sportsplex front in winter: long tan brick wings with round towers, three flagpoles and snow on the lawn. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
A public skating session under a roof with coloured pennants, skaters spread across a wide sheet seen from the glass. — RIM Park
A public skating session under a roof with coloured pennants, skaters spread across a wide sheet seen from the glass. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Four Olympic-size pads in Waterloo’s 500-acre RIM Park

RIM Park is a 500-acre City of Waterloo park with indoor and outdoor amenities on the city’s northeast side, bordering the Grand River for 1.5 km. It was planned as Millennium Recreation Park, but took the RIM name to recognize its main donor, the employees of Research In Motion, who gave CA$2 million in 2001. Parts of the park opened that June, and the grand opening was held on November 3, 2001.

Its indoor Manulife Sportsplex holds four Olympic-size ice pads with 20 large dressing rooms: Piller’s rink with 500 seats, the Optimist and Lions rinks with 250 each, and the Carolyn Fedy Skating Centre, home of the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club. When the rinks are covered for indoor events, each holds 1,000 people.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Skating fees including HST, 1 visit: child and youth (3 to 17) CA$5.25; adult (18 to 54) CA$7.00; seniors (55+) CA$5.25; family (up to 4 people: 2 adults and 2 children) CA$15.80, additional family member CA$2.65; parent and child skate (1 parent and 1 child) CA$6.80. 10 visit passes: CA$47.39, CA$63.16 and CA$142.28.

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Skates & rentals

Skates can be borrowed with a Waterloo Public Library card at two library branches.

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Booking & check-in

Public skates are booked online up to 72 hours in advance.

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Skating with children

Parent-and-child skates are for parents with children 13 and under; CSA-approved helmets are recommended for all skaters.

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Accessibility

Wheelchair skates are available here.

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