Skating with children
CSA-approved helmets are highly recommended for all skaters, and children seven and under must be actively supervised by someone 14 or older.
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Constance Buckham's Bay Community Centre Park Outdoor Rink
Community-maintained rink beside a 1978 centre with its own no-checking outdoor hockey league
Public skating at Constance Buckham's Bay Community Centre Park Outdoor Rink: the next 7 days
For the latest skating dates, check the rink’s official information.
Community centre built in 1978 by Torbolton Township
The Constance and Buckham's Bay Community Centre was built in 1978 by the amalgamated township of Torbolton, which took in the CBBCA area and neighbouring Dunrobin. The Constance & Buckham's Bay Community Association, founded in 1946 as the Property Owners Association, took on managing, maintaining and developing the new centre and its community park. The building was expanded in 1992 by the community and the amalgamated township of West Carleton, and again in 2015 with Project Sandhills Phase 1, the City of Ottawa and Northwind Wireless; it now covers nearly 17,000 square feet.
The outdoor rink is one of the facilities that surround the centre, a sheet with permanent boards and permanent lights, and the community maintains the ice. The CBBCA's Outdoor Hockey League plays here for girls and boys aged 5 to 15: nobody checks or slap-shots, and there is no score-keeping, no standings, no game records and no timekeeping. Players wear CBay jerseys handed out for the season and returned when it ends. The association's Skating Lessons with Coach Phil and Friends teach kids the basic and intermediate skills needed for hockey, figure skating or recreational skating.
Family skates run with no pucks or games, and when other skaters come onto the ice during a full-ice hockey game the players stop and share the sheet.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Accessibility
People in wheelchairs must wear a CSA-approved helmet on the ice, and wheels must be cleaned of sand and salt first; E-Z gliders are the only skating aid allowed.
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Amenities
The City of Ottawa's outdoor-rink inventory lists this rink with boards, permanent lights and a community centre.
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Rink rules
Follow the capacity limits posted on site, and do not go on the ice when the rink is at capacity.
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