Tony Graham Recreation Complex – Kanata

Ottawa, ON · Public skating times & prices

Kanata's busy recreation complex on Walter Baker Park, easily confused with Barrhaven's Walter Baker Centre.

Public skating at Tony Graham Recreation Complex – Kanata: the next 7 days

Wednesday, October 14

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Thursday, October 15

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Friday, October 16

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Sunday, October 18

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Address
100 Charlie Rogers Place, Ottawa, ON K2V 1A2
Website
ottawa.ca
The Tony Graham Recreation Complex in Kanata, with its red-trimmed glass entrance centred across the front parking lot — Tony Graham Recreation Complex – Kanata
The Tony Graham Recreation Complex in Kanata, with its red-trimmed glass entrance centred across the front parking lot Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
A wide view along the wooden bleachers beside the glass, the white sheet beneath a long steel-trussed roof. — Tony Graham Recreation Complex – Kanata
A wide view along the wooden bleachers beside the glass, the white sheet beneath a long steel-trussed roof. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Kanata's complex on Walter Baker Park

Until 2023 this was the Kanata Recreation Complex, a popular west Ottawa facility on Charlie Rogers Place. In March of that year the City's community services committee voted unanimously for a sponsorship deal in which the Tony Graham Automotive Group pays CA$1 million, plus HST, over ten years for the naming rights, and the complex took the car dealership chain's name.

The new name had a practical purpose as well. The complex sits on the site of Walter Baker Park, and families often arrived in Kanata for games that were actually being played at the Walter Baker Centre in Barrhaven, or the other way around. Councillor Hubley told the committee the change would help end that long-standing confusion, so if a game notice or tournament email just says Walter Baker, check which one before you drive. Part of the sponsorship money goes each year to summer youth access to City fitness facilities and to capital and operating improvements at the complex and park.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Drop-in skating at rinks inside City recreation facilities is a Basic activity, per visit with HST added at payment: child, youth or student CA$3.11; adult CA$5.19; senior (65 and older) CA$3.89; family CA$3.11 per person.

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Booking & check-in

Drop-in ice at this arena is reserved through the City of Ottawa's online booking page for the facility. The system accepts only one reservation at a time per user, so book them one after another rather than in several browser tabs at once.

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Skating with children

At public and family skates, children 10 and under must be actively supervised by a parent or guardian aged 14 or older. Children 10 and under must wear a CSA-certified hockey helmet to be allowed on the ice at City indoor arenas (bicycle, ski and snow-sport helmets are not allowed), and children may not be carried on the ice.

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Accessibility

E-Z gliders are permitted as a skating aid during family and public skating. Wheelchairs and strollers stay along the boards, with sand and salt cleaned off the wheels, and wheelchair and stroller occupants over 12 months need a CSA-approved helmet.

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