Admission
Dufferin Arena's Sunday public skates are free for all ages; the City runs them with local sponsors.
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Dufferin Arena
The City of Stratford's energy-saving arena on Oak Street
Public skating at Dufferin Arena: the next 7 days
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- Address
- 8 Oak Street, Stratford, ON
- Phone
- 519-271-8860
- Website
- stratford.ca
An outdoor rink from 1967, enclosed in 1969 and rebuilt in 2010
Dufferin Arena began as an outdoor ice rink in Dufferin Park in 1967. The rink was enclosed in 1969, and further renovations followed over the years, the most recent a full renovation in 2010 that added a number of energy conservation systems.
The most notable is a refrigeration system that transfers heat from the ice to the dressing room floors, and waste heat is also captured to heat domestic water and to melt the snow scraped from the ice without opening an outside door. New lighting uses only 15 percent of the energy of the old system, and Solera glass panels along the front and back let daylight in.
A green roof insulates the dressing rooms and reduces the heat island effect. A new fire monitoring station and sprinkler system added life safety equipment where there had been none.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Booking & check-in
No registration is needed for the sponsored free skates: it is first come, first served, with a maximum of 170 people on the ice at one time.
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Skating with children
Children under 12 need an adult on the ice with them at all times and must wear a helmet.
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