Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough

Toronto, ON · Public skating times & prices

Scarborough's board-free Olympic-size figure skating rink, training home of Gilles and Poirier.

Public skating at Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough: the next 7 days

Tuesday, October 13

  • · Leisure Skate – Older Adult (60+) (Unsupervised) · free
  • · Leisure Skate – Adult (19+) (Unsupervised) · free
  • · Leisure Skate – Child with Caregiver (0–12) (Unsupervised) · free

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Leisure Skate – Adult (19+) (Unsupervised) · free

Thursday, October 15

  • · Leisure Skate – Older Adult (60+) (Unsupervised) · free
  • · Leisure Skate – Adult (19+) (Unsupervised) · free
  • · Leisure Skate – Child with Caregiver (0–12) (Unsupervised) · free

Friday, October 16

  • · Leisure Skate – Older Adult (60+) (Unsupervised) · free
  • · Leisure Skate (0+) · free

Saturday, October 17

  • · Leisure Skate – Child with Caregiver (0–12) · free
  • · Leisure Skate (0+) · free
  • · Leisure Skate – Adult (19+) · free
  • · Leisure Skate (0+) (Pride Skate) · free

Sunday, October 18

  • · Leisure Skate – Child with Caregiver (0–12) · free
  • · Leisure Skate (0+) · free
  • · Leisure Skate – Adult (19+) · free
  • · Leisure Skate – Youth (13–17) · free
Address
1967 Ellesmere Rd, Toronto, ON M1H 2W5
Phone
416-396-4057
Website
toronto.ca
The brick Scarborough Centennial Recreation Centre on Ellesmere Road, with flags and planters by the front steps on a sunny day — Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough
The brick Scarborough Centennial Recreation Centre on Ellesmere Road, with flags and planters by the front steps on a sunny day Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
Empty indoor ice sheet under a wood-beamed ceiling, with an ice-cavern mural on the end wall and a "Scarboro Figure Skating Club" banner on the side wall. — Centennial Recreation Centre - Scarborough
Empty indoor ice sheet under a wood-beamed ceiling, with an ice-cavern mural on the end wall and a "Scarboro Figure Skating Club" banner on the side wall. Photo: Phillip, via Google Maps · Source

The Ice Galaxy, Gilles and Poirier's home rink

Centennial Recreation Centre in Scarborough is a multipurpose city facility whose ice rink, the Ice Galaxy, is a board-free, Olympic-size pad of 200 by 100 feet used only for figure skating. It has a mirrored wall, ice-level video, a jump harness and a heated glass viewing lounge.

The rink is home to the Scarboro Figure Skating Club, one of Canada's oldest, which celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2021, and the centre also houses springboard diving and underwater clubs.

The club is the training base of ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, who chose to train under Carol Lane at the Ice Galaxy for the 2011-12 season and won Olympic bronze in 2026. Juris Razgulajevs is an assistant director, coach and choreographer at the club.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

City of Toronto drop-in programs at indoor arenas and outdoor artificial-ice rinks are free.

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Skates & rentals

No skate rental here: the City rents skates only at Nathan Phillips Square, in the winter season.

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Booking & check-in

The City lists skating at its arenas as drop-in skating and sends registered programs (lessons) to a separate page; it describes no booking for the drop-in skates.

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Skating with children

Check the session’s age group before bringing children. During leisure skating, children six and under must wear a CSA-approved helmet that protects the back and sides of the head. Strollers are allowed during supervised sessions with staff guidance.

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Parking & arrival

The City's location data lists 7 free accessible parking spots at this facility.

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Accessibility

Manual and powered wheelchairs are allowed on the ice during leisure skate.

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