Hillcrest Rink

Vancouver, BC · Public skating times & prices

The rink inside Hillcrest Centre, which hosted Olympic and Paralympic curling as the Vancouver Olympic Centre.

Public skating at Hillcrest Rink: the next 7 days

Sunday, October 11

  • · Public Skate

Monday, October 12

  • · Parent & Preschooler Skate (5 & under)
  • · Discount Public Skate

Wednesday, October 14

  • · Public Skate

Friday, October 16

  • · Public Skate
  • · Public Skate

Saturday, October 17

  • · Public Skate
  • · Public Skate
Address
4575 Clancy Loranger Way, Vancouver, BC V5Y 2M4
Phone
(604) 257-8680
Website
vancouver.ca
The Hillcrest Rink building in Vancouver, with its slanted metal wall, glass curtain wall and brick service block, seen from the parking lot — Hillcrest Rink
The Hillcrest Rink building in Vancouver, with its slanted metal wall, glass curtain wall and brick service block, seen from the parking lot Photo: Google Maps listing · Source
The ice sheet at Hillcrest Rink in a wide view from the boards, under steel roof trusses, with skaters spread across the far side — Hillcrest Rink
The ice sheet at Hillcrest Rink in a wide view from the boards, under steel roof trusses, with skaters spread across the far side Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Vancouver's 2010 Olympic curling venue

Hillcrest Rink is part of Hillcrest Centre, a community centre with hockey and curling rinks and an aquatics facility in Hillcrest Park, near Queen Elizabeth Park. Construction started in March 2007 on a gravel lot, replacing a much older community complex, and the centre hosted the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships.

During the 2010 Winter Olympics it became the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre, with capacity for 6,000 people for Olympic curling. It was built to qualify for LEED Gold certification, and its refrigeration plant reuses waste heat to warm other parts of the building and the neighbouring aquatic centre.

After the Games the Vancouver Curling Club moved in, bringing the Pacific Rim Curling League, one of Canada's oldest LGBT curling leagues, and in 2012 the centre hosted the Canadian Gay Curling Championships. The hockey rink itself is NHL size, 200 by 85 feet, with seating for 400.

Before you head out.

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

Admission

Single admission before tax: adults 19–64 CA$7.93, youth 13–18 CA$5.55, children 5–12 CA$3.97 and seniors 65+ CA$5.55. Younger children enter free with an adult. Family admission starts at CA$7.94 for two qualifying household members, plus CA$3.97 each additional member. Low-cost skates are 50% off; groups of 10+ are 25% off.

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Skates & rentals

Public skate rental costs CA$4 before tax. Helmets are free, subject to availability.

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Skating with children

Family admission covers one or two adults from the same household and their children aged 5 to 18.

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Parking & arrival

Community-centre users receive three free parking hours after entering their plate at the kiosk; the posted rate after that is CA$3.50 per hour.

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Accessibility

Wheelchairs are welcome during public skating and lessons through an accessible ice entrance; the participant wears a helmet and the pusher wears skates.

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