Skating with children
A parent/guardian with basic skating experience is required for each child in Parent & Cub lessons.
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Charles A. Barbour Arena
Winnipeg's 1963 Grant Park Arena, renamed for the city's first director of recreation, Charlie Barbour.
Public skating at Charles A. Barbour Arena: the next 7 days
Currently out of season The arena is in its summer off-season; the City anticipates the ice season starting October 17, 2026. It is not on the City’s fall public skating list. Official schedule update
- Address
- 500 Nathaniel St, Winnipeg, MB R3M 2A6
- Website
- winnipeg.ca
One of Winnipeg's first indoor community arenas
In the autumn of 1962, Winnipeg voters narrowly approved a CA$1.1 million bylaw that let the city build its first three indoor community arenas. One of them, the Grant Park Arena, opened to the public in December 1963.
In March 2002 it was renamed for Charles "Charlie" Barbour, who was hired away from Montreal in 1946 to become Winnipeg's first director of recreation and held the job until his death in 1975. His first project was a city-wide network of publicly funded community clubs with programming for all ages, and he chaired the annual Junior Winter Games tournament and served as the first president of the Greater Winnipeg Minor Hockey Association.
The arena has an 85-by-185-foot ice surface, four change rooms and spectator seating for 126, and the city runs skating lessons here. Its future is uncertain: the city is exploring options for replacing it with a new recreational facility.
Before you head out.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Accessibility
The arena is wheelchair accessible.
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