Outdoor Skating Rinks in Greater Toronto Area

A list of outdoor skating rinks to lace-up for a twirl on the ice.

Outdoor skating rinks are dependent on the ice and weather conditions, so check before travelling.

Contents: 

1. 10 Great Places to Skate in GTA
2. All Outdoor GTA City/Towns Rinks.

1. 10 Great Places to Skate in GTA

Photo: Gage Park, Brampton. Photo Credit:Tanja-Tiziana, Flickr

1. Gage Park, Brampton
2. Colonel Sam Smith Skating Trail, 65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Road, Etobicoke
3. Nathan Philips Square, Toronto
4. Richmond Green Skate Trail, Richmond Hill
5. Harbourfront Centre Natrel Rink, Toronto
6. Celebration Square, Mississauga
7. Newmarket Riverwalk Commons
8. Rotary Centennial Pond, 1340 Lakeshore Road, Burlington
9.  Dieppe Park Trail, 455 Cosburn Ave
10. Sherbourne Common, Toronto

2. City of Toronto Outdoor Skating Rinks

Colonel Sam Smith Skating Trail. Photo Credit: City of Toronto

1. City Maintained Rinks: City of Toronto has 50 outdoor artificial ice rink locations, and many of them have the season extended until March, weather permitting.  General hours of operation for City-run outdoor rinks are 9:00 am to 10:00 pm, seven days a week. Details
2. Evergreen Brick Works: picturesque outdoor skating rink 550 Bayview Ave, Toronto
3. Harbourfront Centre: Natrel Rink 
4. Outdoor Skating at Ontario Place

   Bentway Skate Trail

5. Opening in 2018: The Bentway Skate Trail Located Under the Gardiner Expressway: The inaugural Winter Season at The Bentway will run from January 6 – mid-March, 2018 (weather permitting).

Nathan Philips Square. Photo Credit: City of Toronto

3. Region Of Durham Outdoor Skating Rinks

Pickering

Village East Park, east of Valley Farm Road, on Pickering Parkway

Ajax

Details

4. York Region Outdoor Skating Rinks

Markham 

1. Markham Civic Centre Ice –101 Town Centre Boulevard, north-west corner of Highway 7 and Warden Ave
2. Volunteer Skate Rinks. Details
3. Toogood Pond, located on Carlton Road, west of Main Street Unionville

Richmond Hill

Richmond Greens. Photo Credit: Town of Richmond Hill

Details

1. Mill Pond – natural ice of Mill Pond
2. Crosby Park Rink –  Crosby Park baseball diamond
3. Richmond Green Skate Trail, 1300 Elgin Mills Road East, Richmond Hill

Vaughan

 Details

1. Chancellor Outdoor Rink, 350 Ansley Grove Road, Woodbridge
2. Dufferin Clark Outdoor Rink, 1441 Clark Avenue West, Thornhill
3. Father E. Bulfon Outdoor Rink, 8141 Martin Grove Rd., Woodbridge
4. Garnet A. Williams Outdoor Rink, 501 Clark Avenue West, Thornhill
5. Vellore Village Outdoor Rink, 1 Villa Royale Avenue, Woodbridge

Aurora

Details

1. Ada Johnson Park
2. Confederation Park
3. Machell Park
4. Town Park.

Newmarket

Newmarket Riverwalk Commons 

Whitchurch Stouffville

Built and maintained by volunteers

1. Madori Neighbourhood Park
2. Rupert Park
3. Wheler’s Neighbourhood Park
4. Memorial Park
5. Byer’s Pond Way Park
6. Sunnyridge Neighbourhood Park
7. Vandorf Park
8. Ballantrae Park

Georgina

The ROC Rink, 26479 Civic Centre Road, Keswick

5. Region of Peel Outdoor Skating Rinks

Mississauga

Photo Credit: City of Mississauga

Details & Hours

1. Mississauga Celebration Square Ice Rink, 300 City Centre Drive
2. Burnhamthorpe Community Centre Outdoor Covered Rink, 1500 Gulleden Drive
3. Woodhurst Heights Park Outdoor Skating Rink, 3475 Ash Row Crescent
4. + more than 30 outdoor natural skating rinks maintained by volunteers.

Brampton 

Details

1. Gage Park Outdoor Skating Trail, Main St. S. and Wellington St. W. in Downtown Brampton
2. Mount Pleasant Outdoor Skating Rink, 100 Commuter Drive at Bovarid/Mount Pleasant

Caledon

Details

1. Ralph’s Rink and John’s Rink, Caledon Centre for Recreation and Wellness
2. Natural Rink on Palgrave Mill Pond beside Palgrave Rotary Park – Maintained by volunteers

6. Region of Halton Outdoor Skating Rinks

Rotary Centennial, Burlington. Photo Credit: City of Burlington

Burlington

Rotary Centennial Pond, 1340 Lakeshore Road, Burlington

Oakville

Details

1. Clearview Park – Clearview
2. Langtry Park – Glen Abbey (west of Third Line)
3. Nottinghill Park – Glen Abbey (east of Third Line)
4. Falgarwood Park – Iroquois Ridge
5. Glenashton Park – Iroquois Ridge
6. Bloomfield Park – West Oak Trails
7. Sixteen Hollow Park – West Oak Trails
8. Millbank Park – Uptown Core
9. Bronte Heritage Waterfront Park – Bronte Road and Ontario Street
10. Windrush Park – Glen Abbey (east of Third Line)

Milton

Details

1. Campbellville Ball Park, 105 Campbell Avenue East, Milton
2. Rotary Park, 100 Garden Lane, Milton

Halton Hills

Details

1. 3 Musketears Park Ice Pad,  415 Queen Street East (Hwy. 7) Acton
2. Georgetown Fairgrounds,  #2 1 Park Avenue Georgetown
3. Prospect Park,  30 Park Avenue, Acton