Skating Activities

Admission Fees - Public Skating

$3.15 per skate, per person

$26.25 for 10 x tickets

$49.25 for 20 x tickets

$71.30 for 30 x tickets

Admission Fees - Shinny Hockey

$6.75 per skate, per person

$54.75 for 10 x tickets

Note: Prices effective February 1, 2023.

Desjardins Days

Free Public Skate activities happen one day per month! See the Desjardins Days webpage for details.

Note - Regularly scheduled times may be altered throughout the year due to service disruptions and/or holiday schedules.

Please visit our Service Disruption Notices webpage for full details.

Please visit our Holiday Schedules webpage for full details.

To ensure a safe, enjoyable environment for all Adult, Senior and Public Skate programs, all users are required to observe the following guidelines.

• The Ontario Recreation Facilities Association and the Town of Aurora recommend wearing a helmet and glove protection while on the ice surface. Helmets are strongly recommended; especially for young children.
• Only participants wearing skates and/or the usage of a wheelchair are permitted on the ice surface.
• Do not enter the ice surface until the ice resurfacer door is closed. When buzzer sounds, skaters are required to leave ice surface immediately.
• Everyone must skate in the same direction. Public Skates may include a change in skating direction mid-way through the program. Staff will alert patrons of the change in direction by sounding the buzzer.
  • Tuesday Senior Skates will include a directional change for the last 15 minutes of the program.
  • The following programs do not change direction: Adult Skates, Thursday Senior Skates, and Sunday Public Skates.

• Every 60 minutes of scheduled skate time includes a 10-minute flood.
• Ice surface capacity will follow strict guidelines. For up-to-date capacity details, please see a Skate Patrol staff.
• No hockey pucks, balls, chairs, or strollers are allowed on the ice surface.
• No food or beverages allowed on the ice surface.
• Skate blades must stay at ice level. No backwards skating, figure skating, carrying of children, racing or playing of tag allowed.
• Any general horseplay, including play fighting, or deliberate interference of other skaters may result in patrons being asked to leave the ice.
• The centre of the ice will be reserved as a learn to skate zone. This area is open to those learning to skate or with young children. The area should not be used to practice advanced skills.
• Bench areas and designated dressing rooms are available for use during skates.
• Payment is required at the Customer Service desk before you may participate in a program.
• It is recommended that parents/guardians of children 12 years and under remain on-site and do not leave children unattended.
• Skate Patrol staff are available on-site to enforce these regulations and ensure a safe skating environment for all patrons. The Skate Patrol staff have the authority to have any person(s) not abiding by these rules removed from the facility.

Location: A.F.L.C.
All skating activities will take place at the A.F.L.C. (any exceptions will be shown in the charts below).

*Note: This skate does not change direction mid-way through the skate. All other Public Skates may include a change in the skating direction halfway through the program.

*Senior Skate on Tuesdays will include a change in skating direction during the program.

*Family Skate is a quieter, family-oriented leisure skate with a reduced capacity. Participants can skate in one direction around the perimeter of the ice surface or spend time in the learn to skate area. This program is open to children ages 12 and under with supervising adults. Children must be accompanied on the ice by a supervising adult, limit of 3 children per adult. Note: There is no hockey or shinny permitted.

Location: S.A.R.C.
All skating activities will take place at the S.A.R.C. (any exceptions will be shown in the charts below).

*Note: This skate does not change direction mid-way through the skate. All other Public Skates may include a change in the skating direction halfway through the program.

*Family Skate is a quieter, family-oriented leisure skate with a reduced capacity. Participants can skate in one direction around the perimeter of the ice surface or spend time in the learn to skate area. This program is open to children ages 12 and under with supervising adults. Children must be accompanied on the ice by a supervising adult, limit of 3 children per adult. Note: There is no hockey or shinny permitted.

Updated on March 20, 2023
All outdoor Skating Rinks are now closed for the season.

Please find a list of outdoor rink locations below. No hockey, stick and puck or other sports are permitted, unless on one of the designated rinks at Machell Park or Ada Johnson Park.

Helmets are recommended to be worn when using the rinks. Registration is not required to enjoy the rinks. 

Outdoor Rink Locations

1. Town Park (1 Rink -Ez-Rink with boards and liner)

   Status update: Closed for the season
   

2. Ada Johnson Park (2 Rinks -Ez-Rink with boards and liner)
   

   1 rink will be dedicated for pleasure skating
   1 rink will be dedicated for stick and puck (no nets)
   Status update: Closed for the season
   

3. Machell Park (2 Rinks -Ez-Rink with boards and liner)
   1 rink will be dedicated for pleasure skating
   1 rink will be dedicated for stick and puck (no nets)
   

   Status update: Closed for the season
   

4. Confederation Park
   1 rink for pleasure skating 
   

   Status update: Closed for the season
   

5. James Lloyd Park (Old fashion rolled rink over basketball court)

   Status update: Closed for the season
   Volunteer built and maintained only!
   

6. Queen's Diamond Jubilee Park (Old fashion rolled rink)
   

   Status update: Closed for the season
   Town built. Volunteer maintained only!
   

Note - All rinks, except James Lloyd Park, will be open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week, weather and rink conditions permitting. James Lloyd Park will close at 10 p.m.

Registration is not required to use the rinks.

Please note: The rinks at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Park and James Lloyd Park are built by volunteer groups in the community. When weather conditions are suitable, the volunteer group will start building a rink at these locations. Information on their status will be updated on this page.

Outdoor Rink Closures

As the weather begins to get warmer, staff will continue to monitor rink conditions and may begin closing rinks for the season, on a location by location basis at any time.

Stormwater Ponds

REMINDER: We are asking residents to be extremely cautious around frozen ponds. Please do not walk, sled or skate on the local ponds. Skating on ponds is not permitted and extremely dangerous. In fact, many of the Town’s ponds are not regular ponds, but instead stormwater ponds - an important part of our Town’s drainage system. The ponds may look safe, but under the surface they have flowing water that results in a thinner ice surface with unpredictable conditions.

Adult, Men's & Ladies Shinny Hockey

• Adult, Men's and Ladies Shinny Hockey players must be 18 years or older to participate.
• The Ontario Recreation Facilities Association and the Town of Aurora strongly recommends full equipment be worn including helmet and glove protection.
• Admission must be purchased in person at the Customer Service Desk before players enter the changerooms.
• Admission sales start 30 minutes before the scheduled start time on a first-come, first-served basis.
• During admission, players will be required to show Photo ID and add their first and last name to the program roster each day, for the purpose of verifying attendance only.

​Parent & Child Skate/Stick & Puck Hockey

• This program allows parents/guardians and children (12 years and under) to learn to skate and work on basic hockey skills.
• No shinny games are permitted during this program.
• Hockey equipment such as sticks, pucks, pads, etc. are allowed on the ice surface. Children 6 and under must be accompanied on the ice by a parent or guardian.
• Limit of 3 children maximum per parent/guardian on the ice.
• The Ontario Recreation Facilities Association and the Town of Aurora strongly recommends full equipment be worn, including helmet and glove protection.

Family & Youth Shinny Hockey

• Participants 17 and under must wear full equipment (including mouth guard, neck guard and helmet with cage). Full equipment for participants ages 18 and over is strongly recommended.
• The Ontario Recreation Facilities Association and the Town of Aurora strongly recommends wearing a helmet and glove protection while on the ice surface.
• Drop-ins have strict capacities and age guidelines. No exceptions will be made.
• Admission sales begin 30 minutes prior to the scheduled program start time on a first come, first served basis.
• Admission must be purchased in-person, with all participants present, at the Customer Service Desk before participants may enter the changerooms. Due to high demand, participants are not permitted to pay and hold spots for others.
• No contact.
• Every 60 minutes of ice time includes a 10 minute flood.
• For Family Shinny, there is a limit of 3 children maximum per parent/guardian on the ice.