Arenas and Skating

The time frames in the tables below will be compulsory when forwarding ice allocation requests to the Facility Booking Office. All dates in the tables below are prior to the beginning of each season.

Arena Division Ice Allocation Policy

2026-2027 Allocation Time Frames

All ice and floor bookings must be made by the dates in the tables below.

Note: General Public Availability is the date that all remaining ice and floor time can be booked. All user groups and organizations will have their facility booking contracts complete.

Floor booking allocation time frames

HST and capital contributions are included in below fees.

Check the availability of our ice and floor pads online. To book ice or floor time, complete the Sport Facility Booking Request Form.

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Please note, rental requests received outside of our regular office hours or during holidays will be processed in sequence of requests received upon the office reopening. A completed Request Form is not considered a booking.

Additional cruiser charges may apply to all ice rentals depending on the number of skaters. 

Floor pad rental rates effective April 1, 2026

Special events on arena floor pad

Rate per pad at Healthy Planet and Kinsmen Civic Centre only: $3,700.75 per day.

Floor Cancellation Fees

• An Administration Fee of $24.30 (HST included) will be applied for each hour of floor cancelled 30 days or more in advance.
• An Administration Fee of $46.90 (HST included) will be applied for each hour of floor cancelled less than 30 days and up to 7 days in advance.

For the enjoyment and safety of all skate participants, please respect the following guidelines. The City of Peterborough reserves the right to refuse service to anyone found in violation of these guidelines.

General:

• Maximum Capacity 160 skaters per ice pad
• This is a shared-use facility for public enjoyment
• Please respect other skaters and your facility
• Skate in constant flow and in the direction of all the skaters, avoid excessive speed

Supervision:

• Children 10 years and under must be accompanied and supervised by a guardian 16 years or older

Safety:

• Do not use the ice until the ice resurfacer is off the ice and the door is closed
• All persons on the ice must wear skates
• CSA helmets for kids 6 & under (recommended for all), protective equipment is strongly recommended
• Protective equipment is strongly recommended

Assistive Devices:

• Devices must be clean
• Wheelchairs, sledges and other assistive devices are permitted
• A sledge is defined as a sled with two skate blades under the seat and a glider extending to the front. The skater uses two sticks with a prick on the end to propel themselves forward.
• Support persons must wear skates and be skilled skaters

Not Permitted:

• Boots and shoes on ice
• Food and drinks
• Cell phones and electronic devices
• Animals
• Horseplay and skating games
• Carrying children while on the ice
• Body contact or checking
• Profanity and abusive language
• Aggressive behaviour
• Equipment such as pucks, sticks, strollers, chairs, or pylons

Those who choose not to follow the Public Skating Guideline will be given a warning and then repeated offence, will be asked to leave the facility. 

Family Stick and Puck

• A CSA-approved helmet with an attached face mask or cage is required for children
• Hockey nets and pucks are provided.
• Children must bring their own stick.

Shinny

• CSA-approved helmets are mandatory and full equipment is required for all players and goalies.
• Goalies play for free.
• Equipment rentals are not available.
• Shinny is not intended for organized teams. Referees are not provided.
• No body-checking is allowed.
• Please keep the spirit of the game enjoyable, and remember it is only for fun.
• This activity is not directly supervised (only youth), report any concerns to staff.