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Arenas and Skating

The City of Peterborough operates four arenas, with a total of seven ice pads, including the Peterborough Memorial Centre, our community's major sport and events facility.

Arena Amenities

The City of Peterborough is a great place to host indoor and outdoor events such as farmer's markets, trade shows, weddings, banquets, conferences, celebrations and concerts.

Visit our Event Hosting page for information on hosting a community event that is open to the public. For private events or sport rentals, complete one of the rental request forms below:

More information on ice and floor rentals

Visit the individual arena pages for information about the ice pads, floor surface and multipurpose rooms available at each facility.

Public skating

Drop in at Miskin Law Community Complex for leisure skating and shinny for all ages. Browse the information below for skating descriptions, skaters code of conduct, fees and more. 

Find program and event times on our online skating schedule.

  • Family skate: a drop-in recreational skate for parents and guardians with children aged 3 to 13 years of age. Cost: $5.25
  • Public skating: our drop-in recreational skate is for individuals of all ages. Cost: $5.25
  • 50+ adult skate: a drop-in recreational skate for adults 50 years and older. Cost: $4.00
  • Family stick and puck: a drop-in recreational skate for parents and guardians to help children aged 3 to 13 years of age practice and develop skating, stick handling and passing skills in a non-competitive environment. Cost: $5.25
  • Pay-as-you-play shinny hockey: a non-competitive, non-contact, informal drop-in hockey program. We offer 18+ co-ed, 18+ women and 14+ youth. Cost: adults $8.50; youth $7.50

General:

  • Respect and cooperate with staff. They are there for everyone's safety.
  • Children 10 years and under must be accompanied and supervised by a guardian 14 years or older.
  • CSA Approved helmets are strongly recommended and mandatory for Pay-as-you-play Hockey Shinny.
  • All participants are required to wear skates - no footwear other than skates on the ice.
  • No participants are to enter the ice surface area until the resurfacer is off the ice and the resurfacer door is closed.
  • No food or drink on ice surface.
  • No horseplay/games/tag in any area of the facility.
  • No erratic/excessive speed skating or figure skating.
  • No balls/pucks/chairs/pylons/strollers/sticks or any other item which might interfere with the safety of any skater while on the ice surface
  • No headsets, cell phones or handheld electronic devices to be used while skating.
  • Carrying of children is not permitted on the ice surface.
  • No sitting on the boards.
  • Skate in constant flow and in the direction of all skaters.
  • Skaters are required to conduct themselves appropriately at all times - this includes no cursing or swearing.
  • Alcohol, tobacco and drugs are prohibited.
  • Approved skating aids will be permitted on the ice.

Wheelchairs, strollers and skating aids

  • Wheelchairs are permitted on the ice once the wheels have been cleaned.
  • Persons accompanying those in wheelchairs or ice sledges must wear skates and be skilled skaters.
  • 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.
  • Those who choose not to follow the Skaters Code of Conduct 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. 

Ice and floor rentals

Ice and floor rentals are available at all of the community arenas.

Please note that 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.

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

2025-2026 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.

2025-26 ice allocation timeframes

Priority Group according to Ice Allocation Policy

Client

Fall/Winter (27 weeks) Sept 2, 2025 to March 6, 2026

Spring 1
(includes March Playoffs) (3 weeks)
March 7 - 28, 2026

Spring 2 (includes April Tryouts)
(9 weeks)
March 29 to May 30, 2026

Summer (14 weeks) May 31  to September 1, 2026

 1

City Recreational Ice Programs 

Mar. 1, 2025

Dec. 1, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

 2

Tournaments & Annual Events

Mar. 1, 2025

Dec. 1, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

 3

Partner & Affiliated Organizations: PHA, PGHA, PMHC, PFSC/Synchro, PMLA/Jr. A & C;

Sledge Hockey, Speedskating

Mar. 1, 2025

Dec. 1, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

 4

Adult & Full Season Organizations & Users

Mar. 1, 2025

Dec. 1, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

 5

Commercial & Other Groups/Organizations

Mar. 1, 2025

Dec. 1, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

Dec. 15, 2025

 6

Remaining availability opens to the general public

Aug. 18, 2025

Jan. 15, 2026

Mar. 2, 2026

 Mar. 2, 2026

Floor booking allocation time frames

Floor allocation, 2025-26 season
Priority Group according to Ice Allocation Policy Client Spring/Summer season (16 weeks) Apr. 12 to August  1, 2026
1 City Recreational Ice Programs  Jan. 15, 2026
2 Tournaments & Annual Events Jan. 15, 2026
3

Partner & Affiliated Organizations: PHA, PGHA, PMHC, PFSC/Synchro, PMLA/Jr. A & C;

Sledge Hockey, Speedskating

Jan. 15, 2026
4 Adult & Full Season Organizations & Users Jan. 15, 2026
5 Commercial & Other Groups/Organizations Jan. 15, 2026
6 Remaining availability opens to the general public Mar. 2, 2026

 

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.

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.

Ice rental rates effective April 1, 2025
Rate category Rental times Price
Adult Prime Rate

Monday to Friday 3 - 11 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday 6 a.m. - 11 p.m.

$252.05
Youth Prime Rate

Monday to Friday 3 - 11 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday 6 a.m. - 11 p.m.

$218.15
Non-Prime Rate

Monday to Friday 6 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Daily after 11 p.m.

$161.65

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

Floor pad rental rates effective April 1, 2025

Rental rates, floor pads, effective April 1, 2025
Rate category Rental times Price
Adult

Monday to Friday 3 - 11 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday 6 a.m. - 11 p.m.

$148.65
Youth

Monday to Friday 3 - 11 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday 6 a.m. - 11 p.m.

$126.05
Non-Prime

Monday to Friday 6 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Daily after 11 p.m.

$94.98

Special events on arena floor pad

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

Contact Us

City Hall
500 George St. N.
Peterborough, ON
K9H 3R9

Phone: 705-742-7777
Toll Free: 1-855-738-3755
Email Us

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