Update: Spring Program Registration
Registration for the City’s spring recreation programs, which was scheduled to open the week of March 4, is paused until further notice.
For questions about recreation programming, please visit a recreation facility directly.
March Break Camps are proceeding as scheduled. Recreation drop-in programming is continuing uninterrupted.
Recreation/ Senior Centres, Arenas and Golf Courses are fully operational.
Recreation Programming is continuing uninterrupted.
March Break Camps are proceeding as scheduled.
Service Disruptions:
- The Senior Centre Without Walls program is cancelled during the outage as it uses the phone system.
- An emergency phone line has been installed at Kanétskare Recreation Centre. Regular scheduled programming in the pool has resumed. Schedules can be found at www.hamilton.ca/dropin
- Participants are able to pick up report cards from winter swimming lessons at the front desk during operating hours
- Registration for the City’s spring recreation programs, which was scheduled to open the week of March 4, is paused until further notice.
- Payment for current rental permit holders can be made online or in person at Lister Block, 3rd Floor, 28 James St N, Hamilton, via cash/cheque only.
- Rental applications may have delayed processing times. Payment for rental applications can be made online or in person at Lister Block, 3rd Floor, 28 James St N, Hamilton, via cash/cheque only.
- Memberships sales and/or renewals cannot be processed at this time. Expired memberships will continue to be honoured until renewals are available.
- The Recreation Assistance Program phone line is not operational. Applications are still being accepted and processed.
For questions about recreation programming or should you need assistance, please visit a recreation facility directly.
The City of Hamilton is proud to announce the renaming of Ryerson Recreation Centre to Kanétskare (pronounced Ga- nét- sga- re) Recreation Centre as part of the Indigenous Landmarks & Monuments Review work.
All registered and drop-in programs at this location will now be accessible by searching for Kanétskare Recreation Centre. There will be no changes or impacts to the registration status for anyone currently participating in programs at the facility.
This facility has been renamed due to Egerton Ryerson’s relationship to the residential school system, in July of 2021, a motion was approved by City Council to remove the name “Ryerson” from the recreation centre.
Changing the name to Kanétskare is an amazing example of trying to revitalize Indigenous languages and right some of the wrongs of the past.
For more information about the ongoing reconciliation efforts led by the City of Hamilton, visit the Indigenous Relations Team webpage.
Accreditations
Ontario Camps Association (OCA)
The OCA logo identifies to campers, their families and staff that we meet industry standards – only accredited camps are able to use the OCA logo on literature and on their signs.
For more information, parents can visit: www.ontariocampsassociation.ca
HIGH FIVE®
The City of Hamilton Recreation Division is a HIGH FIVE® Accredited Organization and as such serves as the benchmark for excellence in children’s recreation and sport programming, focused on healthy child development and offering the highest recognized levels of quality and safety.
For more information, parents can visit: www.highfive.org/parent