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The Skate Escape

The Skate Escape invites you to embrace winter on resort, with ice skating, recreation rentals, and special offers at Friday Harbour’s shops and restaurants. While on resort, you can: – Lace up your skates and hit the ice, on our new expanded rink – Enjoy fat bikes, snowshoes, and cross-country skis rentals – Discover the Games Room and perfect your […]

Lakefront Skate and Holiday Market

This year, we will be hosting a Holiday Market, in partnership with the North Durham Chamber of Commerce, running on weekends from November 29 to December 21, with a return for Family Day 2026! The Lakefront Skating Rink will be back for the 2025-26 season! It is expected to open December 2025, exact date to be determined. See website for […]

New Year’s Eve A Family-Friendly Celebration

Bring your own ice skate to enjoy outdoor ice skating, music, crafts, and hot apple cider! The event runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m in Waterloo Public Square. Follow Create Waterloo on social media for more event updates and announcements.

The Bentway Polar Bear Skate

The Bentway’s boldest winter ritual returns on December 28 with the cheeky Polar Bear Skate! Brave Torontonians are invited to strip down to their skivvies and take a fearless lap around trail to bid farewell to 2025. Round up your most fearless frost-weather friends and close out the year with a cheeky spin around the skate trail! Please register in […]

Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail Celebration

Kick-off the winter-holiday season with an afternoon of fun! Celebrate the season at the Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail Celebration! Enjoy free skate lending (while supplies last), live music, festive photo ops, fit pits, and s’mores by the rink – plus fun activities for all ages! Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 2PM – 6PM Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail, […]

Richmond Hill First Night

Join us for First Night, a memorable evening for families, where joy and togetherness shine brightness! This year, we are showcasing the new outdoor amenities at Bayview Hill Park including the outdoor skate pad! There will be live entertainment, activities, tasty treats and an early countdown that will allow you to be back home in your pajamas by midnight.

Union Winter

The Roller Express, presented by TD is back at Union Station. Guests can expect an elevated roller rink that offers free skate rentals, free lessons and fun onsite activations such as DJ skate nights, roller dance performances and 19+ events. Perfect for families, date nights and more.

Harbourfront Skate by the Lake

Skate on our expanded — and even more spectacular! — waterfront skating rink this winter season. Is there anything more magical than gliding across the ice under the open winter sky by the waterfront? Our beloved community skating rink returns, bigger, brighter, and ready to welcome more of our community than ever before. Thanks to our partnership with Canadian Tire […]

Harbourfront Skating

Skate By The Lake

Get ready to lace up your skates! The ice rink and skate sharpening is back at Harbourfront Centre! Skate under the open winter sky and join us for free family and friend’s events throughout the season, including free skate rentals on Saturdays. In partnership with the Waterfront Business Improvement Area (WBIA). No skates? No problem. Harbourfront Centre has skate rentals […]

Winter Skating under-the-Gardiner Opens this Month

The Bentway, Toronto’s favourite cold-season hotspot, opens for skating in December   The Bentway welcomes back local neighbours and fun-seekers for its fifth year of winter programming, launching Saturday, December 17, 2022. Skaters are invited to chill out and cozy up along a 220-metre figure-eight skate trail, located under the Gardiner Expressway. Alongside skating, perennial festive favourites return, including free skate rental nights, free hot

The Skate Escape

The Skate Escape invites you to embrace winter on resort, with ice skating, recreation rentals, and special offers at Friday Harbour’s shops and restaurants. While on resort, you can: – Lace up your skates and hit the ice, on our new expanded rink – Enjoy fat bikes, snowshoes, and cross-country skis rentals – Discover the Games Room and perfect your […]

Lakefront Skate and Holiday Market

This year, we will be hosting a Holiday Market, in partnership with the North Durham Chamber of Commerce, running on weekends from November 29 to December 21, with a return for Family Day 2026! The Lakefront Skating Rink will be back for the 2025-26 season! It is expected to open December 2025, exact date to be determined. See website for […]

New Year’s Eve A Family-Friendly Celebration

Bring your own ice skate to enjoy outdoor ice skating, music, crafts, and hot apple cider! The event runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m in Waterloo Public Square. Follow Create Waterloo on social media for more event updates and announcements.

The Bentway Polar Bear Skate

The Bentway’s boldest winter ritual returns on December 28 with the cheeky Polar Bear Skate! Brave Torontonians are invited to strip down to their skivvies and take a fearless lap around trail to bid farewell to 2025. Round up your most fearless frost-weather friends and close out the year with a cheeky spin around the skate trail! Please register in […]

Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail Celebration

Kick-off the winter-holiday season with an afternoon of fun! Celebrate the season at the Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail Celebration! Enjoy free skate lending (while supplies last), live music, festive photo ops, fit pits, and s’mores by the rink – plus fun activities for all ages! Saturday | December 6, 2025 | 2PM – 6PM Barbara Ann Scott Ice Trail, […]

Richmond Hill First Night

Join us for First Night, a memorable evening for families, where joy and togetherness shine brightness! This year, we are showcasing the new outdoor amenities at Bayview Hill Park including the outdoor skate pad! There will be live entertainment, activities, tasty treats and an early countdown that will allow you to be back home in your pajamas by midnight.

Union Winter

The Roller Express, presented by TD is back at Union Station. Guests can expect an elevated roller rink that offers free skate rentals, free lessons and fun onsite activations such as DJ skate nights, roller dance performances and 19+ events. Perfect for families, date nights and more.

Harbourfront Skate by the Lake

Skate on our expanded — and even more spectacular! — waterfront skating rink this winter season. Is there anything more magical than gliding across the ice under the open winter sky by the waterfront? Our beloved community skating rink returns, bigger, brighter, and ready to welcome more of our community than ever before. Thanks to our partnership with Canadian Tire […]

Harbourfront Skating

Skate By The Lake

Get ready to lace up your skates! The ice rink and skate sharpening is back at Harbourfront Centre! Skate under the open winter sky and join us for free family and friend’s events throughout the season, including free skate rentals on Saturdays. In partnership with the Waterfront Business Improvement Area (WBIA). No skates? No problem. Harbourfront Centre has skate rentals […]

Winter Skating under-the-Gardiner Opens this Month

The Bentway, Toronto’s favourite cold-season hotspot, opens for skating in December   The Bentway welcomes back local neighbours and fun-seekers for its fifth year of winter programming, launching Saturday, December 17, 2022. Skaters are invited to chill out and cozy up along a 220-metre figure-eight skate trail, located under the Gardiner Expressway. Alongside skating, perennial festive favourites return, including free skate rental nights, free hot

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