Whalen Park
Outdoor skating
Estimatedhasn't been cold enough yet
No confirmed report — it hasn't been cold enough for ice yet.Community-maintained: volunteers flood it, so it usually opens a week or two after the first cold stretch.
4111 Kanata Avenue, Kanata
Rink with PuddleA full-size rink, plus a separate small rink for young or beginner skaters.
Ice maintained by the community
Lit for night skating
Daylight until about 4:50pm today
Fieldhouse on site
Boards installed (seasonal)
Change room available
Amenity details from City of Ottawa open data (Dec 2020).
Boards and seasonal lights make this a natural spot for evening pickup hockey, with the adjoining puddle rink leaving room for anyone who'd rather just skate laps. The fieldhouse gives you somewhere to lace up, though there's no washroom, so plan around that. Volunteers look after the ice, so conditions follow the weather and whoever's out flooding.
Source: City of Ottawa Outdoor Rinks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Ottawa.