Optimiste Park
Outdoor skating
Estimatedhasn't been cold enough yet
No confirmed report — it hasn't been cold enough for ice yet.City-maintained: staff flood it once it’s cold enough, so it usually opens with the first cold stretch.
43 Ste. Cécile Street, Vanier
RinkA standard outdoor ice rink.
Ice maintained by City
Lit for night skating
Daylight until about 4:48pm today
Fieldhouse on site
Boards installed (permanent)
Washroom on site
Wheelchair accessible
Change room available
Amenity details from City of Ottawa open data (Dec 2020).
A full boarded rink with permanent lights, so pickup hockey keeps going well after dark. The fieldhouse means you can lace up inside and use a washroom rather than tailgating it in the cold, and the ice is on the City's maintenance rounds. No supervisor on site, so sharing the ice is up to whoever shows up.
Source: City of Ottawa Outdoor Rinks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Ottawa.