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·24· Outdoor Skating Rinks

Setup: 21-Sep-2011 [635]

• Toronto has more artificial outdoor skating rinks (over 50) than any other city in the world.

City of Toronto outdoor skating rinks are among the jewels of the city.

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See slide presentations and video below.

Using Outdoor Rinks

A good way to find out how to use the city's outdoor rinks is to go to cityrinks.ca which is dedicated to these rinks, and is also operated by CELOS (the operator of this website).

But there's quite a bit of information in the Topic here as well (see Topic details). We have maps (for artificial ice rinks, and natural ice rinks), a picture album, and a user guide.

Campfire beside Dufferin Rink
Campfire beside Dufferin Rink...
Understanding Outdoor Rinks

As in all facilities, management plays a crucial role. See the Topic details for information about management, regulatory and financial views, notebooks about community initiatives, media reports, and more about Toronto's outdoor rinks.

If you live near a city of Toronto outdoor rink, you may ask yourself how well it's managed:

  • Are schedules clearly posted?
  • Are posted schedules reliable?
  • Are schedules enforced?
  • Does it occasionally have campfires?
  • Can you roast hot dogs, marshmallows or corn on these fires?
  • Does it offer healthy snacks, drinks and hot chocolate?

Affirmative answers to these are a good sign that your rink is well managed. Some rinks do quite well on these scores; some - not so much. If your local rink has issues, you may consider contacting your local city councillor.

PREZI: The social life of outdoor rinks

The social life of outdoor rinks on Prezi

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PREZI: Skate Lending Programs at Neighbourhood Ice Rinks

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VIDEO: Toronto Ice Rink Story

Toronto says it can't - but volunteers prove it can - lay ice in November | see widget page

·24· Outdoor Skating Rinks

Setup: 21-Sep-2011 [635]

• Toronto has more artificial outdoor skating rinks (over 50) than any other city in the world.

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·1· MAP: Outdoor Rinks

Part of: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 15-Jan-2013 [8357]

·2· MAP: Natural Ice Rinks

Part of: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 15-Jan-2013 [8358]

·4· User Guide: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Description: Look in here for basic information about Toronto rinks, and how to get into it. Also, a heads up on some of the issues you might encounter.

Part of: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 08-Jan-2013 [8309]

·5· Management: Skating Rinks

Description: Management, staffing, resources, and support services applied to skating rinks

Part of: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 24-Jan-2013 [8386]

·6· Regulatory View: Skating Rinks

Description: The regulatory framework comes from many parts of a chain: the municipal act (even provincial and federal legislation), city council resolutions, departmental policies and procedures, and even managerial directives.

Part of: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 08-Jan-2013 [8306]

·7· Financial View: Skating Rinks

Description: Cost and revenue budgets and results.

Part of: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 08-Jan-2013 [8308]

·8· Community Notebooks: Trying to make the rinks better

Description: From time to time citizens as individuals or groups try to make or encourage improvements in the operations of city rinks. These are some of their stories.

Part of: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 21-Oct-2011 [755]

·9· Freedom of Information Requests: Rinks

Description: Some of the Freedom of Information requests that we've made regarding rinks.

Part of: Information and Transparency Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 27-Nov-2012 [8121]

·10· Media: Skating Rinks

Description: Articles in the media that we notice

Part of: Governance Project: Related Media Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 10-Jan-2013 [8310]

Pearen Park Thank you poster

Part of: Outdoor Skating Rinks

Date: 02-Mar-2013 direct link (Thank_You_Poster_Pearen_Park.pdf) [8707]

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