Recreation Facility Infrastructure Standards and Strategy

Many centres are too large and impersonal and not well suited to the needs of local communities whose needs are often more basic.

Facility design and requirements are too focused on team sports

Soccer, tennis, basketball, and hockey are great, but many people prefer cultivating individual sports such as track and field, dance, yoga, parkour, gymnastics, or martial arts. It is difficult to find safe, open spaces (even just an outdoor track or an empty room somewhere) to practice these sports by yourself and not in a class. When you can't find space for the sports you want to do, it's frustrating to see so many group sports facilities (rinks, pitches, etc.) that sit empty when not used by teams. Please take this into consideration when designing new facilities, and leave some open spaces for people who like to move but don't play on a team.

50m pool swimming is non-existent in our Capital City in the summer time.

Ottawa's only municipal 50m pool is not available for 50m lap / training swimming from may 1st to Sept. 15. This is absurd!

thank you Elizabeth. Lockable storage is missing

I have reviewed the proposed recreation standards and what is missing is Lockable storage for 10-20 banker boxes of books and additional material for each group. I belong to a number of interest groups which get together monthly and it is extremely difficult to find space where there is lockable storage available. As you can appreciate carrying everything to each meeting is very onerous.

Indoor soccer fields

Year Round Facilities for Ice Sports in South Rural Ottawa

All ice sports scramble for ice during the Off Season from April to September. Limited ice availability as facilities close for maintenance and the Spring/Summer months means training time is limited to our athletes. Aging ice surfaces have many issues including additional repairs required, added costs to keep the ice at appropriate quality and sound quality issues at some facilities. Ice rentals costs are also of concern to our group as ice fees increase we need to charge more for our programming which limits who can afford to register our programs.

Better publicity of resources that ARE available. Map of wading pools and hours? What else is out there? Target comms to know what th've got

In need of a few multiple gym complex for basketball, participant #'s rising - lack of facilities to support the demands

There should be another 50 m (long course) pool available so that the kids can practice long course and not just race it at meets.

Indoor velodrome with dedicated fitness area or sports athletic area or squash / basketball in the center.

There are a couple of veledromes in the GTA and in Quebec where they use the space in the middle as a unique indoor fitness area. London Ontario recently converted an ice rink into one rather than renewing the ice plant but there is potential to have an indoor running track or ball courts in the center of the track.