This Family Day, you bring the fam, we'll bring the fun!

Spend Family Day making memories at Clarington’s recreational facilities.

Our teams have planned a jam-packed day of free family-friendly activities right in your backyard. Come enjoy skating, swimming, fitness, sports, and more. Plus, we’re celebrating 50 years of fun at our Darlington Sports Centre.

Let’s get active and try something new together!

Show your family’s winning smiles to WIN a Clarington recreation prize pack with multi-visit passes!

Follow and tag @ClaringtonConnected on Facebook or Instagram in your Family Day rec centre pics for your chance to win. Two lucky families will receive an awesome Clarington recreation prize pack with a 10-ticket swim/skate multi-visit pass. Enter by Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Family Day Schedule

Monday, February 17, 2025

📍 Bowmanville Indoor Soccer 

• 9 to 9:30 a.m. Family Bootcamp
• 9:30 to 10 a.m. Family Friendly Fitness
• 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Family Open Play & Crafts

📍 Courtice Community Complex

• 9 to 10:30 a.m. Lane Swim
• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Public Swim 
• 10 to 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 to 11 a.m. Family Zumba Classes
• 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Outdoor Skating (weather permitting)
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clarington Library, Museums and Archives' Winter WonderLearn In the Courtice Library, check out the award-winning festival. Get active, learn something new, and enjoy time together. Discover local organizations and meet special guests from Reptilia Whitby.

You can also drop by the Fitness Training Centre from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Daily drop-in fees apply. Purchase a multi-visit pass to get 10 visits for the price of 9 or explore our membership options.

📍 Darlington Sports Centre 🎉 Celebrating 50 years of fun! ⛸️ 

• 3 p.m. On-Ice staff and team photo-op commemorating the occasion
• 3:30 to 5:15 p.m. Leisure Skate (wristbands required)
• 3 to 6 p.m. Facepainting, colouring station, prize wheel, cookies and hot chocolate. Special thanks to the Hampton Community Association for the hot chocolate. 

📍 Diane Hamre Recreation Complex

• 12 to 1:30 p.m. Open Gym
• 12 to 1:30 p.m. Lane Swim
• 1:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. Pickleball
• 2 to 4:30 p.m. Public Swim
• 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Badminton

📍 South Courtice Arena

• 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Adapted Skate
• 12 to 12:50 p.m. Parent and Child Skate (children age 7 and under)
• 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. Open Leisure Skate
• 1 to 1:50 p.m. Family Stick and Puck (children age 7 and under)
• 1:30 to 2:20 p.m. Adult Leisure Skate
• 2 to 2:50 p.m. Family Stick and Puck (children age 8 to 12)
• 2:30 to 3:20 p.m. Open Leisure Skate
• 3 to 3:50 p.m. Youth Shinny (children age 6 to 9)
• 3:30 to 4:20 p.m. Youth Shinny (children age 13 to 15)
• 4 to 4:50 p.m. Youth Shinny (children age 10 to 12)

See you there!

All regular skating, swimming and Fitness Training Centre admission standards and rules apply to all Family Day activities. 

• View our Skating page for drop-in skating descriptions and admission standards.
• View our Swimming Schedules and Fees page for drop-in swimming descriptions and admission standards.
• Youth between 13 and 17 who wish to use the Fitness Training Centre must have completed the Teen Orientation. Learn more about our fitness programs and memberships.