Get ready for recreation!

Thank you for your question! Welcome to the Sunshine Coast!

SCRD Recreation offers a variety of registered programs and drop-in activities that can be a good way to meet people. In addition, we rent our facilities to a variety of groups that offer sports on the Sunshine Coast.

Here is some information that may be useful: 

Registered Programs
Registration for fall programs has started. We are offering a variety of programs that are a fun and social way to get exercise.

For example, this fall we are offering Dance-based exercise classes like Bollywood Dance Fitness, Flamenco Dancing, Nia, Zumba and more!

View our complete listing of fall registered programs, which include exercise and fitness, sports, aquatics, children’s programming, 

Drop-in Activities
We offer drop-in activities. Simply show up for the activity you are interested in, pay the drop-in admission fee and have fun!

• Drop-in aquatic fitness classes 
• Drop-in Fitness classes
• Drop-in skating and hockey starting Thursday August 29.
• Drop-in swimming - view the Calendar for Drop-in Swimming: https://www.scrd.ca/swim-and-aquatics/
• Drop-in weight room - view the Calendar for Drop-in Weight Room: https://www.scrd.ca/exercise-fitness/

Programs for Kids
This fall we are offering a variety of programs for children.

SCRD Recreation Website - www.scrd.ca/recreation
Our website provides a comprehensive overview of what we offer. We operate five recreation facilities, including three pools, three weight rooms, two arenas. Our facilities have community boards where non-profit groups post information which might be useful.

Gibsons Community Centre - https://www.scrd.ca/community-centre/
We also operate the Gibsons Community Centre which has the following:

• squash and racquetball courts - There is a bulletin board near the courts with a squash ladder that community squash players use.
• Sunshine Coast Community Services Parent & Tot Drop-in programs – a free program for parents and their tots.
• The Graphics Lab – Youth Centre – a free drop in for youth weekdays after school from 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm.

Subscribe to our monthly newsletter
We circulate a monthly newsletter which provides subscribers with recreation news and information.

 Our facilities are also rented by organizations who offer sports programs, like Sunshine Coast Minor Hockey, Sunshine Coast Skating Club, and the Chinook Swim Club to name a few.

These organizations can be searched online for their contact information and how to get involved with them.

Thank you so much.

SCRD Recreation does not operate an adult Pickleball League, however, Sunshine Coast Pickleball Association has a website that may be helpful. https://www.sunshinecoastpickleball.com/

This date has not yet been determined. The project team will meet in the coming weeks and form a timeline for milestones such as design and construction.  This timeline will be shared on the Community Hall Let’s Talk Page at https://letstalk.scrd.ca/community-hall.

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I have pasted the descriptions for each Swim Level below.

Swimmer 1
Recommended age: 5-12 years.
These beginners will become comfortable jumping into the water with and without a PFD. They’ll learn how to open their eyes, exhale and hold their breath underwater. Floats, glides and kicking skills are introduced.

Swimmer 2
Recommended : 5-12 years and completion of Swimmer 1
These swimmers will jump into deeper water and learn to be comfortable falling sideways into the water wearing a PFD. They’ll learn how to tread water, develop kicking skills, and will be introduced to front crawl and back crawl.

Swimmer 3
Recommended : 5-12 years and completion of Swimmer 2
These swimmers will learn how to dive and will do in- water somersaults and handstands to develop weight-transfer skills. They’ll learn Swim to Survive skills, whip kick on back and will further develop their front crawl and back crawl.

I hope this helps you be better able to figure out what level is best for your child.

Sometimes kids seem like they fall in between the levels and it's still hard to tell what level they should be in. If that is the case, you can call the Sechelt pool to arrange a swim assessment, during which a lifeguard will watch your child in the pool and let you know what level they should be in. If you are interested in arranging this, please call 604-885-6801 and press extension 6650 and ask about a swim assessment.

Thank you for your question!

SCRD Recreation offers a variety of drop-in activities:

• Swimming
• Weight room usage
• View our drop-in fitness classes calendar

We operate two arenas and currently we are offering drop-in Pickle Ball and roller-skating throughout the summer. We also will be offering drop-in skating and hockey until May 17, when the ice comes out.  View our drop-in arena programs calendar.
Drop-in ice sports will start up again in August.

We also operate squash and racquetball courts in Gibsons that you can reserve.
Check our website www.scrd.ca/recreation for all our programs and services.

If you are interested, you can also subscribe to our facebook page where we post news, updates and information about our programs and services.

 We also offer registered programs. Our summer season will be starting soon.

You will be able to preview all our registered summer programs starting Wednesday May 8 online.
Registration for Kids Summer Camps starts May 15, and all other summer programs starts June 5.

It's also not too late to register for our spring programs which take place April to June.

 We operate pools, arenas, fields and facilities with multipurpose rooms.

Leagues and sports groups book our facilities and offer their own programs, such as hockey leagues, baseball, softball.
In addition, other groups and organization offer dodgeball, badminton, basketball, tennis, Pickleball leagues, squash ladders and more in other venues on the coast, such as schools. The best way to find out about these groups is to search on facebook – they promote their programs that way.

The next round of swimming lessons will be in the summer and registration will start on June 5 at 7:00 am.

You will be able to preview the summer programs starting Wednesday May 8.