Community-financed arena whose first skate was January 16, 1971; renamed for Johnny Leroux in 2011
No public skating is posted for the next 7 days. New sessions show here as soon as the rink posts them.
Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena held its first skate on the evening of January 16, 1971, after a community effort that raised the money and then raised the building itself. The arena was financed entirely by local residents, with no help from the municipality. It opened as the Stittsville Community Centre, with a skating rink and a community hall under the same roof.
The building took its current name in 2011, when it was renamed for Johnny Leroux, a long-time coach and referee for local hockey and baseball teams who had also groomed the community's ball diamonds. Stittsville Minor Hockey plays its games and practices here; in 2015 the plan was for the local Junior B team to take over the arena canteen for those games and practices. The hall has also housed a table tennis group that, as of 2018, had been meeting twice a week for a decade.
The Ottawa 67's have used the ice too: with help from Stittsville Minor Hockey, the 67's held an open practice here that everyone in Stittsville was invited to come out and watch.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Basic skating, including HST: adult CA$5.85; child, youth or student CA$3.50; senior CA$4.40; family CA$3.50 per person. Specialized skating and hockey use a separate, higher Plus rate. Specialized skating and hockey (Plus rate, including HST): child, youth or student CA$6.20; adult CA$10.35; senior CA$7.75.
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Bring exact change or a valid membership. At this stand-alone arena, the attendant cannot make change or accept credit or debit cards.
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At public and family skates, children 10 and under must be actively supervised by a parent or guardian aged 14 or older. Children 10 and under must wear a CSA-certified hockey helmet to be allowed on the ice at City indoor arenas (bicycle, ski and snow-sport helmets are not allowed), and children may not be carried on the ice.
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On-site parking is available.
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E-Z gliders are permitted as a skating aid during family and public skating. Wheelchairs and strollers stay along the boards, with sand and salt cleaned off the wheels, and wheelchair and stroller occupants over 12 months need a CSA-approved helmet.
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