Name: Public skating · Tom Brown Arena
Start: 2026-10-24T15:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-24T15:50:00-04:00
Location: Tom Brown Arena

Tom Brown Arena

Ottawa, ON · Public skating times & prices

A single NHL-size pad on Hintonburg's old CPR roundhouse site, home base of the Ottawa Adult Hockey League.

Public skating at Tom Brown Arena: the next 7 days

Wednesday, October 21

9:00–9:50 PM · Adult skating (18+) · CA$5.85

Thursday, October 22

10:00–10:50 AM · Public skating · CA$5.85

Saturday, October 24

2:00–2:50 PM · Family skating · CA$3.50
3:00–3:50 PM · Public skating · CA$5.85

Admission and skate rental

Admission: CA$3.50–CA$10.35 · Official source 2026-10-11

The Tom Brown Arena on Bayview Station Road in Ottawa at dusk, with its lit City name sign above the entrance — Tom Brown Arena

The Tom Brown Arena on Bayview Station Road in Ottawa at dusk, with its lit City name sign above the entrance Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Players spread across a wide sheet beneath a long white wall painted with hockey figures, seen over the glass. — Tom Brown Arena

Players spread across a wide sheet beneath a long white wall painted with hockey figures, seen over the glass. Photo: Google Maps listing · Source

Built on the former CPR roundhouse site in Hintonburg

Tom Brown Arena stands on the east side of Bayview, on the site of the former CPR roundhouse, in Ottawa's Hintonburg-Mechanicsville neighbourhood. The roundhouse land was the top site the city considered when it set out to buy land for a rink, and Tom Brown was the building that finally gave Hintonburg its long-awaited arena.

The building is a city recreation facility with a single NHL-sized ice pad. The Ottawa Adult Hockey League, a CARHA-sponsored league, is based out of the arena, and the pad also hosts ice hockey leagues, public skating sessions and figure skating programs.

In March 2019 the city listed Tom Brown among 20 sites that could one day be redeveloped for affordable housing, calling it a long-term opportunity to replace an aging recreation facility as part of a bigger redevelopment. The most recent change inside is new hockey netting around the pad, installed by September 2025.

Before you head out.

Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.

Admission

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.

Source checked · 2026-10-11 · Official source

Booking & check-in

Bring exact change or a valid membership. At this stand-alone arena, the attendant cannot make change or accept credit or debit cards.

Source checked · 2026-10-14 · Official source

Skating with children

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.

Source checked · 2026-10-11 · Official source

Parking & arrival

On-site parking is available.

Source checked · 2026-10-14 · Official source

Accessibility

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.

Source checked · 2026-10-11 · Official source

A source check records what the rink published on that date. Session-specific booking details take precedence.