North Dumfries Community Complex

NEW:  Under category "Control-Red" in the province's framework, the below facility rules no longer apply.  Please contact the Township's Community Services office for further information recreation@northdumfries.ca

The Township of North Dumfries is pleased to announce the Ayr Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company Arena will be open for use on September 21, 2020.  This will not be the normal return to the ice season our user groups are used to. There will be new safety protocols that must be followed to allow our users to enjoy their activities in a safe manner and to keep our community healthy.

The Township of North Dumfries has implemented the following safety protocols:

Prior to entering any Township facility, all visitors must adhere to the following guidelines;
• Stay home if you are not feeling well, have been in contact with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 or have recently travelled or been in close contact with someone who has travelled in the past 14 days.
• Use proper hand hygiene.
• Practice physical distancing (staying 2 metres/6 feet apart from others).
• Wear a mask inside the building.

• Players/Participants may enter the main entrance no more than 15 minutes (plus flood time) prior to their ice time. Players must go straight to their dressing room and follow dressing room procedures. After ice time, exit immediately to the parking lot, no stopping in hallway or lobby.
• Spectators may enter from the main entrance no sooner than the start time of the rental and proceed immediately to the seating area. Exit immediately to the parking lot, no stopping in the hallway or lobby.
• All attendees (players/participants and spectators) will need to be documented by their user group for COVID contact tracing purposes. This includes all participants on the ice and spectators. These records must be kept by the renter for a minimum of four (4) weeks and attendees or program participants must be made aware that these records must be shared with Waterloo Region Public Health if necessary.

• All attendees should self-screen prior to entrance into the building.
• Please use hand sanitizer that is provided inside the building upon entering and exiting.
• Please follow all signage, distance markings, stanchions and other barricades placed to assist with spacing and proper flow paths throughout the facility.
• All players/participants and spectators must exit the building immediately after the end of the ice time. Players/participants will have up to 20 minutes to exit (if using a change room), to allow for staff to clean and disinfect prior to the next group. Stopping in the hallway or lobby is not permitted.
• There will not be access to the community rooms side of the NDCC from the arena side of the NDCC and vice versa.

• Washroom facilities, with the exception of the showers, are available to use.

• Attendees may bring their own non-alcohol beverage and/or water in a plastic bottle (no glass containers permitted).
• Equipment bags for skates/equipment are permitted.
• Small bags for personal belongings permitted.
• Individually packed food and individually packed utensils are permitted.
• There will be no lost and found, anything left behind will be discarded.

• Some seating areas will be closed off.
• It is preferred that spectators stand, observing physical distancing in all directions, if standing isn’t an option, please use the seating area that is open while observing physical distancing in all directions.
• Spectators not following physical distancing requirements may be asked to leave the facility along with the participant they are responsible for.
• Spectators will be limited to 50 for all minor sports groups. No spectators for adult rentals.
• The seating area will not be cleaned or disinfected between each use.

• Warm up and/or dryland training is not permitted in the facility or parking lot.

Dressing Rooms:

• We ask that all minor sports/youth users come fully dressed, only using the dressing room to put skates on and safely store shoes, bags, jackets, etc.
• Dressing rooms will be available for use for 15 minutes before your ice time (plus flood time) and 20 minutes after.
• Players/participants should be assigned a number 1 or 2. Dressing rooms have been divided into spaces 1 and 2, every other spot, and measured to be 2 metres (6 feet) apart. Each room has a different maximum occupancy, some players/participants may have to wait in the hall until the room is empty. Please use the spot 1 or 2 based on the number you’re assigned by your coach/league organizer. (Number 1’s use the dressing room first, then number 2’s)
• Dressing room doors are propped open and are to be left open to minimize touchpoints.
• Showers will not be available for use.
• Masks must be worn in the dressing rooms.
• Dressing rooms will be cleaned and disinfected before each use.

Team Sports and Live Sporting Events:
• Prolonged or deliberate physical contact while playing sports is not permitted.
• For team sports, leagues must contain no more than 50 participants total. If participants in a league exceed 50, the league may divide into smaller groups of no more than 50. Players are not permitted to play against players outside of their league or group.
• Maximum number of players/participants permitted on the ice is 25.
• Maximum number of players/participants permitted on the ice is 30 for U9 and younger hockey programs and CANSKATE and other learn to skate programs.

NEW:  Under category "Control-Red" in the province's framework, the below facility rules no longer apply.  Please contact the Township's Community Services office for further information recreation@northdumfries.ca 

Prior to entering any Township facility, all visitors must adhere to the following guidelines:
• Stay home if you are not feeling well, have been in contact with a confirmed or probable case of COVID-19 or have recently travelled or been in close contact with someone who has travelled in the past 14 days.
• Use proper hand hygiene
• Practice physical distancing (staying 2 metres/6 feet apart from others)
• Masks must be worn inside the building

Entrance/Exit Procedures:
• All NDCC community rooms facility users are required to enter/exit through the west wing door. There will not be access to the community rooms through the NDCC’s main doors. There will not be access to the arena side of the building from the community rooms side and vice versa.
• All ACC community hall facility users are required to enter/exit through the community hall door. There will not be access to the community hall through the arena side of the building and vice versa. The fire escape is only to be used in case of fire or building evacuation.

• All attendees should self-screen prior to entrance into the building.
• Please use hand sanitizer that is provided inside the building upon entering and exiting.
• Please follow all signage, distance markings, stanchions and other barricades placed to assist with spacing and proper facility flow paths throughout the facility.
• Arrive no sooner than 15 minutes prior to the start of your rental. All participants must vacate the building immediately after the end of the program to allow for cleaning prior to the next group.

Washroom:
• Washroom facilities, with the exception of the showers, are available to use.

Conduct of Renter and Attendees/Program Participants:
• Physical distancing and all COVID-19 related protocols are the sole responsibility of the renter.
• The renter is required to inform all attendees/program participants of the COVID-19 protocols.

Items Allowed In The Facility (bags, food, beverage):
• Attendees/participants may bring their own non-alcohol beverage and/or water in a plastic bottle (no glass containers permitted)
• Small bags for personal belongings permitted
• Fitness mats are permitted but cannot be shared
• Individually packed food and individually packed utensils are permitted
• There will be no lost and found, anything left behind will be discarded

Ayr Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company Arena at the North Dumfries Community Complex.

Ice Hours

For public skating times, please visit: https://www.northdumfries.ca/en/play-explore/arenas.aspx

Steven and Carol Lowe Heritage Transportation Group Walking Track

Spray Pad and Playground

The spray pad is open daily during the summer from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. For Summer 2020 there is a maximum capacity of 6 people in the spray pad at one time. 

There is no cost to use the spray pad.

The spray pad and the accessible playground are equipped with washrooms.

Please be aware the park amenities, such as playgrounds and benches are not sanitized.

Cowan Park Soccer Field

There are two full size irrigated fields. Com Dev Field has lights for late night games. There are two mid-size fields that are used as smaller fields for young age groups. These fields are also irrigated. Cowan Park has washroom facilities open during the summer months.

The North Dumfries Community Complex is also home to a large community garden located at the left side of the North Dumfries Community Complex. Families and individuals have taken up plots to grow vegetables and flowers in the community garden. 10x10 and 10x20 plots are available.

The amenities that any gardener needs are being made available to those who use the community garden. This includes a watering system that collects rain water from the North Dumfries Community Complex roof, which is then transferred to a tank located directly next to the garden for use. There is also a shed to hold the primary tools of gardening.

2020 Gardening Season: new guidelines due to COVID-19

For more information on the community garden, please call Recreation and Community Services Coordinator at 519-632-8800 ext. 102.

The North Dumfries Community Complex also contains the Breakaway Cafe, a snack bar on the second level of the arena, above the ice rink. The hours vary and the cafe is open during the fall/winter ice season. Stop by for a coffee and snack and watch a hockey game, or sit in the cafe area where the Township has provided free wifi service.

The snack bar is not open until further notice for the 2020-2021 ice season.

The North Dumfries Community Complex has multi-purpose rooms and the larger MacNeil Hall. Fitness programs are run throughout the building by community groups and businesses alike.

The MacNeil-Hall can be booked for fundraisers or sit down dinners, as well as pickleball, volleyball or badminton. For more information, please contact our Recreation and Community Services Coordinator by email or call 519-632-8800.

The MacNeil Hall can be booked for an event with a Special Occasion Permit/liquor license. 

The Township of North Dumfries, in partnership with its community, has built an approximate 1,020 square metre Skate Park at Cowan Park, adjacent to the North Dumfries Community Complex. The Skate Park opened in October 2020.  The Skate Park provides a safe, designated place for Skateboard, BMX, Scooter and In-Line Skate Riders to develop their skills and enjoy the company of their peers.

For more information, visit our Skate Park page.