Calgary has many great public recreation facilities including athletic parks, baseball diamonds and sports fields, while there are dozens of leisure and fitness centres with pools, ice rinks, weight rooms, gymnasiums, climbing walls and more.

The following public recreation facilities and programs are some of the city’s largest and finest:

• The Olympic Skating Oval is a multi-sport training and competition facility with 400 metres of track
• Canada Olympic Park is the city’s destination for skiers in the winter and mountain bikers in the summer
• The City of Calgary Recreation Program offers workshops and classes at any of 12 city aquatic and fitness facilities
• The Glenmore Centre has a number of pools and classes
• The Southland Leisure Centre has a water park, fitness facility and weight room
• The Talisman Centre is a world-class fitness facility just south of the downtown core
• Village Square Leisure Centre is the northeast’s major water park and fitness facility
• Westside Recreation Centre has ice skating, a full-sized arena and enormous fitness area
• The YMCA and YWCA have facilities, camps and community programs throughout the city