Municipality of Kincardine, Parks & Recreation
601 Durham St. N2Z 1L6 Kincardine, ON, Canada

Annually, April 22nd marks #EarthDay! Every Earth Day can drive a year of energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to create a new plan of action for our planet. The Municipality of Kincardine is dedicated to continued action, year-round, and in 2021 - through efforts of the Environment Committee - are excited for some upcoming initiatives including the installation of water bottle filling stations around the community (locations TBA), tree planting and rain barrel pick-up for thos...e that previously ordered. For more information about the initiatives of the committee, visit: https://www.kincardine.ca//municipal-offi/environment.aspx How do you celebrate Earth Day? #earthdayeveryday

The Grey Bruce Health Unit declared a critical threshold of COVID-19 cases in Grey Bruce and have asked everyone to stay at home except for essential travel. This is in addition to the Provincial Stay-At-Home Order. Please visit the Grey Bruce Health Unit website’s COVID-19 Information page to learn more. In addition to the existing closures, and to support this effort and protect our Staff, Council and our community, the Municipality of Kincardine has decided to close all ...Municipal Facilities until Monday April 19, 2021 at the earliest. Please visit our website at www.kincardine.ca for updates. Essential services will continue to operate to maintain legislative requirements including snow removal, water and wastewater management, and fire & emergency services. The Kincardine Waste Management Centre will be closed until Monday April 19, 2021 at the earliest. Garbage/recycling collection will continue as scheduled. All Municipal Staff who are able to do so, will be working from home during this period. They will be available by email and by phone at their regular extension. Please visit www.kincardine.ca for current staff/department directory. Taxes and other Municipal payments can be paid by mail, the drop box at the Municipal Administration Centre and the Underwood Satellite Office, online or through telephone banking. Please contact the Treasury Department if you have concerns about how to make your payments during this time. Visit www.kincardine.ca to view our Payment Options for various ways to pay your bill. Mail, courier and other deliveries to the Municipal Administration Centre will not be available on Thursday April 15, 2021. Keep up to date as information becomes available at www.kincardine.ca

There will be a vaccination clinic held TODAY, April 13, 2021, from 8:30am-6:30pm at the Kincardine Davidson Centre, for those with an appointment. Parking will be coordinated from 8:00am-7:00pm to accommodate staffing, arrivals and late departures. PLEASE NOTE:... - Only scheduled appointments for vaccinations will be permitted to park on site - If you are an area resident and are scheduled to get a vaccine, and can safely do so, you are encouraged to walk to the clinic Thank you to everyone for your continued cooperation and patience. Appointments for qualifying age groups can be made on-line at https://ontario.ca/bookvaccine or through the provincial toll-free number 1-888-999-6488. Davidson Centre staff are not able to book appointments in person or over the phone.

The Municipality is accepting nominations for the Sports Wall of Fame, honouring builders, athletes and teams from all sports. Nomination period it open until Friday April 30th 2021. For more information, visit:... https://www.kincardine.ca//recognitions-and-memorial-progr See more

The Premier of Ontario has announced a province-wide emergency brake shutdown today, April 1st. This will affect the Municipality of Kincardine starting on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at 12:01 am. The shutdown will be in place for at least four weeks. The Municipality of Kincardine has issued a press release detailing the full extent of services that will experience changes due to the provincewide emergency brake shutdown. You can find the full release at https://www.kincardine.ca/Modules/News/index.aspx

There will be a vaccination clinic held Thursday April 1, 2021 from 8:30am-5:30pm at the Kincardine Davidson Centre, for those with an appointment. Parking will be coordinated from 8:00am-6:00pm to accommodate staffing, arrivals and late departures. There will be no program disruptions with the exception of the indoor walking track.... Thank you to everyone for your continued cooperation and patience. Appointments for qualifying age groups can be made on-line at https://ontario.ca/bookvaccine or through the provincial toll-free number 1-888-999-6488. Davidson Centre staff are not able to book appointments in person or over the phone.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Under current provincial lockdown measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, indoor recreation facilities are closed from December 26th 2020 until January 23rd 2021. This includes the Davidson Centre and Tiverton Sport Centre, including arenas, gymnasiums, indoor walking track and swimming pool.

*Provincial Lockdown Update* Following the announcement of a provincial lock-down, commencing at 12:01am on Saturday December 26, municipal staff is currently w...orking to provide a full update on how this will affect all facilities and the services offered therein. We are interpreting all messaging being provided by the province and will provide a complete update before Tuesday December 22 at noon. We will provide update on this page, as well as at kincardine.ca

Gift certificates are now available, custom amounts between $20-$500 They can be used to pay for recreation programs, lane swims, fitness classes, aqua fit classes, pickleball, swimming lessons, skating and day camp programs! Visit www.kincardine.ca and click on Recreation Programs for more information!

As Kincardine moves from level green to yellow on the provinces COVID-19 response framework we would like to remind everyone of the 3W's : wear a mask correctly, watch your distance and wash or sanitize your hands often. Fitness class sizes (Landfit & Aquafit) at the Davidson Centre are impacted by this announcement with numbers per class being reduced to ten (10). Other activities, including the opening of the walking track will continue under the existing protocols. Everyone is reminded to visit the Municipal Website at www.kincardine.ca and ensure that they register to attend and to stay up to date on any further changes.

Please read the press release below

We are now excited to be offering more programs starting on November 23rd, 2020 at the Davidson Centre. Huff n Puff, Adult Skate and our Indoor Walking Track are back with revised operating times. We are also offering a new program- Parent and Child Skate. Please see our website @www.kincardine.ca for more details and make a reservation @https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/kincardine. All programs require online reservations.