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TORONTO STAR, JANUARY 3 1958: "It is true that the parks department operates 58 natural ice rinks for skating and 23 for hockey - or will do so, if and when there is enough frost. For all the freezing weather we get here most winters, the department might as well spare the trouble and expense, and get on with the job of multiplying the number of artificial ice rinks."
(And they did!)
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Sunnydale Acres Rink Profile
Rink change area: Spacious and clean. There are narrow windows that face the ice but there is no clear view unless you are standing right next to them. There are rubber mats on the floor, but they don't cover the whole surface. There are no mats in the washroom.
Staff: A rink operator is on duty Monday- Friday 3-11pm. On weekends there are two shifts 7am-3pm and 3pm-11pm. Total of 9 ice maintenance shifts a week. During public skating hours a rink guard is present.
Maintenance: The ice is cleaned at the discretion of the operator. When the operator isn't there, it is cleaned by a roving crew that services 3-4 rinks. There is a tractor at the rink which has its own garage.
Public Skating and open shinny hockey:
Free Pleasure-skating: Available a total of 6 hours and 30 minutes a week (Supervised), 4 hours a week (Unsupervised).
Free Shinny hockey: Available a total of 33 hours and 45 minutes a week.
School skate: Available a total of 6 hours and 30 minutes.
City's estimated full operating cost for this rink, per season: $120,983.55
Permit revenue in 2008: $5,353.54
Public funds spent to run this rink, per season: $115,630.01
Amount of public skating during prime time,* per week: 21:15 hours
*prime time means after 4pm weekdays and all day on weekends
To inquire about shinny permits in the West District call 416-394-8514.
Comments about this rink: e-mail us at rinkissues@cityrinks.ca.
Views of the rink
 Dec 08/07 - Sign still shows times Click on picture to enlarge it. |
 Feb 3/08 - Times on sign have been covered up Click on picture to enlarge it. |
 The rink change rooms are full during the "hockey in the neighbourhood" program |
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Rink Diary 2009 - 2010
Nov.27 2009: cityrinks was cc'd on an email from Mary Battaglia, Parks Operations Supervisor Wards 3 & 5, to City Councillor Rob Ford:
- Sunnydale Rink was one of four rinks identified for early opening on November 21st in the Etobicoke York District
- This rink had a Capital Project wrapping up and the compressors could not be started until Health & Safety requirements were met
- Capital work has been completed this week, the compressors are on and flooding to install ice has been started
- Depending on weather conditions, it is hoped that this facility will open early next week
- Since November 20th, updates have been provided to the 3-1-1 contact centre and shared with recreation staff
Wednesday Dec.2 2009, 1 pm
This rink looks in great shape -- beautiful ice, fresh paint in the changeroom, staff on site, all the construction rubble cleared away -- but it's not open. (It was supposed to open on Nov.21).
Despite Ms.Battaglia's e-mail, the ice maintenance staff person says the rink won't open until Dec.5, along with all the other city rinks. However the 311 line says it will open when construction is done.
excellent ice
changeroom just needs the mats put down
Wednesday Dec.2, 9 pm, e-mail to Councillor Rob Ford. from Jutta Mason, cityrinks:
I was at Sunnydale today -- the ice looks great, the place is all cleaned up, but the staff person on site told me they are not allowed to open until Dec.5, i.e. at the same time as all the other rinks.
In the e-mail below, Ms.Battaglia suggests the rink would be open already, and it certainly seems ready to go. 311 has no updated information.
There's a problem here -- yes?
Thursday Dec.3 2009
Sunnydale opens, in the evening.
one reason why the kids don't come
Friday Dec.4 2009
ice is fine, but no skaters
At 12 noon on a P.A. day when all the primary schools are closed, Sunnydale Rink is open. But there's not a soul there except for the two ice maintenance staff and a painter doing the last touch-ups from construction. The maintenance staff say that people will find out the rink is open when they come by. But there's no sign, and the chain-link gates are locked (just the front door is open, but that's not evident unless you actually try the door handle).
Thursday January 21, 2010
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