Canada Games Complex

Address:
420 Winnipeg Ave, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6B7
Contact:
Donna Sippila
807-684-3321
dsippila@thunderbay.ca
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Previous Hosting Experience:
Canada Summer Games(1981), Canadian Age Group Swimming and Diving Championships, annual Regional Swim meet with participants from Minnesota, Manitoba and Northwest Ontario clubs.

Accessibility Features:
This facility has accessible doors and a wheelchair ramp. Please contact the venue for further details

Public Transit Details:
Please contact venue owner for details

Boardroom / Sala de juntas Kitchen + Catering / Instalaciones de cocina + cateringAccessible / AccesibleWashroom/Change room / Lavadero/Cambio habitacionSpectators Seating / Espectador de estarParking / AparcamientoScoreboard / MarcadorSound System / Sistema de sonidoWeight Room/Fitness Facility / Peso de habitaciones/ gimnasioEquipment storage / Almacenamientod de equipoInternet
Owner Type: Public
Year Completed: 1981
Service in French: Yes
Service in Spanish: No
Proximity to Accommodations: 1 km
Proximity to Athletes' Village: 1392 km
Access to Washrooms/Changerooms: Yes
Internet Access: Wired
Weight room/Fitness Facility: Yes
Scoreboard: Yes
Sound System: Yes
Equipment Storage: Yes
Spectator Seating Capacity: 900
Parking Capacity: 1000
Boardroom/Meeting Room: Yes
Boardroom/Meeting Room Capacity: 40 & 20
Kitchen/Catering Facilities: Yes
Kitchen/Catering Description: Full-service cafeteria on-site

Sport 1: Aquatics (Diving)

Specification of fields of play: Pool including minimum 1m springboards and minimum 3m springboards
Complete tower complex with 3, 5, 7.5, & 10m towers in good working order
Water sprayers under all springboards and a bubbler under towers
Meets field specifications: Yes
Configuration of fields of play: No water sprayers under springboards
Other comments: There are no water sprayers under all springboards which align directly under towers which has a bubbler system. There are two 1-metre and 3-metre springboards, plus the Thunder Bay Diving Club has 1 portable 1-metre and 1 portable 3-metre board

Sport 2: Aquatics (Swimming)

Specification of fields of play: 50m pool
Minimum 8 lanes
Approved starting blocks at both ends of the pool
Minimum depth 1.35m
Non-turbulent lanes markers
Approved backstroke flags and 15m markers
Para swimmer accessibility (change rooms and pool deck)
Meets field specifications: Yes
Configuration of fields of play: 8 Lanes - 77 metre pool includes 25 metre warmup area
Other comments: Change rooms are on pool deck level and accessible for para-swimmers

Sport 3: Aquatics (Synchronized Swimming)

Specification of fields of play: 50m pool with 2.5m deep end
Separate room for warm up/land practicing
Meets field specifications: Yes
Configuration of fields of play: Warmup room for 30 - just short distance from pool
Other comments:  

Sport 4: Aquatics (Water Polo)

Specification of fields of play: Width of the field of play shall be greater than 10m and less than 20m
FINA regulation nets with no holes in the netting
Men: distance between the goal lines must be greater than 20m and less than 30m
Women: distance between goal lines must be greater 20m and less than 25m
Meets field specifications: Yes
Configuration of fields of play: Nets required - anchors in pool for nets
Other comments: Nets would need to be brought in. Water Polo was part of the 1981 Summer Games, but sport has not developed in Thunder Bay

Sport 5: Swimming (Para)

Specification of fields of play: Venue must be accessible (including change rooms and pool deck)
50m pool with minimum 8 lanes
Minimum depth 1.35m
Starting blocks at both ends of the pool
Non-turbulent lanes markers
Backstroke flags and 15m markers
Meets field specifications: Yes
Configuration of fields of play:  
Other comments: Accessible change rooms off pool deck