W.G Johnson Centre

Great place! It has a fitness center, basketball court inside the gym, pool, hot tub, change rooms, living wall, and the Ted Wake Center a big room with a kitchen with an open window.nnPool: It is smaller. I know a couple of the lifeguards & swim instructors here. I haven't seen them work at the pool, but they have given many hours as volunteers. They are really amazing people! The pool is noisy echos due to the design of the room. I have volunteered on a number of field trips here with schools, and the kids can barely hear you when you raise your voice for basic instructions. The diving board is loud when in use. They have a ramp in the pool and a device for kids in wheelchairs that they can use in the water. One of the kids on the trip could use it, but the other one had to stay outside of the pool just outside of the pool doors. There is a ramp there that allowed him to move around. He enjoyed speeding around on that. The kids came for a science field trip here. They used the living wall inside the pool area and conducted buoyancy experiments in the pool using empty water battles and a piece of clay.nnFitness Center: They have a number of pieces of equipment, but it is small. It is closer to a hotel-sized one than the YMCA. Some of the machines looked worn. They have a cleaning station. Washrooms are down the hall. See my pics for details. There is a fee for each use, a membership, or you can buy passes for a certain number of times. I was surprised that it wasn't a lot cheaper than the YMCA if you want to try it out for a short while if you go regularly, like I do 3x /week.nnGym: My tween has enjoyed using the gym here a bit.nnTed Wake Center: Great room that they previously ran an amazing youth program on Friday nights, but now have stopped. They had pizza and snacks, swimming, basketball, and video games for $4.07 once a month. My daughter and her friend loved this program, but now they only have basketball on Fridays. It was such a popular program; 40 tweens and teens would come each time. I have no idea why they cancelled it.

Nice recreational facility for families. Lots of activities to make use of registration or drop in. Biggest problem is the small change rooms especially the family changeroom and the viewing area for the pool is usually over crowded for evening classes. Need more seating.

Take my kids for swimming lessons and so far it's been a great experience.

Sad to see they took away some of our favorite swim times!nStaff is usually pretty friendly. A few of them have been there a long time since I was a kid!nThe place generally is pretty clean and the pool is nice. Life Guards have always been great!

They have a nice pool and stuff, but after swimming in it, I have got a terrible headache. I don't know if it was from the water or even if it was from here. But still, they have really good staff and service. Recommend it! I don't feel like being rude, the receptionist we had to lay was a male and was nice, he gave me and my mom a discount.

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