Walter Baker Sports Centre

Big pool. Good lane swimming. A bit shallow. Water temperature is warm compared to other pools, which is nice if you are puttering around, but gets uncomfortable if you're swimming over a mile. Hot tub is fantastic; hot, spacious, strong water jets. Showers are OK but not private, which might bother some folks. Change rooms are spacious and lockers are good too.

Great place for the family to swim. My only complaint is some of the female lifeguards wear thong bottoms or at least ones that ride very far up making it disturbing to be around. If they were required to wear normal bikini or Bathing suit bottoms it would much better. Kids pool is nice and warm, hot tub and sauna are a favourite. The teens love the rock climbing wall and diving boards

went to experience an Aquafit class. Love the class in the manager of the pool. Was incredibly nice towards myself and my friend. We both are wheelchair users but they were very accommodating. The prices were a little strange. We had to pay if we were using different areas of the rec center. For instance, we signed up for the Aquafit which was $10 and then if we wanted to use the gym it was an additional $10. That's a lot of money for somebody who is disabled so just stuck with the aquifit and it was great and I will go back.

Sure do enjoy Marsha’s Aquafit classes, her energy is always high, she is so much fun I want to come back.

I've sat in both rink A & B. Comfortable to watch the little guys practice hockey. Love that the Ottawa Public Library is located in the facility.

so far the staff there are wonderful. Every experience we've had, has been phenomenal. And we continue to go on regular.

Great swimming facility. 4 diving boards, 2 @ 1 m and 2 @ 3 m. Huge lap pool with multiple lanes, and a large deep area. They even have a rock climbing wall attached to the pool. The kids end is great for the little kids, with a huge space and area for them to play. On Saturdays they bring out this giant floating obstacle course and put it in the lap area and the kids love it. There are also ice rinks here, although we have not used then.

Nice pools that were a good temperature. Hot tub and sauna were a nice addition. There's plenty of toys and floatation devices for kids to play with. Just be sure to read the signs carefully for who and what can go into each section of each pool otherwise the lifeguards will call you out

Excellent facility with really clean pools and it’s well maintained.The changing rooms and wash rooms are very well maintained!They have a lot of parking too.staffs are also very nice!

Pool is excellent for little toddlers. Nice and warm for them.

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