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Fitness, swimming, basketball, pickleball, yoga, and more! Enjoy all the same activities as a regular TPASC member. For a limited time, purchase 12-visits to the Centre for the price of a regular 10-visit pass.

• $99+hst
• Valid for 2 years after purchase
• Transferable (friends and family can also use it)
• It makes a great holiday gift; gift vouchers are available for purchase. 

What’s included:

• Fitness Centre (Strength & Conditioning and Cardio Studios)
• TPASC Group Fitness Classes 
• TPASC Field House Open Times 
• TPASC Aquatic Lane Swim and Open Times 
• TPASC Aquatic Classes 
• Climbing Wall Open Times 
• Indoor Track Open Times 
• Special Member-Only Events 
• Two (2) hours of complimentary parking with each visit 

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Sale ends December 24, 2023

This December, Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre will undergo several maintenance upgrades to keep the facility world-class for 2024! 

• New flooring and strength equipment will be installed in the Fitness Centre
• Field House courts will be resurfaced, and new dividing curtains will be installed  
• Training Pool will receive a full deep clean 

Please note that to complete these upgrades the areas listed below will be temporarily closed during the listed time frames.  

We understand that these closures are disruptive, but we endeavour to plan major maintenance when the facility has been historically slower in terms of usage. Major maintenance is a necessary part of keeping the facility in world-class condition and providing the best experience for facility users.  

CLOSURE DATES

Facility closure updates can be found at www.tpasc.ca/schedules/facility-interruptions

IMPACTS

Fitness Centre Impacts (Dec 11-17 & Dec 18-29)

• One FItness Centre floor will remain open during the closure of the other floor 
• During the first-floor closure access to the second-floor will be from the upper doors located near the stretching area
• Group Fitness Classes will continue in the Studios. 

Field House Impacts (Dec. 18 - Jan. 2)

• All court activities are cancelled during the closure
• Indoor Track will remain open 

Aquatics Program Impacts (Dec. 23 - Jan. 5)​

During the Training Pool closure, the following programs are canceled: 

• All Leisure Swims Cancelled 
• All MID/Shallow Water Lane Swim Cancelled 
• Women’s Only Programs Cancelled 
• Shallow Water Aquafit Cancelled 

A Lane Swim schedule will take place in the Competition Pool for swimmers capable of swimming in deep water. 

Food Court Hours (Dec. 23 - Jan. 8) 

Tim Hortons

Sat., Dec. 23: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm 
Sun., Dec. 24: 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Mon., Dec 25: Closed 
Tues., Dec 26 to Sun. Dec. 31: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Mon. Jan. 1: Closed 
Tues., Jan 2: Regular hours restart

Booster Juice

Sat., Dec. 23:  9:00 am – 3:00 pm 
Sun., Dec. 24: CLOSED
Mon., Dec. 25: CLOSED
Tues., Dec. 26 to Sun., Dec. 31: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Mon., Jan. 1: CLOSED
Tues., Jan 2: Regular hours restart

Pizza Pizza 

Sat., Dec. 23: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sun., Dec. 24 to Mon., Jan. 1: CLOSED
Tues., Jan. 2 to Thurs., Jan. 7:  11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Fri., Jan. 8: Normal hours restart

Poolsides 

Sat., Dec. 23: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Sun., Dec. 24 to Mon., Jan. 1: CLOSED
Tues., Jan. 2 to Wed., Jan. 6: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Thurs., Jan. 7: CLOSED
Fri., Jan. 8: Normal hours restart

View Current Programming Schedule

_{Click on the image above for a printable version of the maintenance schedule.} 

The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Community Council will be running a Holiday Toy Drive again this year to support the Malvern Family Resource Centre and East Scarborough Boys & Girls Club

December 4-10, 2023

December 4-8: South Lobby Receptacle Drop-off
December 9-10: East Entrance Drop-off, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Recommended new unused items for donation include:

• School Supplies
• Gift Cards
• Toys
• Winter Jackets
• Games 
• Other Gifts

_{Image source: Gerard Richardson/Swimming Canada}  

The Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials will return to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in 2028. 

TPASC hosted the Trials in 2016, and again in 2021 after the 2020 event was postponed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. The seven-day fully integrated meet is scheduled for June 2-8, 2028, and will serve as Swimming Canada’s main selection meet for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

“It is great that Swimming Canada continues to be well planned and prepared, as we focus on the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but also have a well-structured strategy to the 2028 Games in LA,” said Swimming Canada High Performance Director and National Coach John Atkinson. 

Swim Ontario led the bid to bring the event back for 2028, in the world-class pool that has hosted the 2015 Pan American Games and multiple other national and international events, including last year’s Canadian Swimming Trials and Swimming World Cup, both of which saw world record performances. 

“In a relatively short period of time, TPASC has already hosted many fantastic swimming moments and been a part of history. It is a fantastic legacy of the 2015 Pan Am Games, and we are thrilled to be back here on our road to LA for our 2028 Olympic and Paralympic team trials,” Atkinson said.

“Swim Ontario is pleased to partner with Swimming Canada and the great community of Ontario volunteers and officials to host the 2028 Trials at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre,” added Swim Ontario CEO Dean Boles. “TPASC continues to provide an environment to earn success due to world-class people working together at a world-class facility here in Toronto.”

"We are proud to be hosting and continuing our long-term partnerships with Swim Canada and Swim Ontario. It’s wonderful for our entire community to get to experience this exciting and world-class event in Scarborough," commented TPASC Managing Director, Robert Singleton. 

Swimming Canada expects to announce its full slate of 2025-2028 event dates and host locations in early 2024. This includes the annual Trials in non-Olympic/Paralympic years, Canadian Open, Masters championships, Open Water Festival, and Ken Demchuk International Invitational.

“TPASC and Swim Ontario continue to be great partners and we look forward to continuing our work together in the coming years,” said Jocelyn Jay, acting associate director, sport development. “Local organizing committees, officials and volunteers provide so much value to hosting our events. We continue to communicate with our potential hosts and we are looking forward to working with them in the next quadrennial.”

Source: Swimming Canada 

TPASC Public Board Meeting

Tuesday, December 19, 2023
11:00 am – 12:00 pm 

In-person or virtual attendance option 

Agenda

Preliminary Matters:

I.   Welcome & Introductions 
II.  Declaration of Conflicts of Interest
III. Approval of Minutes of September 28, 2023

Business:

I.    Finance & HR Committee Report
II.   Planning Committee Report 
III.  Audit Committee Report 
IV.  TPASC Presentation
V.   University of Toronto and City of Toronto Presentation 
VI.  Question Period

Please Note: 

If you are interested in attending the Public Board Meeting of TPASC Inc. please complete the RSVP form below and indicate whether you will be attending in-person or virtually.

If you are attending in-person you will have the opportunity to ask questions during the question portion of the agenda. If you are attending virtually, please submit your question with your RSVP form. If your question is not able to be addressed at the meeting, we will follow up with you after the meeting. 

RSVP Form

* Priority will be given to in-person questions, virtual questions will be dealt with based on time, either at the meeting or followed up afterward. 

IMPORTANT EAST PARKING LOT REMINDER

Reminder to all facility users that park in the East Parking Lot.

Please pay or validate your parking ticket at the ticket machine before departing the building. There is a payment/validation machine located at the doors to the East Entrance/Exit.

There is only one exit to the East Lot and if there are issues at the gate, it will delay all others departing the parking lot. 

Why should I validate my ticket?

The validation process confirms that your ticket is either still valid for two hours of free parking, or you have eclipsed the two-hour timeframe and need to pay for parking. Validating your ticket gives you a 30-minute window to leave the parking lot and have your ticket still work at the exit; you won’t be forced to repark and return to the building if your ticket has passed the 2-hour mark.

Pay with the Passage Pass App

PassagePass is a convenient way to pay for parking. With PassagePass, save time and skip the pay station by paying for your parking through the app!  

Illegal Parking

On event weekends with increased demand, cars have been parking illegally in the parking lots. Any car not parking in a designated parking area is subject to a parking fine issued by Municipal Bylaw Enforcement.

The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre South Parking Lot will be closing on October 10th to be replaced by a new interim lot, the East Lot, located across from the East Entrance to the Centre. This lot is accessible via Pan Am Drive and will be paved, lit, and contain the same number of parking spots available in the current TPASC lot. There will still be two hours complimentary.

The East Lot will open on October 10th, the same day that the South Lot closes and will utilize the same technology as the existing lots.

Parking pass holders will continue to access the new East Lot via license plate recognition. 

There will be no changes to the North Lot. 

During events, UTSC lots may still be used as overflow parking. 

The TPASC South Lot is closing to begin the construction of the University of Toronto Scarborough’s Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health. 

More information will be communicated in the future as the construction project enters different phases.