If Environment Canada issues an extreme cold warning, we urge you to dress warmly, warm up indoors and stay dry to protect yourself from the cold.
Find city facilities you can use as a place to temporarily warm up below.
On this page:
- Community centres
- Arenas
- Pools
- Shelters, drop-ins and meal programs
- Other municipalities
- Check on others
Community centres
These community centres are open as warming centres during regular hours. Visit the pages below to find each centre's address and hours.
- Bridgeport Community Centre
- Centreville Chicopee Community Centre
- Chandler Mowat Community Centre
- Country Hills Community Centre
- Doon Pioneer Park Community Centre
- Forest Heights Community Centre
- Huron Community Centre
- Kingsdale Community Centre
- Stanley Park Community Centre
- Victoria Hills Community Centre
Arenas
These City of Kitchener arenas are open as warming centres:
- The Aud (400 East Avenue)
- Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Saturday and Sunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- holidays: closed
- Activa Sportsplex (135 Lennox Lewis Way)
- Monday to Sunday: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- holidays: closed
- Sportsworld Arena (35 Sportsworld Crossing Road)
- Monday to Sunday: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Pools
These pools are open as warming centres. Visit the pages below to find each pool's address and hours.
Shelters, drop-ins and meal programs
To find a shelter, drop-in or meal program, visit these links:
- emergency shelters and transitional housing in the Region of Waterloo
- drop-in and meal programs in the Region of Waterloo
Other municipalities
Information about warming centres in other municipalities in the Region of Waterloo is available on the region's website.
Check on others
During extreme low temperatures, please call or visit family, friends and neighbours, especially isolated adults and seniors who are at greater risk of suffering from frostbite and hypothermia, to see if they need help.
Other at-risk groups include people with chronic and pre-existing illnesses, infants and young children, people on certain medications and those who are marginally housed or homeless.
For more information, visit the Region of Waterloo's website.