Join an ongoing group to spend time with seniors who share your interests. Volunteers lead these free or low-cost groups at select community centres.
- Group card
- Arts and crafts
- Books and writing
- Cards and games
- Music
- Billiards
- Physical activities and sports
- Social groups
- Technology
Group card
If you buy a Kitchener group card, you'll get unlimited visits to the ongoing groups on this page.
2024-2025 group cards are valid until August 31, 2025.
The 2024 group card costs are:
- ages 55 and over: $17.73 including tax
To get a new group card or renew your existing card, please visit your local community centre.
Arts and crafts
Breithaupt Centre
- In Stitches Knitting & Crocheting – Thursday, 1 to 3 p.m.
Rockway Centre
- Oil Painting Practice – Monday, 1:45 to 3:45 p.m.
- Needles and Crafts – Wednesday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Friday, 1 to 3 p.m.
- Quilting – Thursday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Adult Colouring – Thursday, 1 to 3 p.m.
- Drawing Practice Group – Friday, 10 a.m. to noon
Books and writing
Writers Collective
- Rockway Centre - first and third Tuesday of every month, 1 to 3 p.m.
Cards and games
Breithaupt Centre
- Euchre – Friday, 12:45 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Downtown Community Centre
- Solo Progressive – Wednesday, 6:45 to 9:15 p.m.
- Bid Euchre – Friday, 12:45 to 3:45 p.m.
- Bridge Partner Progressive – Saturday, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Rockway Centre
- Euchre – Monday, 12:45 to 4 p.m.
- Scrabble – Monday, 1 to 4 p.m.
- Canasta Hand and Foot
- Monday, 1 to 4 p.m.
- Wednesday, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
- Friday, 1 to 4 p.m.
- Mah Jongg - Monday, 1 to 3 p.m.
- Chess – Monday, 1:15 to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, 1:15 to 5 p.m.
- Bridge Casual – Monday, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
- Solo Progressive – Monday, 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. and Thursday, 1 to 4 p.m.
- Horseshoes - Tuesday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Thursday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
- Bridge Progressive Intermediate – Tuesday, 12:30 to 4 p.m. and Friday, 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
- Bridge Partner Progressive - Wednesday, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
- Canasta – Wednesday, noon to 4 p.m.
- Bid Euchre – Wednesday, 12:45 to 3:30 p.m.
- Cribbage – Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Music
Rockway Centre
- Guitar Jam – Tuesday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Billiards
Breithaupt Centre
- Drop-in billiards:
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 to noon
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noon to 4 p.m.
Downtown Community Centre
- Billiards for all:
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Rockway Centre
- Billiards for all (first come, first served):
- Monday to Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Saturday, 9 to 11:30 a.m.
Physical activities and sports
Breithaupt Centre
- Indoor Walking Group – Monday to Friday 8 to 8:45 a.m. Saturday & Sunday 6:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Downtown Community Centre
- Shuffleboard – Thursday 1 to 3 p.m.
Kingsdale Community Centre
- Tai Chi Movements - Tuesday 11 a.m. to 12:30 pm; Friday 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Bocce Ball – Wednesday 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Rockway Centre
- Horseshoes - Monday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
- Floor Curling - Monday, 10 a.m. to noon
- Tai Chi Practice – Monday, 1 to 2 p.m. and Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Ping Pong - Monday, 2:15 to 4:15 p.m.
- Shuffleboard – Tuesday, 1 to 3 p.m.
Social groups
Downtown Community Centre
- Amigos - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Rockway Centre
- Mano a La Obra - Wednesday and Friday, 1 to 4 p.m.
Technology
Downtown Community Centre
- Virtual Kitchener Tech Club Drop-in – fourth Monday of month, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., please email kitchenertechclub@kitchener.ca to be added to the email list.
- Kitchener Tech Club Drop-in – second Wednesday of month, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
- Kitchener Tech Club Speaker Meeting – third Wednesday of month, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
- Kitchener Tech Club Share and Learn – fourth Wednesday of month, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.