Active Living in Your Neighbourhood
Find the resources you need to stay active within walking distance of your home
How do you find activities near your home? Start by taking a walk. Your 30 minutes of daily brisk walking are a great time to explore your neighbourhood for places where you can get active and have lots of fun.
Explore your neighbourhood's parks. Municipal parks have all kinds of facilities, like walking trails, bike paths, playgrounds, tennis courts, swimming pools, skating rinks and playing fields. You might even find a game of pick-up basketball!
Many community centres have swimming pools, gyms and other fitness and recreation facilities.
Many schools have sports and recreation programs and facilities that are open to the public. Visit your neighbourhood elementary or high school, community college or university for details.
Community centres provide all kinds of opportunities for you to get active, and often at little or no cost. Drop in and speak to the staff. Many community centres have swimming pools, gyms and other fitness and recreation facilities. They also offer classes and group activities for people of all ages. Some even have daycare services, so you can leave your little ones in a safe environment while you work out.
Why not volunteer with a group that helps bring physical activity to those in need?
Places of worship, community groups, and other local organizations are also wonderful resources. Why not volunteer with a group that helps bring physical activity to those in need? You'll feel great and you'll be making your neighbourhood a better place, too.
For more information, consult the Blue Pages or your municipal Web site. You can also use the Resource Locator to find what you need, no matter where you are in Ontario.
There are plenty of free and low-cost activities in your neighbourhood. They're just a mouse-click, a phone call, or best of all, a short walk away.
