The City of Richmond will open its new state-of-the-art indoor aquatic centre at Minoru Centre for Active Living on Monday, September 21.

This Centre, at 7191 Granville Avenue, will be a premier aquatic facilities with six bodies of water including Canada’s largest hot tub as well as the Polar Plunge, the country’s only municipal cold plunge pool with a temperature of 15 degrees.

“The Minoru Centre for Active Living is a facility that everyone in the city can be proud of and we are delighted to finally be able to showcase its many features,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie. “While we are only able to provide access in a controlled manner right now due to our COVID-19 safety protocols, we encourage everyone to take some time to come and experience the centre themselves.”

The facility boasts a 650-square-metre (7,000 square-foot) leisure pool featuring a Mega Drop Bucket, a rapid flowing River Channel, a slide and an Errant Rain Cloud shower. Two 25-metre pools with 14 lanes provide a variety of opportunities for recreational and lane swimming, as well as aqua fit classes, while an over water climbing wall, drop slide and diving board also provide a myriad of options for water lovers of all ages.

The project was designed by HCMA Architecture + Design, and the general contractor was Stuart Olson.

The Minoru Centre for Active Living includes the aquatic and fitness centre, a two-storey seniors centre, sport programming and support space, a full service cafeteria and bistro, commercial kitchen, and three outdoor public plazas.

The $80 million facility’s seniors and events centre opened to the public as planned in March 2019, but the aquatic centre opening was delayed after one of the concrete bases of the six swimming pools shifted.