Lower Mainland Outdoor Boxes, Public Skating and Drop-In Hockey
One place to find outdoor Outdoor Boxes (lacrosse boxes, ball hockey and roller hockey courts), Public Skating and drop-in ice hockey across Metro Vancouver. Every entry links to the official source and shows when it was last read.
Interactive map
Outdoor BoxArena: Public SkatingArena: also Drop-In Hockey / stick & puck
Pins are approximate (placed from an OpenStreetMap search); use each page's official link for the exact location. Zoom in close to see 3D buildings. On phones, or if your browser has no WebGL, you get a flat 2D map instead of the 3D view. Add ?map=2d to the address for the flat map.
Map data providers (check terms before launch)
- 3D basemap and buildings: OpenFreeMap (tiles.openfreemap.org), OpenMapTiles schema, data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Free, no API key. Terms: provided as-is with no uptime guarantee; may be discontinued. Check before launch.
- Terrain / hillshade: Mapzen Terrain Tiles on AWS (s3.amazonaws.com/elevation-tiles-prod), public data, no key. Attribution required (USGS 3DEP/SRTM, Canada Open Government Licence). Attribution terms. Check before launch.
- Flat fallback map: OpenStreetMap standard tiles (tile usage policy: not for heavy production traffic). Check before launch.
- Library: MapLibre GL JS (BSD-3-Clause), self-hosted; Leaflet (BSD-2-Clause), self-hosted.
How complete is this? Burnaby's boxes are read in full from official City pages. Other entries are partly confirmed: many come from official page excerpts and some from local clubs (marked). Anything we could not confirm says check official schedule or not confirmed. It never means “no”.
Cities
| City | Outdoor Boxes | Public Skating | Drop-In Hockey |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby | 3 (3 read in full) | This week's Public Skating 3 of 4 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Vancouver | 6 | This week's Public Skating 8 of 8 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Surrey | 5 | This week's Public Skating 6 of 6 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Richmond | 2 | This week's Public Skating 2 of 2 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| North Vancouver (City and District) | 4 | This week's Public Skating 3 of 3 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| West Vancouver | none confirmed | This week's Public Skating 1 of 1 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| New Westminster | 3 | This week's Public Skating 2 of 2 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Coquitlam | 4 (3 read in full) | This week's Public Skating 1 of 2 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Port Coquitlam | none confirmed | This week's Public Skating 1 of 1 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Port Moody | none confirmed | This week's Public Skating 1 of 1 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Delta | 2 | This week's Public Skating 4 of 6 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Langley (City and Township) | 3 | This week's Public Skating 2 of 3 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows | 2 | This week's Public Skating 1 of 2 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
| White Rock | none confirmed | This week's Public Skating 1 of 1 rinks with a weekly schedule | Drop-In Hockey Drop-In Hockey: partly confirmed |
Also useful
- Rink Finder Canada for outdoor ice rink status
- Skate Near Me and Drop-In Now for schedules
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