Renting Space

The City of Markham's indoor recreation and culture facilities will remain closed for the summer months. This includes municipal arenas, indoor pools, gymnasiums, fitness centres, and indoor sports fields. 

For inquiries relating to rental permits, please e-mail rentalpermits@markham.ca.

Markham Civic Centre is closed for general public access. Room bookings are not available during this time.

The City of Markham's indoor recreation and culture facilities will remain closed for the summer months. This includes municipal arenas, indoor pools, gymnasiums, fitness centres, and indoor sports fields. 

For inquiries relating to rental permits, please e-mail rentalpermits@markham.ca.

The City of Markham's indoor recreation and culture facilities will remain closed for the summer months. This includes municipal arenas, indoor pools, gymnasiums, fitness centres, and indoor sports fields. 

Heintzman House is available for rentals following provincial guidelines. For more information, please contact rentalpermits@markham.ca

Learn more about Heintzman House

Rental permit criterias:

• You obtain insurance coverage through the City of Markham and/or provide coverage through your insurance provider
• You follow all health and safety protocols established by the Province of Ontario and York Region Public Health including:
  • Screening protocols
  • Physical distancing
  • Masks or face coverings mandatory except when eating or drinking and seated
  • Limited number of attendees and staff
  • Contact tracing requirements
  • Food serving restrictions
• You have reviewed, acknowledged and signed all City of Markham waivers, indemnification and contract conditions related to COVID-19 prior to taking the room or hall.

The City of Markham's indoor recreation and culture facilities will remain closed for the summer months. This includes municipal arenas, indoor pools, gymnasiums, fitness centres, and indoor sports fields. 

For inquiries relating to rental permits, please e-mail rentalpermits@markham.ca.

Ontario Regulations (O.Reg 82/20) related to Step One of Roadmap to Reopen have now been released by the Province of Ontario and staff are working quickly with York Region public health officials to review updated regulations to determine changes to outdoor activities.

High level restrictions for Step 1 that community sport organizations and community users seeking permitted use of outdoor facilities need to abide by are as follows:  

• No more than 10 participants may be allowed at an outdoor facility at one time. In addition a maximum of 2 coaches and 1 trainer can accompany the 10 participants conditional that they can maintain a minimal distance of 2 meters away from any other person at the facility.
  
• No spectators allowed with the exception of one (1) parent or guardian who is permitted to accompany a person under the age of 18 engaged in the outdoor activity.  The parent/guardian must not be on the field of play and must maintain a physical distance of 2m from other parents/guardians.
• Game play or scrimmages are NOT permitted;
• Groups may only gather for training and development purposes;
• All participants must maintain a 3 metre distance at all times.
• Any shared use equipment must be cleaned and disinfected in between each use.
• Permits holders utilizing an outdoor facility must:
• Record the name and contact information of every member of the public who enters the facility,
• Maintain the records for a period of at least one month, and
• Only disclose the records to a medical officer of health or an inspector under the Health Protection and Promotion Act on request for a purpose specified in section 2 of that Act or as otherwise required by law.
• Every person in the facility, not engaged in physical activity, shall wear a mask or face covering in a manner that covers their mouth, nose and chin.

Facilities now open: 

• Outdoor grass and turf soccer fields
• Baseball and Softball diamonds
• Rugby pitches
• Cricket pitches

Activities permitted:

• Sport-based private rentals where no more than 10 people may gather at once
• Skill Development and Practices organized by Sport league or local sport organization 

Additional rental permit criterias:

• You obtain insurance coverage through the City of Markham and/or provide coverage through your insurance provider
  
• You follow all health and safety protocols established by the Province of Ontario and York Region Public Health
• You follow all Return to Play protocols established and/or provided to your group that is most closely related to your sport. To obtain a Return to Play protocol that most closely resembles your sport, please connect with our customer service representative.
• You have reviewed, acknowledged and signed all City of Markham waivers, indemnification and contract conditions related to COVID-19 prior to taking the field.

For outdoor sports field inquiries, please email us at rentalpermits@markham.ca.

Morgan Outdoor Pool now open!

• Markham residents only
• Rental must be with your immediate family following provincial guidelines
• Rentals available on Saturdays from 3:30 to 4:30 PM or Sundays from 4:30 to 5:30 PM
• Prices start at $134 plus additional fees

For rental inquiries, email rentalpermits@markham.ca

Learn more about renting Morgan Outdoor Pool.

The City of Markham's indoor recreation and culture facilities will remain closed for the summer months. This includes municipal arenas, indoor pools, gymnasiums, fitness centres, and indoor sports fields. 

Milne Dam Conservation Park permits are not being issued at this time. For permit inquiries, please email rentalpermits@markham.ca.