Accessible Services
For Information on Recreation Services for People with Disabilities, call 625-3220.
Services for People with Disabilities
- Inclusion Services
- Personal Attendant for Leisure (PAL) Card
- Junior Inclusion Services (JIS)
- Tools for Play - Equipment Loan
- Recorded Version of 'The Key'
accessible sports in Thunder Bay
Inclusion Services
Inclusion Services is a partnership between Community Living Thunder Bay and the Corporation of the City of Thunder Bay. This service is open to anyone in Thunder Bay. We offer limited FREE support to people of all ages with disabilities in activities at the following facilities:Canada Games Complex, Thunder Bay 55 Plus Centre & Herb Carroll 55 Plus Centre, Volunteer Pool & Sir Winston Churchill Community Pool, community centres, and golf (Municipal, Strathcona, and Chapples). Call 625-3220 or e-mail SHolloway@thunderbay.ca for more information.
Personal Attendant for Leisure (PAL) Card
The Personal Attendant for Leisure (PAL) Card can be used by a person with a disability to get their support person in for free when using facilities that accept the PAL card. Download a PAL card application or call 625-3220 or e-mail sholloway@thunderbay.ca to receive one in the mail.All City-run programs that are registered through the Victoriaville Civic Centre @ 625-8463 are covered by the PAL Card. Several non-City-operated facilities and services in Thunder Bay also accept the PAL Card.
PAL Card Acceptors List 
Adobe PDF, 2 pages, 80 KB
If you are a user of City Transit and require a support person when riding City Transit, please contact the Transit offices at 684-3744 for information on how to have your support person ride with you for free.
Junior Inclusion Services (J.I.S.)
Junior Inclusion Services provides limited FREE one-to-one support to children and youth with disabilities who use the summer recreation programs (offered during July and August). The programs are:
- Chippewa Summer Camps
- Playgrounds
- Youth Zone
- Canada Games Complex Adventurer's Camp
2012 Summer Support Registration FormAdobe PDF, 6 pages, 39 KB
During the rest of the year (Sept.-June) Junior Inclusion Services also supports these programs for children and youth:
- Learn to Skate Programs
- Learn to Swim Programs
- Neighbourhood Recreation Program
Call 625-2930 or e-mail JuniorInclusionServices@thunderbay.ca for more information or to register your child or youth for support in the fall and winter session.
Adobe PDF, 4 pages, 36 KB Tools for play
The Recreation & Culture Division has a ton of different recreation equipment that you can borrow for FREE from Ogden Community Centre by calling 625-3220. We have all-terrain wheelchairs, parachutes, balls, pylons, racquets, rubber chickens, and lots of other fun stuff too!
Recorded Version of The Key
The Key is available on tape cassette and CD. It is recorded and released at the same time as the printed version of The Key. You can pick a copy up at Brodie Street Library, Waverley Resource Library, County Park Library, Mary J.L. Black Library, and the Victoriaville Civic Centre. You can also be put on a mailing list to receive a copy of the recorded version of 'The Key' in the mail by calling 625-3220 or emailing SHolloway@thunderbay.ca. Once you are on this list you will receive the recorded version when the printed version of 'The Key' is delivered, four times a year. Please note that the recorded version only includes the Community Services section of The Key and not the other sections.
wheelchair curling
The Thunder Bay Wheelchair Curling Association will host Wheelchair Curling this fall and winter starting October 16th, 2011. Children and adults with a physical disability can join in to enjoy the sport from a wheelchair. Wheelchairs and basic curling instruction is provided by experienced curlers. Fees are $45. Volunteer! Contact: Gino 577-6507, Dave at 577-5818 or the Fort William Curling Club at 622-5377
Goalball
Goalball is a game played by two teams with blindfolds and a ball with a bell in it. This is a fun sport and a great workout! Equipment is provided - all you need are indoor shoes and the willingness to try a new and exciting sport! For some information on the rules of this game, follow this link to Wikipedia. Games are played at Ogden Community Centre and are scheduled for Saturday Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 19, Dec. 10 from 12 noon - 2 pm. There are also Wednesday night games on Sept. 28 and Oct. 26 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Check out the Fall 2011 edition of The Key for more details. To get involved with the the Thunder Bay Goalball League call 625-3220 or e-mail puppycat@tbaytel.net.sitski
Come out and enjoy our beautiful winters! The Jack Rabbit Adaptive program will help you get stronger, stay healthy, and have fun in the snow. Interested in trying sitskiing? Contact Berit Dool at lssd.paranordic@gmail.com or Thunder Bay Nordic Trails 475-7081.
sledge hockey
Sledge Hockey is played from a sledge that you can move around the ice using picks. The equipment is available in Thunder Bay, so come out and get into this great sport! Contact Darren Lillington at 344-3743 or email at Darren.Lillington@cpaont.org. The Ontario Sledge Hockey Association has more information at www.ontariosledge.com.
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DOWNHILL SKIING
Ontario Track 3 is a non-profit volunteer organization aimed at teaching youth with cognitive or physical disabilities to downhill ski. Sessions will run once a week for 7 weeks at Mount Baldy beginning January 2012. For more information on registering a student or becoming a volunteer instructor (no teaching experience required) contact Jessica at jabdelma@lakeheadu.ca.
