Living
Community Centres
There are 14 City-run community centres. The contact information for each of those centres is listed below and more information can be found in the listings in the blue pages. The staff of these facilities can provide key advice to ensure your event is successful. Amenities at these facilities include, gymnasia, banquet halls, kitchens and meeting rooms. For more information, contact Mark Simic at 625-2304.- Current River - www.currentrivercom.com
- Jackpine
- Jumbo Gardens
- North End
- North McIntrye
- North Neebing
- Ogden
- Oliver Road
- South Neebing - www.sncc.ca
- Vale
- Vickers Heights - www.vhcc.com
- West Arthur
- Westfort
- West Thunder - www.my.tbaytel.net/westthunder
Current River Community Centre
| Address: | 450 Dewe Avenue, P0 Box 22010 Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 683-8451 |
| Fax: | (807) 683-3601 |
| Email: | crra_1@yahoo.ca (President Arlene Halverson) |
| Website: | www.currentrivercom.com |
| Hours: | Monday - Friday, 9 am - 3 pm (office hours) |
| Meetings: | 3rd Thursday of each month. Everyone welcome! |
| Rentals: | Three rooms are available for rentals: Cedar Star Room, Boardroom and a small meeting room. We can provide full banquet catering services, as well as catering for luncheons, teas, showers etc. We have plenty of daytime space open for classes, programs, seminars and meetings. Call Pat Baker, Hall Manager, to book your event. |
| Members: |
Family memberships $5 per family |
| Address: | 260 Jackpine Road, RR #17 Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 345-1641 |
| Meetings: | Held on second Monday of every month at 7 pm. Bring your ideas or concerns. Everyone is welcome. Interested in running a program or sharing with the community? Please call or attend a meeting. |
| Rentals: | Jackpine is available for daily, weekly or monthly rentals. Call 345-1461. |
| President: | Dave Andrusyk |
Jumbo Gardens Community Centre
| Address: | 330 Toivo Street Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 625-2304 |
| Rentals: |
Looking for program space? Give us a call. |
| Address: | 954 Huron Avenue Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 345-1951 |
| Rentals: | Call Barb at 344-4830 to rent the hall for birthday parties, showers, shags, and other events. |
| President: | Barb Kukko |
| Tel: | (807) 344-4830 |
North McIntyre Community Centre
| Address: | 2051 Government Road, R.R. #12, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E3 |
| Tel: | (807) 767-1400 Fax: 767-1400 |
| Hours: | Monday to Friday, mornings. Please leave a message on the answering machine. |
| Rentals: | Having a wedding, shower , shag, meeting, reunion, anniversary, party? Let us help. Call the hall at 767-1400 from 9 am to noon, leave a message or e-mail us at nmacrec@tbaytel.net. The Main Hall seats 190 people and the small hall seats 25. All halls are wheelchair accessible. In-house catering services are available upon request. |
| President: | President Vi Simko |
| Email: | nmacrec@tbaytel.net |
North Neebing Community Centre
| Address: | 2145 Rosslyn Road, RR #1 Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 474-0909 |
| Rentals: | Reasonable rates for shags, banquets, showers, weddings, birthday parties, meetings, courses. Call Nellie at 475-4630 or 474-0909 (leave message). Meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm. Come out and share your ideas! Everyone welcome. |
| President: | Jim Littleford |
| Tel: | (807) 474-0909 |
| Address: | 600 McKenzie Street Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 625-2198 |
| Fax: | (807) 622-1430 |
| Email: |
ogden@thunderbay.ca |
| Rentals: |
Rooms to rent are available Monday to Friday (9 am - 4 pm),Monday to Thursday (6 - 9 pm) and Saturdays (12 - 4 pm). Wheelchair accessible. Our gymnasium is equipped for floor hockey, basketball, volleyball. All nets and some equipment included. |
| Ogden Community Centre has a kitchen available in the daytime, evenings, and Saturdays for groups of 4 or 5 people to cook together. Community kitchens are a popular way to cook large amounts of nutritious food for you and your family and save money too! All dishes, pots and pans and utensils are included. Get more information by calling 625-2198. |
| Address: | 563 Oliver Road Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 345-9531 |
| Hours: | Monday to Friday, 9 am to 1 pm or Thursday evenings 6 pm to 8 pm (Office Hours) |
| Meetings: | First Thursday of September, November, January, March and May at 7:30 pm. Everyone is welcome! Hall Rentals and in-house catering available in the Main Hall, capacity 180 and the Oliver Room, capacity 100. |
| President: |
Wilma Wood |
| Tel: | (807) 344-7549 |
South Neebing Community Centre
| Address: | 1841 Mountain Road, RR #4 Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 475-4622 |
| Meetings: | First Monday of each month at 7:30 pm. Everyone is welcome! |
| Rentals: | Inquire about rental rates by calling Christa Pelletier at 625-0101. |
| Website: | www.sncc.ca |
| President: |
Kim Manduca |
| Email: | kim@sncc.ca |
| Address: | 420 Vale Avenue Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 577-2290 |
| Hours: |
Monday-Friday, 8:30 am – noon |
| Meetings: | Executive Meeting: First Thursday of the month at 7 pm. Everyone is welcome! |
| Rentals: | Open for weddings, shags, stags, adult and children’s programs, showers, craft shows, meetings, funeral receptions, or birthday parties. Capacity is 180. In-house catering available. For more information and bookings call Kay at 577-2290. |
| President: | Kay Geravelis |
Vickers Heights Community Centre
| Address: | 1695 Broadway Avenue Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 577-4041 |
| Email: | vheights@tbaytel.net |
| Website: | http://www.vhcc.ca (Online Hall Reservations) |
| Meetings: | Board meetings take place on the third Wednesday of each month at 7 pm. |
| Rentals: | Call Tushar at 577-6343. The hall is available for showers, birthday parties, meetings, or classes. We have a great location, easy access, reasonable rates. In-house catering is available from the Women’s Institute. |
| President: |
Randy Creighton |
| Tel: | (807) 577-9067 |
| Address: | 1914 West Arthur St, RR # 2, Thunder Bay, ON P7K 1C7 |
| Tel: | (807) 577-6661 |
| Fax: | (807) 577-4396 |
| Email: | westarthur@tbaytel.net |
| Hours: | Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9 am to 1 pm (Office Hours) |
| Meetings: |
Second Tuesday of September, November, January, March and May at 7 pm |
| Rentals: | Rentals and in-house catering available. Call for details. |
| President: |
Jayne Smith |
| Tel: | (807) 473-9070 |
| Address: | 397 Empire Avenue Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 623-3282 |
| E-mail: | westfort@tbaytel.net |
| Hours: | Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1 pm to 4 pm (Office Hours) |
| Meetings: | Council Meetings: Second Monday of the month at 7 pm. Volunteers are welcomed to help out with projects or activities. If you have even an hour to spare, please come out and join us. |
| Rentals: |
For hall rentals call 623-3282 and leave a message for Sherry. We rent out for a variety of occasions. Please note that Westfort Community Centre is an alcohol and smoke-free facility. Wheelchair accessible and reasonably affordable. |
| President: |
Sherry Rickard |
| Tel: | (807) 625-6527 |
| Address: | 915 South Edward Street Thunder Bay, ON |
| Tel: | (807) 475-9396 |
| Fax: |
(807) 473-9055 |
| E-mail: | westthunder@tbaytel.net |
| Hours: | Monday to Thursdays, 9 am - 3 pm. The office is closed on weekends and holidays. Phone messages are picked up regularly. |
| Meetings: | Board Meetings: Third Monday of the Month (September – June). |
| Rentals / Catering: |
West Thunder’s Chef Don will provide full catering services for any sized group. Board Room: Capacity 16 people Multipurpose Rooms: Capacity 50 people Half-Main Hall: Capacity 75 people Full Main Hall: Capacity 300 people All rooms are fully air-conditioned and our facilities are fully wheelchair accessible. Menus are available upon request. Our gymnasium features basketball, volleyball, badminton and disking courts. |
| Group Rentals: |
$28 per hour + WTCC Supervisor fee.You must supply your own equipment. Nets are provided. A refundable damage deposit may be required and an adult must sign a waiver. Teams 17 years and under must be supervised by an adult. |
| Members: |
Single: $5 or a minimum 10 hours volunteer work Family: $7 |
| Sports Programs: |
Gymnasium Rentals (when available) for basketball, badminton, volleyball, and disking. Must have a waiver signed by an adult and also must be supervised by an adult. |
| President: |
Art Chepil |
| Manager: | Marie Boesche |
