Program Registration

As of July 1, we are in Step 3 of the BC Restart Plan and our team is excited to gradually increase our services and capacity! We are currently in the process of refining our procedures, recruiting/training staff and preparing facilities in alignment with Public Health guidance, WorkSafe BC and industry-specific guidelines. We appreciate your patience as we conduct this work and understand the community’s eagerness to see changes; we are committed to moving through the remaining steps of the BC Restart Plan as safely and quickly as possible.

Below is an outline of our plans to date. Please continue to watch this page for updates and more information. 

Facilities (General):

• Masks not required indoors, but recommended for those age 12Y+. Please remember to respect others’ choice to wear or not to wear a mask while in public indoor settings. If you choose to wear a mask, remember that masks are not to be worn in the water/pool.
• Health screenings no longer required at facility entrances and will be phased out online over the summer.
• Cleaning will continue in line with guidance from the Provincial Health Officer.
• Welcoming back a limited number of parents and spectators to watch indoor activities.
• Physical distancing is no longer required, however please respect others' personal space.

Aquatics:

• Showers will reopen on July 26.  All individual and accessible change rooms and washroom stalls are now open.
• Pre-registered timeslots continue for public swims at indoor/outdoor pools.
• Increased capacity for pre-registered public swims, length swims and aqua fitness.  
• Water features (waterfall, bubblers) are now open.
• Some facility program equipment returns on July 12 for public use (aqua fitness, lessons, public swim).
• All lockers now available for use.

Fitness Centre:

• Continue Pre-registered one-hour timeslots at MRLC Fitness Centre, with increased capacity. Patrons will have more freedom to move around and work out together.
• More cardio machines will make their way back on the floor by end of July.
• Smaller pieces of fitness equipment such as bosu balls, bands, medicine balls will be brought back by mid-July.
• We thank our customers for cleaning equipment after every use. Please keep those great habits going!

Fitness Classes:

• Outdoor and low-intensity fitness classes continue with increased capacity.
• High-intensity fitness classes resumed on July 1, 2021. 

Drop-in Activities (Other):

• Increased capacity for drop-in activities – pre-registration continues at this time.
• Racquetball and squash return at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre, with pre-registration required.

Summer Camps/Registered Programs:

• Additional capacity may be added over the summer, starting with those on waiting lists.

Events:

• Outdoor special events such as the Farmers Market, Happenings (Drive-In Movies and In-Person Performances) and outdoor music will continue as flow through festivals and special events. Fairs and festivals outdoors can return to normal operations with a communicable disease plan. Visit the Festivals & Events page for updates and the Hosting a Community Event page for guidelines, resources and to submit a special event application.

You may book back-to-back drop-in timeslots at no extra cost for the Fitness Centre, Indoor Sport Courts, Gymnasium, Indoor Pool and Outdoor Pool. You may not book back-to-back for registered programs to give as many patrons as possible the chance to register (*exception below).

How to Book Back-to-Back
Call our registration line at 604-467-7422 to pay one fee for your desired back-to-back timeslots. At this time, our online registration does not support a single charge for back-to-back timeslots, but our Customer Experience Clerks can complete your transaction over the phone.

Two timeslots on the same day that are more than an hour apart do not qualify for back-to-back bookings. If you registered for two timeslots more than an hour apart, you will be charged for both timeslots.

*Exception

1. Back-to-back bookings of two of the same aquatics programs are only permitted if the second registration is completed within 24 hours of the program start time.  If a back-to-back booking is discovered outside the 24 hour window the customer will be withdrawn from the second booking.
   
   Example: A customer registers into Friday, March 10 8:00 AM Aqua Fitness.  On Thursday, March 9, the customer determines that there is space in a 9:00 AM Aqua Fitness on March 10, which is back-to-back with the session in which they are already registered. Because there is space in the program and it is within the 24 hour window, this customer may register into back-to-back Aqua Fitness timeslots on March 10 at 8:00 AM AND 9:00 AM.