Minor Adjustments to Recreation Fees

The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will be implementing minor adjustments to recreation drop-in admission fees, passes, and rental fees, effective August 1, 2025.

These adjustments are necessary to help SCRD recreation meet increased operating costs and inflation, ensuring the continued delivery of high-quality recreation services to residents of the Sunshine Coast now and into the future. This is the first increase to drop-in admission and pass fees in over ten years.

Key Changes Effective August 1, 2025:

• Drop-in Admission Fees: All drop-in admission fees will increase by approximately 10 to 35 cents per person. For example:
  • The adult aquatic and fitness drop-in rate will increase from $7.00 to $7.35.
  • The adult ice skate drop-in will increase from $5.50 to $5.80.
  • The drop-in fee to play pool at the Gibsons Community Centre will increase from $2.00 to $2.10.
  • Fees for locker tokens and lock rentals at the facilities will remain unchanged at $0.50 and shower drop-in fees will remain unchanged at $3.

• Pass Fees: Examples include:
  • The adult monthly MYPASS will increase from $51.25 to $53.80 per month (an increase of $2.55).
  • The youth yearly MYPASS will increase from $39.00 to $40.95 per year (an increase of $1.95).
  • The adult MYPASS 10 visit will increase from $63.00 to $66.15 (an increase of $3.15).
• Facility Rental Fees: Following this increase in 2025, facility rental fees for arenas, pools, birthday party.
  packages, and multi-purpose rooms will increase by a similar amount on August 1, 2026. This is part of a multi-year approach to gradually bring these fees in line with industry standards. As a 2024 review indicated, SCRD rental rates were among the lowest in British Columbia.After August 1, 2025, rental fees will range from $15.75/hour to $31.50/hour and after August 1, 2026, will range from $16.55/hour to $33.75/hour. SCRD recreation staff have been working directly with facility users to let them know about these increases.

Community members with monthly passes set up for automatic renewal should note that their last automatic payment at the current rate will be in July 2025. To continue with automatic monthly renewals at the new rate, please check in with SCRD recreation staff after August 1, 2025.

More information about the fee changes, including a link to the relevant Bylaw, can be found at www.scrd.ca/fees-and-passes.  An announcement about the changes will also be posted on the SCRD recreation webpage.