Older Adult Centres

The City of St. Catharines offers a variety of recreation and leisure programs at our three older adult centres! Make new friends, get involved, volunteer and keep your mind and body active with our many opportunities.

Locations and programs

View our three older adult centres in St. Catharines and check out the programs offered at each location:

Dunlop Drive Older Adult Centre
Port Dalhousie Older Adult Centre temporarily closed all programs relocated to Port Weller Community Centre
West St. Catharines Older Adult Centre

View our program highlights guide:
Program Guide

View our drop-in program highlights.
OAC Drop in Guide

Older Adult Centre Events

Vibrant Living

Watch this section for upcoming events!

Lunch and Learns

November Lunch and Learn

Much Ado About the Drink: Early Prohibitory Efforts in Niagara

Increasing incidents of public drunkenness and the inability of local authorities to tackle the problem led to calls for prohibitory liquor laws in Niagara in the 1840s and 1850s. Adrian will discuss Niagara’s “Wild West” and the efforts to bring order to chaos.

Membership

With an older adult centres' membership, you can participate in activities at all three older adult centres, as well as older adult drop-in programs at community centres. Programs are open to members and to residents for a single-entry fee. Memberships can be purchased in person at any of the centres or online through ActiveSTC.

Enjoy many benefits as an older adult centres' member, such as:

Access to year-round programming
Enjoying a variety of fun drop-in activities, such as:
- Bingo
- Bridge
- Cribbage
- Euchre and bid euchre
- Indoor model flying
- Mah-jong
Getting active and staying fit with activities like:
- Chair yoga
- Darts
- Fitness classes
- Gentle exercise
- Nordic pole walking
- Pickleball
- Table tennis
- Badminton
- Shuffleboard
- Zumba Gold
- Chinese Cultural Dancing
- Square Dancing
Discovering a new skill or hidden talent with:
- Billiards
- Knitting
- Painting
- Quilting
- Rug hooking
- Woodcarving

Rates and fees

Our older adult centres' rates and fees include the following prices (all prices include HST):

Older Adults' Centre Membership Card (Adults 50+, January to December): $62.55
Older Adults' Centre Membership Card (Adults 50+, April to December): $47.00
Older Adults' Centre Membership Card (Adults 50+, July to December): $31.45
Older Adults' Centre Membership Card (Adults 50+, October to December): $15.80
Older Adults' Centre Membership Card (Adults 90+): No charge
Older Adult Class Single Entry Fee (with membership): $2.35 per class
Older Adult Class Single Entry Fee (without membership): $3.75 per class

Rent an older adult centre

Learn how to rent a room or hall at one of our older adult centres.