Sunny Life Recreation & Wellness Centre
This 64,000 square foot, fully accessible facility is centrally located at 50 Seymour Quarry Road just south of Campbellford off County Road 30.
The new Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre is a multi-use recreation facility featuring an ice-pad, fitness centre with 2 studio rooms, multi-purpose room, and 2 pools; a 25 metre pool and therapy pool.
Through an operating partnership with YMCA Northumberland, this new facility offers a wide variety of programming including fitness classes, a host of wellness workshops, swimming lessons and aquatics programming, and rehabilitation programs. For more information, visit their website: Campbellford - YMCA Northumberland (ymcanrt.org)
This new facility is made possible through the funding support of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program – Community Culture and Recreation stream, a program of the Government of Canada and the Province of Ontario.
Project Schedule
November 25, 2024 – We’re thrilled to announce that the Sunny Life Recreation & Wellness Centre will be fully open on Wednesday, November 27th, 2024.
Together with the Northumberland YMCA, we’re thrilled to invite everyone in our community to join us for our Grand Reveal Open House at the Sunny Life Recreation & Wellness Centre on December 13, 2024 from 2:30 – 6:00 pm. Enjoy official ceremonies, free skating, free swimming, class demos, kids activities, light refreshments and other holiday fun as we showcase the opening of this incredible new centre for wellness and community connection. Entry is free.
Campbellford Wholesale Arena:
- The arena is open for all types of skating. Please visit the Arena and Skating Page for schedules and further details
- The Canteen is open and serves a lot of delicious snacks
YMCA Northumberland Campbellford:
- Starting at 6 AM on Wednesday, November 27, the doors at the new YMCA Northumberland Campbellford location will be opening, launching the regular facility hours: 6 AM to 9 PM Monday to Friday, 7 AM to 8 PM Saturday, and 7 AM to 5 PM Sunday
- Tours of the facility will be offered throughout each day. The fitness class schedule is coming soon
- · The full suite of YMCA amenities includes 2 pools. A warm therapy pool, and a 25-metre lap pool, a conditioning centre with free weights, weight machines and cardio equipment, multiple change rooms, two studios and a multi-purpose space. Full schedules for more programming are coming out soon.
October 9, 2024 - The Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre is approaching its final stages of construction. The Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre will open in phases as each section is completed. Here are the details for the phased opening:
- The arena is set to open on Friday, October 18, exclusively for scheduled ice rentals. For future facility bookings, contact bookings@trenthills.ca.
- The building will remain locked between rentals to allow construction crews to finish any remaining work in the arena.
- YMCA Northumberland’s section, which includes the aquatics centre and fitness rooms, is aiming to open to the public by mid-November. For membership and programming information, please visit ymcanrt.org.
- A grand opening event is being planned for later this year once the entire facility is fully operational.
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we wrap up construction, and look forward to inviting everyone to enjoy the new Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre.
August 23, 2024 - The Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre is now 82% complete! This month's major milestones include:
- Arena boards being installed
- Pool tiling continues
- Exterior signs installed
June 20, 2024 - The Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre is 78% complete!
The major milestone this month is the pouring of concrete for the ice surface pad.
May 27, 2024 - The Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre is now 75% complete! Milestones include:
April 23, 2023 - The Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre is officially 70% complete! Milestones include:
- Subfloor preparation for the ice pad has begun;
- Installation of the Hydro Poles along Seymour Quarry Road has started
- The HVAC systems are being installed;
- The Fire Suppression system is installed;
- Installation of the Eco-Chill Refrigeration plant and cooling tower has been completed;
Pool Pump Room installation is well underway
March 14, 2024 - The construction of the Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre remains on schedule. The facility is closed in and the work on the interior features is progressing well. Pictures are uploaded to the website and Facebook regularly to highlight the progress.
2022 - The construction of the Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre is officially underway and is expected to be completed in late 2024.
Project Updates & Media Releases
The Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre is approaching its final stages of construction
Sponsorship Announcement
The Municipality of Trent Hills Proudly Announces the Sunny Life Recreation and Wellness Centre
The final construction budget was approved by Council (Staff Report REC-2023-02)
Campbellford Recreation and Wellness Centre proceeding to the construction phase (Staff Report CAO-2022-10). Taskforce Engineering will be commencing construction when detailed construction drawings and site approvals are in place (late 2022/early 2023)
Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Design-Build construction contract of the Campbellford Recreation and Wellness Centre - Awarded to Taskforce Engineering. The Design Build contractor is responsible for both the design services and the construction of the new facility.
Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the Site Preparation work - Awarded to Drain Brothers Ltd.
Project Management contract - Awarded to p2i Strategies Limited.
Final Project Design
Funding Plan
The Campbellford Recreation and Wellness Centre is estimated to cost $21,000,000 to construct. The Municipality of Trent Hills is set to receive $7,580,496 from the Community, Culture and Recreation Infrastructure funding stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP).
Community Fundraising
To date $140,000 has been raised by the community through the Flourish Campaign. A Naming Rights Campaign is now active.
Project History
The planning for this recreation centre evolved from a focus group conducted 15 years ago that identified an aquatics facility as a gap in recreation in the community. Demand for year-round aquatics programming has been and continues to be consistently high in Trent Hills.
The Municipality of Trent Hills then developed a Recreation Redevelopment Plan with the goal of meeting the recreation and wellness needs of the community as well as addressing the aging recreation infrastructure. The identified projects included the Hastings Field House, Campbellford Recreation and Wellness Centre, and improvements to the Warkworth Arena.
Trent Hills Council of the day had the foresight to dedicated funds from the municipal budget each year for the implementation of the Recreation Redevelopment Plan. Beginning at $50,000 per year and increasing over a number of years to the final level of $550,000 per year.
At the same time, the Campbellford Seymour Community Foundation pledged a total of $2 million over 10 years for the Campbellford Recreation and Wellness Centre project. The Flourish fundraising campaign was launched to raise awareness of the project and gain community support.
Contact Us
Municipality of Trent Hills
66 Front St S, PO Box 1030
Campbellford, ON K0L1L0
T. 705-653-1900
F. 705-653-5203
Land Acknowledgement
We recognize the traditional keepers of this land and, specifically our neighbours of the Alderville First Nation, with a formal territorial acknowledgement.
Welcome to the Gunshot Treaty Lands of 1788. It is on these lands and on the shores of the big lake, the Mississauga Anishinabeg met with the Crown to facilitate the opening of these lands for
settlement.
Let us be reminded of the responsibility we all have in making sure that we respect these lands and waters that give us life and sustain our livelihoods.