2023 Courtenay Annual Report

Recreation Programming The Recreation Programming

Year

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Activities Offered 1,909 937 1,037 1,338 1,556 Program Registrations 13,365 1,742 5,140 5,928 10,756 Wellness Centre Visitors 56,022 13,638 33,000 7,897 53,480 Fitness Class Drop-ins Not available 3,277 8,536 5,625 10,731 LINC Youth Centre Drop-ins 7,944 2,143 2,155 6,253 8,033

Division is responsible for community registered and drop-in programming at various facilities, including: • Arts and Leisure • Adapted Programs for Adults • Active Recreation (sports and fitness) • Cozy Corner Preschool • Youth Services – The LINC Youth Centre • Summer Camps

Parks and Recreation

People Funded by Recreation Access Program LEAP Memberships Issued

349

471 187 599 802

116 1685

N/A

N/A

N/A

Cozy Corner Registrations

39

54

35

54

49

Pool closed (COVID)

7,159 8,222 11,144

Outdoor Pool Visits

12,476

Not available

Volunteer Hours

4,624

1368

Not available Not available

Kids in Camps

914 915 2,544

Not available

N/A

New Equipment for Riverside Fit Park

The City installed new equipment at Riverside Fit Park in October 2023. A free orientation on October 27 invited the community to try the new equipment, with fitness staff on hand offering demonstrations and answering questions. The new equipment is easy to maintain and well-suited for outdoor conditions and includes an elliptical machine, step machine, chest press, squat press, balance step, stretch station, pull up bars, ab crunch, hand cycler and mobility station. The Fit Park is open to all but especially geared toward the life-long needs of older adults. It is in a convenient downtown location across from the Florence Filberg Centre which is the hub of many older adult programs and the Evergreen Club. Look for Courtenay Recreation classes at the updated Fit Park starting in 2024.

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City of Courtenay | 2023 Annual Report