The Town of Antigonish has beautiful parks, exciting playgrounds, and boasts some of the best playing fields in the province including a state-of-the-art artificial turf, softball and baseball fields, practice fields, tennis courts, skatepark and beach volleyball courts. Our playing fields and parks can be rented for games, practices, or special events.

In addition to the facilities owned and maintained by the Town of Antigonish, there are several facilities within and near our Town that provide space for recreational opportunities. These include: the Antigonish Arena, St. Francis Xavier University Keating Millennium Centre and Oland Centre, Pins Bowling Centre, and Antigonish Golf and Country Club, to name a few. Contact us to find out how to access these facilities.

 

Booking a Facility

If you wish to book Columbus Field, Cairn Park, or Chisholm Park, or the Antigonish All Wheels Skatepark for an event please fill out and send in the pdf Special Event Application Form (249 KB) . 

If you wish to book any of the following playing fields: Central Turf Field, Columbus Field, St. Andrew’s Street Field, Regional Ballfields (Softball or Baseball), Columbus Field Tennis Courts, or our Beach Volleyball Courts please fill out and send in the pdf Field User Rental Agreement Form (144 KB) .

 

Facility Availability

To view a facility's availability, click the name of the facility you wish to view in the list below:

The Sandlot (Ballfield #1) (For details about this facility including location and photos, click here). 

Softball Field (Ballfield #2) (For details about this facility including location and photos, click here). 

The Credit Union Ballfield (Ballfield #3) (For details about this facility including location and photos, click here). 

Braemore Avenue Beach Volleyball Courts (Located at 105 Braemore Avenue).

Central Turf Field (For details about this facility including location and photos, click here). 

St. Andrew Junior School Soccer Field (Located at 2 Appleseed Drive)

Columbus Field (For details about this facility including location and photos, click here). 

Chisholm Park (For details about this facility including location and photos, click here). 

For racquet court availability, see schedule below.

 

Guidelines for Racquet Court Players

General Guidelines:

• Players are asked to respect businesses in the area not park in private parking lots. Free parking is available in the parking lot on St. Andrews Street or Club 60.

 

Racquet Court Schedule

Please Note: Users of the Town's Racquet Courts are asked to be considerate of surrounding businesses. Users who drive to the Racquet Courts are asked to please park in Public Parking Areas either on St. Mary's Street or St.Andrews Street. In addition, users are asked to avoid the use of private business washrooms and instead use the public washroom facilities at Columbus Field. These washroom facilities are open from April to November. 

 

Antigonish All-Wheels Skatepark

Through the support of the Town, County, StFX and Antigonish Skatepark Association, our community now has a new All-Wheels Skatepark. In order for everyone to be able to ride safely, please review the rules and regulations for the Antigonish Community Skatepark.

If you would like some guidance on setting up a safe session, including equipment to wear, skatepark etiquette, warming up, and how to fall, you can review  pdf this Canada Skateboard document (14.53 MB)  and check out this video from Canada Skateboard on making your first trip to a skatepark. There is also a collection of videos and text exaplnation from Canada Skateboard that you can access, free of charge, by clicking here.