The wading pool at LaSalle Park, in Lachine.
Montreal boroughs each have their own swimming pools and some have parks with water sprinklers, fountains or spray equipment. Borough facilities are typically accessible, even if you don’t live in that area of Montreal; you may have to pay a bit more.
Depending on your borough, Montreal’s outdoor pools and wading pools open from the end of May to the end of June. Here’s a list of what facilities are available, listed alphabetically by area. Scroll to the end for a list of major commercial water parks.
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Anjou
Baie d’Urfé
Beaconsfield
Côte des Neiges-N.D.G.
Côte St. Luc
Dollard des Ormeaux
Dorval
Hampstead
Hochelaga Maisonneuve
Île Bizard-Ste. Geneviève
Kirkland
Lachine
Montreal North
Montreal West
Outremont
Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Plateau-Mont Royal
Pointe Claire
Rosemont Petite-Patrie
Rivieres des Prairies-Pointe aux Trembles
Southwest Borough
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
St. Laurent
St. Léonard
Town of Mount Royal
Verdun
Ville-Marie
Villeray
Westmount
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Municipal facilities: Three indoor, two outdoor and seven wading pools. Eight parks that have water play areas. See addresses and schedules.
Anjou
Municipal facilities:
One indoor pool. Address.
Five outdoor pools. Addresses.
Six wading pools and three parks with water play. Addresses.
Baie d’Urfé
Indoor pool: Baie d’Urfé Aquatic Club (membership only)
Beaconsfield
Indoor pool at Beaconsfield Recreation Centre (membership not required):
Membership-based community pools:
Beacon Hill Pool
Heights Pool
Beaurepaire Swim Club
Windermere Swim Club
Two indoor pools. Addresses.
Two outdoor pools. Addresses.
Nine wading pools and three water play parks. Addresses.
Plus two parks that have water play areas.
Read a guided tour of Notre Dame de Grâce Park and water play area.
Read a guided tour of Kent Park, with wading pool and water play area.
Côte St. Luc
Municipal Facilities: Côte St. Luc pool on Mackle Rd.
Pierre Elliot Trudeau Park, which has water play areas and pedal boat rental.
Read a guided tour of Pierre Elliot Trudeau Park.
Dollard des Ormeaux
Indoor:Dollard des Ormeaux Aquatic Centre (no membership required, has no wading pool)
Six outdoor pools; to locate them on a map,click here
Membership-based Community Pools
Elm Park Pool
Fairview Pool
Glenmore Pool
Sunnybrooke Pool
Westminster Pool
Westpark Pool
Dorval
Municipal Facilities: Jean XXIII indoor pool (no wading pool) and two membership-based outdoor aquatic centres, which both have wading pools. Dorval’s outdoor pools are heated, so they open in May (earlier than most other outdoor pools). Addresses and schedules
Hampstead
Municipal Facilities: Hampstead pool and Councillor Park wading pool. Addresses and schedules
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Municipal Facilities: Three indoor, two outdoor and fourteen wading pools, plus three parks that have water play areas. Addresses and schedules
Île Bizard-Ste. Geneviève
Municipal Facilities: Two outdoor pools. Addresses and Schedules
Kirkland
No indoor facilities; one outdoor pool (membership-based).
Ecclestone Pool
Lachine
Muncipal facilities: Four outdoor pools, which all have wading pools. More information
From September to May, the indoor pool at Collège Ste. Anne is available for free swim. Addresses and schedules
Read a guided tour of Lachine’s LaSalle park and wading pool.
LaSalle
Municipal facilities: LaSalle is home to the Aquadôme, a great indoor pool for families with young children. The Aquadome has several pools, including a beach-style pool with gradual slope, a baby waterslide and two bigger ones, plus a fountain.
LaSalle also has seven outdoor pools and 11 parks with water play. Addresses and schedules
Montreal North
Municipal facilities: Two indoor pools. Addresses and schedules
Montreal West
Municipal Facilities: Montreal West’s outdoor pool
Outremont
Municipal Facilities: John F. Kennedy outdoor pool, 860 Outremont Ave., has a shaded wading pool, which was remodeled in 2011 to have a gradual slope. Call 514-495-6253 for the schedule.
Read a guided tour of J.F. Kennedy park and wading pool.
Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Municipal facilities: Six outdoor pools. Addresses and schedules
Plateau-Mont Royal
Four indoor pools and two outdoor pools. Addresses and schedules
Five wading pools. Addresses and schedules
Read a guided tour of Jeanne Mance Park and wading pool.
Read a guided tour of St. Michel Park and water play area.
Pointe Claire
Muncipal facilities: Malcolm Knox indoor aquatic centre, which has a wading pool. More information.
Seven outdoor pools, managed by the Association of Lakeshore Pools (membership-based). Addresses and schedules.
Rosemont-Petite Patrie
Municipal facilities: Two indoor pools, one of which has a wading pool, two outdoor pools, which both have wading pools, plus seven wading pools. There are four parks with water play areas. Addresses and schedules
Rivieres des Prairies-Pointe aux Trembles
Municipal Facilities: Three indoor, five outdoor and seven wading pools, plus four parks that have water play areas. Addresses and schedules
Southwest Borough
This borough is home to the very family friendly Centre Sportif de la Petite Bourgogne, which has an indoor beach-style pool that deepens gradually, plus an indoor wading pool. During family swim time, staff put rubber ducks in the wading pool, a mini slide into the shallow end of the big pool, and make other water gear available to kids.
Municipal Facilities: Eight wading pools. Addresses and schedules
Five indoor pools. Addresses and schedules
Two outdoor pools. More information
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Municipal Facilities: Indoor pool at John Abbott College’s Casgrain Sports Complex
St. Laurent
Municipal Facilities:
Indoor: Ecole Emile Legault, 2395 Thiemens Blvd.
Outdoor: Eight outdoor pools with wading pools, three wading pools, including one with water play, and four parks with water play.
For a map, addresses and phone numbers of St. Laurent pools, wading pools and water play parks, consult l’Agenda, a PDF document on the municipal website, and scroll to the last page.
St. Léonard
Municipal Facilities: Indoor St. Léonard Aquatic Complex and five outdoor pools. Addresses and schedules
Town of Mount Royal
Outdoor pool: T.M.R. Pool, 1000 Dunkirk Rd., opens (approximately) June through August.
Telephone: 514-734-2948
Indoor pool: Ecole Polyvalente Pierre Laporte, 1101 Rockland Rd., opens (approximately) September through May.
Telephone : 514-739-6310
To locate either pool, consult the interactive map
Verdun
Municipal Facilities: Four outdoor pools, all of which have wading pools. Verdun is home to the Natatorium, an outdoor complex of pools for children; there are shallow pools and lots of water spray/fountain toys here. In 2005, a heated wading pool that can accommodate 250 kids was added. Addresses and schedules
Read a guided tour of the Natatorium
Read a guided tour of J. A. Richard Park and water play area.
Ville-Marie Borough
Municipal facilities: Four indoor pools, including the downtown YMCA on Stanley St., three wading pools and eight parks with water play. Addresses and schedules
Read a guided tour of Ile Ste. Hélène Aquatic Centre.
Villeray-St. Michel
Municipal Facilities: Six indoor pools, three outdoor, and 11 wading pools, plus four parks that have water play areas. Addresses and schedules
Read a guided tour of Jarry Park and wading pool.
Westmount
Municipal facilities: Westmount Pool (indoor, no wading pool). Address and schedules
Wading pools at Westmount Park (Sherbrooke and Melville Sts.) and at King George Park (Murray Hill Park), Côte St. Antoine and Murray Sts.
Westmount YMCA (indoor), Sherbrooke St., near Victoria Ave., 514-931-8046. No children’s pool, but blocks are offered for toddlers to stand on in the shallow area.
There are several major water parks in and around Montreal:
Super Aqua Club. Read a guided tour.
Calypso (about 1.5 hours away, in Limoges, Ont.). Read a guided tour
Parc Safari has its own water park. Read a guided tour
Granby Zoo has its own water park. Read a guided tour
Bromont water park
St. Sauveur water park
