The Bentway Polar Bear Skate
Event Information
About this event
Strip down to your skivvies and join us on our Skate Trail!
The Polar Bear Skate is free to attend - just bring your skates and you're good to go. If you don't have skates, we have rentals onsite. For more information on sizes and cost, please visit our website.
Ready to brave the cold? All participants must sign a waiver before taking part in the Polar Bear Skate. Please download the waiver here.
The first 100 pre-registrants through Eventbrite will receive a free hot chocolate.
Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
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On the day of...
- Sign-in and registration for the Polar Bear Skate on December 29 begins at 1pm. Please make your way to the yellow Bentway registration tent next to the Skate Trail to check in and receive further instructions. Last-minute registrations will be accepted on the day of the event.
- Please leave your valuables at home, or bring a friend to watch your stuff. We have limited lockers (and locks for purchase) available.
- A shot of liquid courage may be tempting, but for your safety, please abstain from alcohol and/or other substances until after the event.
- After skating, warm up with hot drinks on our Corona Après Patio.
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The Bentway is located under the Gardiner Expressway right beside the Fort York Visitor Centre (250 Fort York Boulevard) between Strachan Ave & Bathurst St – stretching just east of the Visitor Centre to Bastion St.
Reach us via TTC:
- 511 Bathurst (at Fort York Blvd)
- 509 Harbourfront (at Fleet St.)
- 121 Fort York-Esplanade at Gzowski Blvd (westbound) or Bastion St (eastbound)
Parking:
There is a Green P parking lot at 800 Fleet St.
Organizer The Bentway
Organizer of The Bentway Polar Bear Skate
The Bentway is a unique and innovative public space that will transform an area underneath Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway into a new gathering place for our city’s growing population. Stretching from Strachan Avenue to Bathurst Street, this trail and series of public spaces will knit together seven neighbourhoods – Exhibition Place, Liberty Village, Niagara, Fort York Neighbourhood, Bathurst Quay, Wellington Place and CityPlace – and become a gateway to the waterfront, while providing access to important attractions and destinations – from the Budweiser Stage to the Rogers Centre and Harbourfront Centre. This dynamic new urban corridor will activate the community with a continuous multi-use trail providing access to year-round activities and events, including gardens, a skating rink, recreational amenities, public markets, public art, special exhibitions, festivals, theatre and musical performances and more.
