New multi-functional sport and cultural complex
The Laval population will soon benefit from a 7,000 seat amphitheatre for hockey games with 8,500 seats for shows, an Olympic-sized skating facility with 2,000 seats as well as a smaller skating rink with 250 seats. A gymnasium, a sports medicine centre and a sporting goods store will also be featured with this new investment of close to $100 million.
Laval has the most multi-sports fields in Quebec
Laval has everything that is necessary to encourage its young residents to take advantage of physical exercise. A sixth multi-sport field was recently inaugurated in parc Cartier. The 14,000 young citizens of Laval who fervently play soccer and football have seen but half of what the city has to offer because six more fields of this type will soon be in place. This will place Laval at the top of Quebec municipalities in terms of the number of synthetic multi-sport installations. A supplementary budget has also been established for both the maintenance and supervision of these fields. Note that tennis players are also very satisfied as Laval is home to no less than 27 courts!
Laval has one of the largest soccer centres in Canada
The young citizens of Laval who are adept at soccer can count themselves among the luckiest in the country. Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne is one of the largest soccer centres in Canada. The centre is dedicated to the practice of this popular sport and is the home field of the Comètes de Laval. It also houses the offices of the Fédération de soccer du Québec. This impressive building, part of the Complexe Multi-Sports de Laval, is the largest free standing wood building in Canada.
More than 30 kilometres of bicycle paths!
The Route verte offers more than 30 kilometres of bicycle paths, allowing adept bikers to tour the city from North to South and from East to West. The Île Perry passage gives direct access to the City of Montreal. The Route verte also offers access to different large parks such as the Centre de la nature, le bois Chomedey and le bois Papineau.
» Site de la Route verte
» Laval Cycling Path Map
» Club Vélo Détente Laval
Dozens of outdoor skating rinks for the pleasure of skaters
In winter, what is more pleasing than to skate with the family or with friends? And what could be more romantic than to glide along the ice, arm-in-arm with one’s better half? Laval, with over 80 outdoor rinks, is a joy to skaters of all levels.
Nine arenas for year-round skating
Over the course of the next year and in the future, Laval citizens who enjoyed any one of the nine arenas in the City will benefit from more ice-time than in the past. On your marks, get set…skate!
Kilometres of cross-county ski trails
Les Coureurs de Boisés cross-country ski club, located at Bois Duvernay, offers eight trails on close to 25 kilometres of track. With the hard work of some 20 dedicated and passionate volunteers, the conditions are remarkable. Trails feature numerous birdfeeders along the way as well as a heated rest station! There are also other excellent cross-country ski options with 5 kilometre trails in the Centre de la nature and Bois Papineau, as well as 7 kilometres of trail in the Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles.
Surfing…in Laval!
You will find everything in Laval…even a beach where you can surf! The Maeva Surf Company chose Laval to open its first Canadian subsidiary. It is located in the Centropolis shopping center. With technology allowing for the formation of artificial waves, extreme sport enthusiasts can practice “flow boarding” in a typical Californian setting - an all new activity of the most mind-blowing proportions!
Laval citizens have access to 28 pools
The city of Laval has 22 outdoor pools and 6 indoor pools, allowing everyone to benefit from the joys of the water, in summer and in winter.
Snowmobile riding in Laval
The Club de Motoneige Laval, which celebrates its 40th season in 2011, may be proud of the irreproachable quality of some 60 kilometres of track that it maintains year after year…for the benefit of thousands of criss-crossing snowmobile fans. The Club also maintains another 40 kilometres of track linking to the outer-lying regions of Laval.
Parachuting…indoors!
The one and only vertical air re-circulating tunnel in Canada, SkyVenture of Laval offers the possibility to defy the laws of gravity thanks to an indoor, freefall parachute simulator which reproduces what parachutists feel at 13,500 feet of altitude...a guaranteed feeling of weightlessness. One, two, three…jump!
