Marpole Oakridge Community Centre

Our daughter, her sister and husband held a baby shower in a spacious room at the Marpole Oakridge Community Centre. It was the perfect venue. Everyone had a great time!

You can find everything would would expect in a community centre. There are lots of programs for children, as well as adults. Outside, there is a children's playground, hockey court, basketball court, baseball diamond, and tennis courts, as well as plenty of green space for romping around. As of July 22, 2020, it is closed due to COVID-19.

One of the worst childhood experiences and memories are of this community center where I went to summer day camp. Camp leaders were verbally abusive and disrespectful of select children there that they couldn’t control (it’s not that kid’s fault he simply had a disability) and not only did it set a bad example for the rest of us but it also affected our enjoyment of our day camp trips. There should be a mandatory requirement that they have finished at least ECE or it’s equivalent before being allowed to be hired to host day camps. The staff were simply “legal adults” and nothing else. Immature themselves still and if I can recall this 25+ years later… it’s really sad that every summer parents send their kids off to complete strangers for care so they can work.

I study Iaido with Inoue Sensei at this community centre. The facility itself is a bit older, but the class content is excellent, the instructor has vast knowledge and a lifetime of experience. Would strongly recommend iaido for anyone who has ever wanted to learn Japanese sword arts.

I went there for a community repair cafe event. I find the center clean and everyone was friendly.

It's decent for an old center. Still have a lot of programs for various ages.

They have a really spacious racquetball court. It's usually vacant so you can just walk in and rent it out. However, there's only one racquetball court, so it is a good idea to reserve ahead. It's around $17 in total tax included. 1 hour usage at max per time, but depending on the schedules, there's a possibility to use for more than a hour. They rent out racquets and balls for free of charge.

The summer camp sucks my kid came home begging me to never put him in the summer camp again cause he was bullied by some kid

Really old and it is like a dungeon. City needs to invest in this CC and put some racquetball and squash courts back into the city.

The equipment is old last time I was there and the location isn't convenient for majority of residents of south Marpole, where the majority of Marpole residents live. Vancouver Park board, build another community center in south Marpole please, we are dying here.

This is my local community centre but it's the gym I use the most. There's a beautiful park that is used for baseball, soccer games and there's tennis courts, too. The children's playground and water park is always busy. When there's no sports on the field, the park is great for sprawling out and getting a nice tan; nice hidden gem imo. I haven't used the courts inside the centre but it always seems busy for various excercise classes, dance lessons, basketball, hockey, badminton etc. The gym itself is ok. There's a decent amount of cardio machines in a separate room but ventilation can be an issue. Kudos for using the clipboard system for signing up!!! The weights area is ok and on the smallish side but it does the job. This community centre needs to be renovated due to it's age and physical condition.