City of Edmonton pools begin to open for summer 2026 season - BERITAJA

Summer upwind is arriving and Edmonton’s outdoor pools are starting to unfastened for the 2026 season.

People could make a preservation online for immoderate of Edmonton’s 5 outdoor pools to debar lines during nationalist swims, but this year, they’ll person to salary the time earlier their reserved time.

“Outdoor pools are a passion of Edmontonians, of council, of administration,” said City of Edmonton tract coordinator and operations supervisor, Shauna Graham.

“When it’s basking and it’s sunny the group are jam-packed in. It’s partially why we went to the preservation strategy to let group who can’t get their complaint astatine opening to beryllium capable to guarantee they could get access, conscionable for illustration a restaurant, later successful the day.”

Also caller for 2026 – concessions will nary longer beryllium disposable astatine outdoor pools.

The metropolis says it wasn’t seeing the income to support managing the concessions crossed each 5 sites truthful group are now encouraged to bring their ain nutrient and quiet h2o bottles aliases sealed drinks.

Instead, location will beryllium vending machines astatine 3 of the pools —Mill Creek, Queen Elizabeth and Borden Natural Swimming Pool.

“See what the uptake is there, really it useful pinch getting the vending group successful to stock,” Graham said.

“If we tally retired during the day, we’ll way each of that, but we still are going pinch nary extracurricular drinks. So if you person your pre-bought drink, for illustration a Slurpee aliases immoderate of the java shops, we won’t let that successful — but if it’s mill sealed, you could bring it from outside.”

Crews are besides preparing the city’s 78 spray parks.
Weather and aerial value permitting, this is the opening schedule for the outdoor pools:

• Wîhkwêntôwin: May 20
• Mill Creek: May 23
• Queen Elizabeth: May 30
• Fred Broadstock: June 6
• Borden Natural Swimming Pool: June 20