Program Information

Older Adult 60+ Drop-in Programs

You can attend a variety of drop-in programs without signing up in advance. Join our fitness and recreation programs at the MacBain Community Centre or enjoy skating and hockey at the arenas.


How to join

  1. Get your older adult 60+ senior membership. Most activities require a membership unless a non-member rate is indicated.
  2. Learn all about the drop-in program types on this page.
  3. Check the program schedule to determine when your desired activity is available.
  4. Pay at the MacBain Community Centre when you come. You can pay each time or buy a pre-paid pass for 10 sessions. 

Older Adult 60+ drop-in fitness programs

Want to feel stronger, healthier, and have fun at the same time? Come try one of our drop-in fitness classes or use the fitness studio—no registration needed.

Rates

Offered at the Older Adult 60+ Fitness Class Drop-in Rate unless otherwise noted.  

  • Drop-in Fitness Programs: $2.85
  • Prepaid Fitness Pass: 10 classes for $28.50

Program descriptions

  • Aqua Fitness: Use the buoyancy and resistance of the water to give you a safe, effective full body workout. Focus will be on cardiovascular, muscle toning, flexibility, and increased mobility.
  • Blast Off: Feel the burn with this high-energy workout for your legs, abs, and glutes. It’s a great way to shape your whole body.
  • Drum Cardio: Get your heart pumping with fun drum moves. This full-body aerobic workout helps you build strength and rock out to great music.
  • Fitness Studio:  Prefer to exercise on your own? Workout in our fitness studio. Equipped with treadmills, elliptical, rowing machines, bike, free weights, multi-station weight machine and much more to work all your major muscle groups. Build strength and stay active at your own pace. | Cost: $1.75 drop-in fee, prepaid pass 10 classes for $17.50
  • Flex Fit: Stretch, relax, and feel better. This class helps improve your posture, flexibility, and range of motion.
  • Gentle Fit: Perfect for beginners! Build strength, improve balance, and endurance through muscle toning, light weights, and exercise that help with flexibility, especially in the shoulder and neck area. We finish the class with light stretching and gentle breathing.
  • Get Fit All: A moderate intensity workout designed to shed fat while building strength and endurance. Includes cardio, body weight exercise, core training and stretching. All fitness levels are welcome.
  • Get Fit with Step: Step your way to better fitness! This high-energy class burns more calories while working your hips, thighs, abs and buttocks.
  • Men’s Only Fitness: A fun mix of cardio and strength training for men. Great for building balance and muscle. It’s a low impact workout.
  • Pickleball: Pickleball is a paddleball sport that combines elements of badminton, table tennis, and tennis. Two or four use solid paddles to hit a perforated polymer ball, much like a wiffle ball, with 26-40 round holes, over a net.  There are daily drop-in times available, but this activity requires an Activenet account in order to enroll. Learn how to create an Activenet account.
    • If you already have an account check out the drop-in pickleball for dates, member and non-member rates.
  • Sculpt & Tone: Use light weights and lots of reps to shape and tone your muscles. Great for improving your circulation, metabolism, and burning calories.
  • Sit and Be Fit: Enjoy a gentle seated workout to help build strength and endurance. Perfect if you prefer a lower-intensity class.
  • Stretch N’ Tone: Not into yoga? This class still gives you the benefits—like better flexibility and relaxation—with easy strength and stretching moves.
  • Tai Chi: Move slowly with gentle, continuous stretches for the whole body. Tai Chi helps with strength, balance, circulation, and mental focus. | Cost: $1.75 per class, pre-paid card $17.50
  • Total Body Circuit Workout: Move through exercise stations to work different parts of your body. It’s a low-impact workout.
  • Total Body Groove: Fun, easy routines that get your heart rate up. Great for all fitness levels!
  • Zumba & Zumba Gold: This easy-to-follow dance-fitness class lets you move to the beat at your speed. Zumba Gold is a low-impact version great for active older adults.Older Adult 60+ drop-in recreation programs

Older Adult 60+ drop-in recreation programs

Enjoy art, dancing, card games, bingo, table tennis and more!

Rates

Offered at the Older Adult 60+ Recreation Class Drop-in Rate unless otherwise noted.  

  • Drop-in Fitness Programs: $1.75
  • Prepaid Program Pass: 10 classes for $17.50

Program descriptions

Art, culture and mingling

  • Coffee Corner: Join us every Monday through Friday from 10am to 3pm for tea and coffee. You can pay for your beverage with cash or prepaid cards (cards are available at the customer service desk).
  • Monday Mix n' Mingle: Join us every Monday afternoon as we have live music from the 50's, 60's and 70's and meet some new people. | Cost: $2 cash
  • Watercolours: Drop-in and pick up some tips from our mentors. Please bring your own supplies. | Cost: $1.85 on your prepaid card. Program not available in summer

Cards and games

  • Bingo: Introducing Bingo, where the balls turn, the cards dance, and your chances of winning is as high as our enthusiasm. | Cost: Members $3.25, Non-Members $4.25
  • Bowling – Short Mat: A fun indoor sport that involves rolling a large ball in an attempt to score points against the opponent. | Cost: $2.85
  • Bridge: Drop in and play bridge on Monday afternoons with other members who love the game.
  • Bridge - Golden Hour:  The Golden Hour Bridge Club plays four hands of bridge at each table, and the two partners with the highest score move to the next table, and the partners split up. 
  • Cribbage: Team cribbage at it social finest.  Come count up your 15 two's while sharing a laugh.  No experience necessary.
  • Darts: Come throw darts and socialize with friends. | Program not available in summer
  • Euchre – Bid and Progressive: A trick-taking card game that is a variation of the classic Euchre game. The game introduces a "bidding" phase where players bid on how many tricks they think they can win, rather than the set trump suit being chosen by the dealer. | Cost: $4
  • Mexican Train: A game played with dominoes.  The object of the game is for a player to play all the dominoes from his or her hand onto one or more chains, or “trains”, emanating from a central “station”. New to the game? We are willing to train! | Program not available in summer
  • Shuffleboard: Come play this fun game and socialize with friends. 
  • Table Tennis: Test your skills at this fun game. 

Dancing

  • Ballroom Line Dancing: No partners are required.  Learn to Rumba, Cha Cha, Tango & Waltz. | Cost:  $4.50. Program not available in spring/summer
  • Clogging - Beginner & Advanced: Clogging is a mixture of step and tap dancing; it's too much fun to be a workout. | Program not available in summer

Senior skating and hockey at the arenas

Contact us

Recreation and Culture
MacBain Community Centre
7150 Montrose Road
Niagara Falls, Ontario L2H 3N3
Phone: 905-356-7521 x 3330
Email[email protected]

Office hours:

Monday to Friday: 7 am to 9 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 7 am to 5 pm