Facilities and Rentals

Fee's for recreation facility rentals are approved by Council via By-Law 2024-59.

Check out the 2025 Fee Schedule.

• Indoor Rental Request Form - Halls and Meeting Rooms
• Outdoor Rental Request Form - Events and Gazebos
• Outdoor Rental Request Form - Sport and Seasonal

Court Sport Booking Forms will be available In February. 

Category 1 - Resident youth, seniors, not for profit

Resident groups (70% of participants live within South Frontenac Township) with the highest community benefit such as youth, seniors’ groups, and not for profit organizations. Typically, this category would allow for maximum participation with minimum barriers to involvement (i.e., no/ low admission or registration fees for participants, entry/ minor level leagues, community-oriented events, etc.). Category 1 has the lowest user fees.

Category 2 - Resident special interest

Resident groups (70% of participants live within South Frontenac Township) with moderate community benefits that may or may not be open to the public. Typically, this category would be used for groups that have a specialized interest or serve non-basic recreation needs (i.e., advanced youth sports leagues, adult sports leagues, special interest gathering or event, etc.), or for a function that is not open to the public, therefore having a lower community benefit (i.e., birthday party, wedding reception, baby/ wedding shower, retirement party, club meeting, etc.). Category 2 has slightly higher fees than Category 1.

Category 3 - Non-resident, commercial 

Non-resident groups (the renter and/ or under 70% of participants live within South Frontenac Township), corporate, and/ or for-profit groups. Category 3 is subject to the highest fees (note that the fees are based on cost-recovery and are not meant to generate profits for the municipality).

The township provides universal access to facilities - You do not require a membership to book spaces. The only revenue streams to operate these facilities are a reasonable balance of tax base recourse and user fees.

User fees ensure:

• Equity for all residents. Leaning exclusively on the tax base for operational costs of these facilities places an undue burden on the non-users who will never use the facilities, yet pay the same amount through their taxes. Groups that use and benefit from the facilities ought to help 'carry the weight' in a more fair and measured way that accounts for the benefit they are receiving.
• There is a signal of service level, access rights, and value: Fees signal to user groups that they are guaranteed a certain amount of services. They solidify the right of the space for the group and that they will not be 'bumped', and they place value on the facility and attach a value on the asset for users, creating a sense of shared responsibility for the respect of the space.
• Financial sustainability: Costs are rising, and unless revenue is not generated through user fees, cost recovery will drop while service standards rise. This is an unsustainable business model.