Accessing the Pool

Our usual pool facility (the U of T Athletic Centre at 55 Harbord St) is a bit of a maze. We hope that the following floor plans with routes towards the different pools and change rooms will help with navigating!

Getting There

  • Transit: you can take the 94 Wellesley bus or the 510 Spadina streetcar to the Spadina & Harbord intersection

  • Driving: there is a mix of metered and free parking around the pool

Entrances

The entrance you use to enter the pool depends on which day of the week it is:

  • On weekdays (Thu/Thu/Fri), please use the main entrance on Harbord Street

  • On weekends (Sat/Sun), please use the Spadina entrance on Spadina Avenue

Navigating the Athletic Centre

Below is an overview of the routes towards the two pools and change rooms at the U of T Athletic Centre.

Pools

  • Varsity Pool: Enter via the Main Entrance on Harbord St (picture 1) and take the first door on your right (picture 2) to access the Varsity Pool Gallery (picture 3). This will take you past the Spadina Entrance (picture 4). Take the stairs down towards the Basement Level (picture 5). At the bottom of the stairs, choose to use the Spadina Change Rooms (gendered) on your left (picture 6), or take your shoes off and walk past the diving boards adjacent to the Varsity Pool (picture 7) towards the Family Change Room (gender-neutral) or the Main Change Rooms (gendered, picture 8). The Family Change Room also has a secondary entrance (picture 9, first door on the left).

  • Benson Pool: The route towards the Benson Pool is a bit of a maze. You will have to access the hallway towards the Benson Pool from the Varsity Pool deck (see picture 8 and 9), take the staircase up towards the main level (picture 10), after which you will have to make a few turns (picture 11) before you can enter the Benson Pool (picture 12). On the Main Floor, make sure to follow the blue signs. Right adjacent to the Benson Pool, an All-Gendered Change Room (gender- neutral) is available (picture 13).

Change Rooms

The following change rooms are available at the U of T Athletic Centre:

  • Spadina Change Rooms (gendered): located on the basement level on the west side of the Athletic Centre (picture 6).

  • Main Change Rooms (gendered): located on the basement level in the centre of the Athletic Centre (picture 8). These change rooms are unfortunately not always available to us.

  • Family Change Room (gender-neutral): located on the basement level in the centre of the Athletic Centre (picture 8).

  • All-Gender Change Room (gender-neutral): located on the main floor of the Athletic Centre, adjacent to the Benson pool (picture 13).