Data report · Updated July 2026
Canada’s Tennis Court Report
Which cities give players the best shot at a court? We track 1,236 court locations across 277 Canadian cities and towns - here’s what the data says about access, lighting, and indoor play.
Courts per 10,000 residents, ranked
The headline number: how many individual public and club courts a city has for every 10,000 people. Population figures are from the 2021 Census.
21 courts at 6 locations · pop. 19,088
86 courts at 25 locations · pop. 91,867
22 courts at 6 locations · pop. 28,963
31 courts at 10 locations · pop. 46,130
24 courts at 9 locations · pop. 36,885
11 courts at 5 locations · pop. 20,832
29 courts at 9 locations · pop. 63,116
31 courts at 8 locations · pop. 76,708
29 courts at 8 locations · pop. 72,047
370 courts at 112 locations · pop. 1,017,449
239 courts at 52 locations · pop. 662,248
52 courts at 12 locations · pop. 146,288
33 courts at 15 locations · pop. 94,415
15 courts at 5 locations · pop. 44,074
36 courts at 12 locations · pop. 108,843
Full table - all 46 ranked cities
| # | City | Courts / 10k | Courts | Locations | Lights | Free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niagara ON The Lake, ON | 11 | 21 | 6 | 50% | 67% |
| 2 | Victoria, BC | 9.4 | 86 | 25 | 24% | 76% |
| 3 | Langley, BC | 7.6 | 22 | 6 | 33% | 83% |
| 4 | Victoriaville, QC | 6.7 | 31 | 10 | 70% | 70% |
| 5 | Penticton, BC | 6.5 | 24 | 9 | 11% | 89% |
| 6 | Westmount, QC | 5.3 | 11 | 5 | 100% | 0% |
| 7 | Fredericton, NB | 4.6 | 29 | 9 | 56% | 89% |
| 8 | Prince George, BC | 4 | 31 | 8 | 25% | 88% |
| 9 | Sarnia, ON | 4 | 29 | 8 | 50% | 75% |
| 10 | Ottawa, ON | 3.6 | 370 | 112 | 55% | 80% |
| 11 | Vancouver, BC | 3.6 | 239 | 52 | 13% | 87% |
| 12 | North Vancouver, BC | 3.6 | 52 | 12 | 33% | 67% |
| 13 | Niagara Falls, ON | 3.5 | 33 | 15 | 0% | 100% |
| 14 | Chatham, ON | 3.4 | 15 | 5 | 80% | 60% |
| 15 | Thunder Bay, ON | 3.3 | 36 | 12 | 8% | 75% |
| 16 | Richmond Hill, ON | 2.9 | 59 | 13 | 54% | 85% |
| 17 | Kelowna, BC | 2.9 | 42 | 20 | 25% | 85% |
| 18 | ST Catharines, ON | 2.9 | 40 | 15 | 47% | 80% |
| 19 | Waterloo, ON | 2.9 | 35 | 5 | 80% | 20% |
| 20 | Kamloops, BC | 2.8 | 27 | 12 | 75% | 92% |
| 21 | Nanaimo, BC | 2.8 | 28 | 8 | 25% | 88% |
| 22 | Vaughan, ON | 2.7 | 88 | 27 | 67% | 78% |
| 23 | Coquitlam, BC | 2.7 | 40 | 8 | 63% | 88% |
| 24 | Saskatoon, SK | 2.4 | 63 | 15 | 13% | 87% |
| 25 | Gatineau, QC | 2.3 | 67 | 20 | 45% | 80% |
| 26 | Aurora, ON | 2.1 | 13 | 5 | 40% | 80% |
| 27 | London, ON | 2 | 84 | 29 | 17% | 86% |
| 28 | Calgary, AB | 1.9 | 253 | 83 | 8% | 92% |
| 29 | Toronto, ON | 1.9 | 518 | 115 | 78% | 36% |
| 30 | Halifax, NS | 1.8 | 78 | 32 | 22% | 81% |
| 31 | Markham, ON | 1.8 | 62 | 16 | 69% | 44% |
| 32 | Burlington, ON | 1.8 | 33 | 8 | 88% | 13% |
| 33 | Guelph, ON | 1.6 | 23 | 6 | 83% | 67% |
| 34 | Pickering, ON | 1.6 | 16 | 5 | 100% | 40% |
| 35 | Richmond, BC | 1.5 | 32 | 6 | 83% | 33% |
| 36 | Montreal, QC | 1.5 | 256 | 31 | 100% | 23% |
| 37 | Mississauga, ON | 1.5 | 111 | 24 | 79% | 21% |
| 38 | Maple Ridge, BC | 1.5 | 14 | 5 | 20% | 80% |
| 39 | Oakville, ON | 1.3 | 28 | 6 | 83% | 17% |
| 40 | Edmonton, AB | 1.2 | 120 | 30 | 40% | 63% |
| 41 | Burnaby, BC | 1.2 | 30 | 8 | 13% | 88% |
| 42 | Surrey, BC | 1.1 | 61 | 19 | 32% | 95% |
| 43 | Sudbury, ON | 1.1 | 18 | 6 | 67% | 83% |
| 44 | Laval, QC | 1 | 46 | 9 | 100% | 44% |
| 45 | Winnipeg, MB | 0.9 | 70 | 13 | 69% | 38% |
| 46 | Hamilton, ON | 0.7 | 39 | 10 | 60% | 50% |
Where night tennis lives
Share of court locations with lights - the difference between a 9-to-5 court system and one that works for people with jobs.
5 locations
5 locations
31 locations
9 locations
8 locations
6 locations
6 locations
6 locations
5 locations
5 locations
Indoor courts: the winter problem
Canadian tennis is seasonal almost everywhere - these cities have the most locations with indoor courts, the only thing keeping rallies alive from November to April.
of 115 locations
of 31 locations
of 20 locations
of 52 locations
of 25 locations
of 112 locations
of 16 locations
of 6 locations
of 83 locations
of 32 locations
Court supply is under real pressure: Toronto’s club waitlists run into the tens of thousands of names, and cities across the country are weighing converting tennis courts for pickleball. Numbers like these are how those debates should be settled.
Methodology
Counts come from the live tennisss directory of 1,236 court locations (4,714 individual courts) across 277 Canadian cities and towns, compiled from municipal listings, club sites, and on-the-ground verification. This page recomputes daily as the directory grows, so numbers always reflect the current dataset ("Updated July 2026").
- Only cities with at least 5 tracked locations are ranked; smaller towns still count toward national totals.
- Populations are 2021 Census of Population figures (Statistics Canada), matched to census subdivisions. Former municipalities are folded into their current city: North York, Scarborough, and Etobicoke count toward Toronto; Kanata, Nepean, and Gloucester toward Ottawa; Dartmouth and Bedford toward Halifax Regional Municipality; Thornhill (which straddles the Vaughan-Markham boundary) is counted under Vaughan.
- "Free to play" means no fee for public access; club and booking-required venues count as not free.
- Coverage is strongest in and around major metros. If we’re missing a court, tell us and the report will pick it up on the next refresh.
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Source: Canada's Tennis Court Report, tennisss.com (https://www.tennisss.com/reports/canadian-tennis-courts)Source: <a href="https://www.tennisss.com/reports/canadian-tennis-courts">Canada's Tennis Court Report</a>, tennisss.comFind a court in your city.
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