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SFU Recreation: Fitness Centre, Membership and the Pool
If you're enrolled in at least three credits and have paid SFU's Recreation and Athletics fee, your Burnaby recreation membership is already covered. You activate it by signing the SFU Athletics and Recreation waiver on go.sfu.ca, and you sign again every September because memberships expire on August 31. That gets you into the Fitness Centre in the Lorne Davies Complex, drop-in and intramural sports and racquet courts. The pool is closed for renovation.
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Who's covered and how to activate
Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in at least three credits who have been charged the Recreation and Athletics fee have a Burnaby membership included. You can check for the fee in your Student Centre on go.sfu.ca. Memberships become available on the first day of term.
- Sign the SFU Athletics and Recreation waiver online through go.sfu.ca. It can't be done in person.
- Your access starts when the term starts.
- Memberships end on August 31, so sign the waiver again each fall.
- Surrey and Vancouver students also register each term at athleticsandrecreation.its.sfu.ca, then activate at a partner recreation centre near their campus.
When the fee doesn't cover you
SFU lists common reasons a student isn't covered: a co-op term, a field study, taking only online courses, or taking fewer than three credits, including in summer. Your membership also stops if your eligibility changes during a term.
If you're not covered, you can buy a community membership or a program pass. Program passes cover options such as Pilates, yoga, climbing and group fitness.
The Fitness Centre
The Fitness Centre is on the bottom floor of the Lorne Davies Complex (LDC), room 088, overlooking Terry Fox Field. It's a multi-level, 12,000 square foot space.
| When | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. |
| Saturday and Sunday | 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
| Women's+ Hours | Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.; Wednesday 12:30 to 2 p.m.; Saturday 8:30 to 10 a.m. |
- Equipment includes 34 pin-loaded machines, 4 plate-loaded machines, 5 cable stations, 9 squat racks, 12 treadmills, 12 ellipticals and 6 rowing machines.
- Women's+ Hours are for people who self-identify as women, non-binary or Two-Spirit and feel comfortable in women-focused spaces.
- The Fitness Centre lists fall 2026 closures on September 5, 7 and 30, October 12 and November 11.
The pool is closed for renovation
The Aquatic Centre is closed while the Lorne Davies Complex Renewal Project continues. SFU says crews found serious structural problems in the dive tank that need a new engineering solution. Swimming programs, camps and community swims will return once construction is finished, and SFU's aquatics page doesn't give a reopening date.
Phase One of the renewal has reopened, with renewed changerooms with lockers and saunas, a combatives space and the East Gym.
Gyms, fields and the track
| Facility | What it's used for |
|---|---|
| West Gym | 12,000 square feet; basketball, volleyball and wrestling; seats 1,500 |
| SFU Stadium (Terry Fox Field) | Turf field for soccer, lacrosse and track and field, with an 8-lane IAAF standard track |
| Beedie Field | Varsity softball, with a batting cage |
| Aquatic Centre (under renovation) | 6-lane, 25-metre pool and dive tank |
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