Activities & Amenities at Chartwell Pickering City Centre in Pickering  

At Chartwell Pickering City Centre, we offer a dynamic and supportive retirement lifestyle that is also fulfilling and purposeful. Our goal is to help you lead the engaging and active life you desire. We do this through our signature LiveNow life enrichment program, in which activities are based on promoting the six dimensions of wellness—physical, social, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and vocational. Staff are there to empower you to pursue the activities you love—and offer different ways to connect with people who may share similar interests and outlooks. You’ll find a full social calendar on offer, as well as a range of amenities designed to make it easy to follow your interests and passions. 

  • Senior resident enjoying the game of billiards in the activity room
  • Senior resident exercising on chair with the instructor
  • Senior couple admiring the painting they created.

Participate in our engaging activities 

Residents at Chartwell Pickering City Centre are highly engaged, sometimes leading activities in our life enrichment program that they have an expertise or interest in. This makes the residence a vibrant place to call home, where there’s always something going on. Can you see yourself joining a friendly game of Bridge or Cribbage, or enjoying some fun and challenging brain exercises in a FitMinds session? Perhaps you’d like to keep limber in a physio-fit class or dance it out at Rhythm ‘N’ Moves? Residents love learning something new in a “learn to play pool” class, or showing their creative or culinary talents in an art class or baking get-together. They are musical, loving sing-alongs and visits from local entertainers, and they are dancers too—senior prom anyone? If you enjoy being social, there are many opportunities to connect, from an ice cream social to an outing to Ribfest in the Park.  

Senior ladies dressed up in Caribbean theme and enjoying drinks

Explore our variety of onsite amenities 

Residents find the amenity spaces at Chartwell Pickering City Centre to be welcoming, open, and easy to navigate, allowing for both easy-going socializing and quiet relaxation. Beyond our spacious traditional dining room, our bistro is the perfect spot for a coffee or freshly prepared snack, and our private dining room can be booked for family dinners. You can play pool in our games room, or work out in our well-equipped fitness studio. Enjoy a film night in our movie theatre, or get comfortable with a good book in our library. We have a wellness centre and spa to keep you looking your best. Outside, our private patio is the place to spend a warm afternoon.  

We also have a guest room you can reserve for overnight visitors, and outdoor parking is an available option. 

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If you want to experience what it’s like to live in our retirement residence, there’s no better way than joining us for an activity or outing. It would be our pleasure to host you for an activity that appeals to your interests or have our Lifestyle & Programs Manager walk you through a sample of a senior living monthly activity calendar! 

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See our life enrichment experiences in action

What does the life enrichment experience at Chartwell look and feel like? What activities, social events and programs can you expect if you or a loved one move in? We answer those questions and more in our video series, where you’ll hear from Chartwell experts about our retirement residence programming, daily activities, social experiences, outings and so much more. You’ll also see real Chartwell residents and staff as they participate in some of the goings-on in our retirement communities!