I was originally thinking of organizing this list alphabetically, but then I changed my mind and decided to organize by categories as some of these locations are university clubs, archery tag locations, and only a few are wholly private archery ranges.
PRIVATE ARCHERY RANGES IN THE GTA
Archers of Caledon
archersofcaledon.org
Located North-West of Brampton, this club/private range was once known as the Humber Valley Archers, but changed the name when they moved the club to Caledon Hills north west of Toronto. The club hosts indoor and outdoor tournaments, and international tournaments as well.
The Archers of Caledon has a 30 x 15 meter heated indoor range, with 10 shooting lanes.
Outdoors, Archers of Caledon has:
- A 30 to 90 meter target range.
- A 10 to 80 meter practice range, which includes both field archery and target archery.
- A 28 target field archery / 3D range course with animal targets ranging from 6 to 65 meters.
Durham Archers
durhamarchers.com
Two ranges located north of Oshawa, this members only club offers a 3D shooting range (only from Spring to Autumn, the 3D targets are put in storage during the winter to prevent ice damage), target ranges, and field archery. They also host a variety of tournaments.
Note - There is no indoor range.
Peel Archery Club
peelarchery.ca
Located in Peel/Brampton (north west of Pearson International Airport), this indoor range offers both target and 3D options, with the comfort of heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. It also boasts Canada's only 70 meter indoor archery range. (Currently the only one. This may change in the future.) They also host a variety of indoor tournaments.
Note - There is no outdoor range.
York County Bowmen
yorkcountybowmen.com
Located east of Newmarket (north of Toronto), York County Bowmen is a club/private range that boasts the following:
- An indoor 18 meter (20 yards) range with 12 shooting lanes.
- Over 50 acres of 3D target ranges, with 14 field archery shooting lanes.
- A target practice range, with targets spaced from 10 to 60 yards.
ARCHERY TAG INDOOR RANGES
The following is a short list of archery tag locations which also operate archery ranges, the trick being that most of the time the space is being used for archery tag, and they only rarely open the space up as an archery range. So for example some archery tag locations only open up the space for practice 1 day per week, so don't expect a lot of availability that matches your schedule. The size of the space varies on the locations, but don't expect anything larger than 30 meters as these locations are typically about the size of a high school gymnasium. The good news however is that you don't need a membership for these indoor ranges and can just pay an hourly rate to use the space.
- Archers Arena in North York
- Archery Circuit located south of Markham
- Archery District in Etobicoke
- Archery 2 You in Ajax
- Battle Sports in North York
- Stryke Archery Range in Brampton and York
UNIVERSITY ARCHERY RANGES
Joining an university archery club can be a bit trickier. It generally helps if you are already a student or alumni for that university. With university archery clubs there is typically specific times when the range is open, so you really need to find out what their hours operations are before deciding whether to make the effort to join one of these clubs.
- University of Ryerson Archery Club
- University of Toronto Archery Club @ Hart House
- York University Archery Club
PLACES TO AVOID
Sharon Gun Club - Located north-east of Newmarket, this club does NOT offer archery. Contrary to what a Google search dictates, this club does NOT do archery at all. It is purely a gun club. So don't waste your time on this one.
Shooting Academy Canada - Located in Scarborough, this location does offer both guns and archery (as well as throwing knives, airsoft, and BB), and boasts a tiny 15 yard indoor target range. There is no outdoor range. No field archery, no 3D archery targets, etc. Hence why I decided to list it down here and not with the wholly private archery ranges. Plus since they are using firearms indoors, users should really be wearing hearing protection - which many archers might object to as it would feel weird wearing hearing protection while doing archery. So it is not a location I would recommend to students.
Target Sports Canada - Located north of Markham, this is another location that does NOT offer archery. It is another gun range that could be easily confused as an archery range, mostly due to faulty Google search results.
See Also
List of Archery Clubs in Ontario
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments containing links will be marked as spam and not approved. We moderate EVERY comment. Unmoderated comments are hidden until approved.
If you want better quality advertising, consider product reviews instead.