📍 Venue
Dorchester Fairgrounds
4939 Hamilton Road
Dorchester, Ontario
N0L 1G6
🗺 Site Overview
The Dorchester Fairgrounds offers a spacious outdoor layout designed to support multiple competition rings, crating, vendors, and on-site camping.
Please refer to the venue map below for:
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Ring locations (Rings 1, 2 & 3)
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Crating & shade tent areas
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Vendors
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Volunteer building
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Washrooms & showers
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Parking areas
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Emergency access routes
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Off-limits areas
🚗 Entrance & Traffic Flow
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Main entrance located off Hamilton Road
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Emergency access clearly marked on site map
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Arrival and departure traffic times will be communicated closer to the event
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Please follow on-site signage and volunteer direction at all times
🅿 Parking
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General competitor parking is located on-site (see map)
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Vehicles must not block emergency lanes or ring access
⛺ Shade Tents & Day Crating
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Shade tent spaces are not assigned
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Vehicle access to the tenting/crating area will be permitted during scheduled morning and evening access windows.
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Vehicles must return to parking immediately after unloading
🚿 Facilities
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Indoor washrooms with flush toilets
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Showers available on-site
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Additional porta-potties with hand wash stations
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Potable water available for personal and dog use
(Note: Trailer water fill-ups and sewer pump-outs are not available on-site. See Camping page for more details.)
🐾 Important Notes
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Respect all marked off-limits areas
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Keep dogs leashed outside rings
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Clean up after your dogs
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Follow AAC rules and event volunteer direction
Dorchester Fairgrounds
4939 Hamilton Road
Dorchester, Ontario
N0L 1G6
Directions:
From Highway 401:
Take exit 203 for Elgin Road/Toward Aylmer. Drive North on Elgin Road. Turn left on to Hamilton Road.
From the North:
Take Elgin Road south, just before 401 turn right onto Hamilton Road.
Entrance/Exit:
Both entrances will be open during main "arrival" and "departure" times. Beyond that, the west entrance will be the primary entrance/exit.
Accessibility: Competitors displaying an accessible parking permit on their vehicle will be directed to the designated parking spaces at the venue.
Shade Tents: Tent spaces will not be allocated. You may drive closer to the tenting area to drop off but must immediately return to the parking area after drop-off. No tents will be allowed to be set up before 3pm on Thursday.
Thank You Sponsors
Meet ALL the amazing partners who make Regionals possible! 🐾
Every great event is built on partnership, and we’re proud to have the support of our generous sponsors.
We’re grateful to the businesses and organizations backing AAC Ontario Regionals 2026. Their generosity helps us celebrate agility, community, and connection.
Please visit the sponsors page to meet all the amazing partners who make Regionals possible! 🐾
📸 Special thanks to Donna Kasubeck Photography for generously providing many of the photos featured on our site.