PlayFinder Scores Big in Inverness County

October 24, 2025

This spring, the Municipality’s Recreation & Community Wellness team introduced a new online registration platform for all recreation programs and equipment loan opportunities.

PlayFinder is a Nova Scotia-built platform designed with small communities in mind that makes registration easy to navigate, clearly categorizes programs, and even recommends activities based on the user’s age, location, and interests.

It flags scheduling conflicts before you register, sends reminders for upcoming events, and offers responsive, helpful tech support.

For municipal staff, PlayFinder has been a game changer. It generates program rosters automatically, creates contact lists for updates, and, perhaps most importantly, process secure online payments. That payment feature ahs opened doors for new partnerships with community organizations like Wave Volleyball and Fèis Mhabu, where the municipality can handle registration and marketing while ensuring payments are properly collected.

Recreation Programmer Krista MacInnis says the difference was clear this summer. “PlayFinder made everything run far smoother, for residents and for our team,” she noted.

From day camps to special events, the Recreation & Community Wellness team’s busiest season ran with fewer hiccups and more happy participants, allowing everyone to spend less time signing up, and more fun showing up and having fun.

To learn more, visit https://playfinder.ca. If you have questions about the new platform or ever need a hand using it, please reach out to Support@PlayFinder.ca at any time and their helpful local staff will assist you. They also welcome constructive feedback for platform improvements.