Swimming Lessons

• Vancouver mom frustrated she can’t teach her child swimming during public swims

  Hailey Arthur took her daughter to Kensington Pool earlier in the summer so she could get familiar with a pool before starting a summer camp in July.

  Lifestyle

  Aug 23, 2025
  
• Big demand for swimming lessons in B.C. as new private pool sets to open

  Glen Mitzel with the City of Port Coquitlam says demand for aquatic lessons is high across B.C. and the privatization helps ease the demand on city programs.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2025
  
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• ‘Huge demand’ for swimming lessons amid pool capacity and staffing challenges

  The city of Calgary says a shortage of lifeguards means city-owned pools aren't operating at full capacity, but one of the city's biggest swim clubs says more pools are needed.

  Health

  Jan 14, 2025
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• Should swimming lessons be included in B.C.’s school curriculum?

  Questions around water safety are back in the spotlight following a pair of recent drownings, one at Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver and another in Kelowna.

  Education

  Jul 8, 2024
• Calgary opens up thousands of additional spots for summer swimming lessons

  More than 2,800 additional summer swimming lesson spots will be available at Southland Leisure Centre, Village Square Leisure Centre and Glenmore Aquatic Centre. 

  Features

  Jun 4, 2024
• Affordable swimming lessons less and less accessible in B.C.

  Public pools, especially indoor pools, are expensive for municipalities to build and operate and for years there has been a shortage of lifeguards and instructors.

  Lifestyle

  May 30, 2024
• ‘Silent and quick’: Lack of supervision the leading cause of drownings in children

  More than nine in 10 (96 per cent) of drownings among children under the age of five happen because of absent or distracted supervision, according to a report.

  Health

  Aug 6, 2023
• Alberta swim instructor opens pool in refurbished Swiss Chalet building

  A new pool in Airdrie has sprung up in an unusual location. A swim school focusing on private lessons is operating out of a former Swiss Chalet restaurant.

  Features

  Jul 26, 2023
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• Winnipeg parents struggle to get kids into city swimming lessons: ‘Already fully booked’

  This spring the city is offering 29 per cent fewer swimming courses than before the pandemic.

  Education

  Mar 29, 2023
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• With swimming season on the horizon, Manitoba scrambling for lifeguards

  The province's dearth of qualified lifeguards is due, in part, to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Christopher Love of Lifesaving Society Manitoba.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2023