Aquatics Instruction

Prerequisite: None

Participants will learn introductory swimming skills including floats on their front and back, rhythmic breathing forward and to the side, and front and back glides with flutter kicking. This will build toward the completion of a front swim and back swim of 3 sets of 15 metres each. By the end of the level, participants will complete a distance swim of 30 metres.

Note: Women's Only class is only for those who identify as a woman.  During women-only registered classes: Windows and doors are completely covered. Only staff members who are women are on deck. An enclosed shower space is available immediately outside the pool. Women can change into bathing attire in accessible, private washrooms adjacent to the pool deck so that they do not need to go through public spaces in bathing attire.

Participants to Instructor ratio: 6:1 

Register for Absolute Beginner Level I 

Register for Women-Only Absolute Beginner Swim Level I

Prerequisite: Completion of Absolute Beginner Level 1 OR participants must be able to swim 15 metres on their front with face submerged and 15 metres on their back. Participants must also be able to complete a distance swim of 30 metres.

Participants will improve their endurance and swimming technique working towards a front swim and back swim of 3 set of 25 metres each. Participants will be introduced to whip kick on their front and back and elementary back stroke completing 2 sets of 10 metres of this stroke. Participants will work on treading for 60 seconds and continue to fine-tune their flutter kick. By the end of the level, participants will complete a distance swim of 100 metres.  

Note: Women's Only class is only for those who identify as a woman. During women-only registered classes: Windows and doors are completely covered. Only staff members who are women are on deck. An enclosed shower space is available immediately outside the pool. Women can change into bathing attire in accessible, private washrooms adjacent to the pool deck so that they do not need to go through public spaces in bathing attire.

Participants to Instructor ratio: 8:1 

Register for Basic Swim Level II

Register for Women-Only Basic Swim Level II

Prerequisite: Completion of Basic Swim Level 2 OR participants must be able to swim 25 metres of each front crawl and back crawl. Participants must also be able to complete a distance swim of 50 metres in deep water.

Participants will continue to work on their swimming technique working towards completion of 100 metres of front crawl with proper side-breathing and 100 metres of back crawl. Swimmers will be introduced to both breaststroke and side stroke, completing 2 sets of 25 metres of each of these strokes. Participants will also be introduced to dolphin kick and diving. By the end of the level, participants will complete a distance swim of 300 metres.

Note: Women's Only class is only for those who identify as a woman. During women-only registered classes: Windows and doors are completely covered. Only staff members who are women are on deck. An enclosed shower space is available immediately outside the pool. Women can change into bathing attire in accessible, private washrooms adjacent to the pool deck so that they do not need to go through public spaces in bathing attire.

Participants to Instructor ratio: 8:1

Register for Intermediate Swim Level III

Register for Women-Only Intermediate Swim Level III

Prerequisite: Completion of Intermediate Swim Level 3 OR participants must be able to swim 100 metres of each front crawl and back crawl and 25 metres of breaststroke. Participants must also be able to complete a distance swim of 200 metres of continuous swimming in deep water.

Participants will fine-tune their stroke technique and build on their endurance working towards 200 metres each of front crawl and back crawl, 100 metres of breaststroke and 50 metres of side stroke with appropriate form. Swimmers will continue working on their dolphin kicks, be introduced to butterfly, and try out some flip turns. By the end of the level, participants will complete a distance swim of 400 metres.  

Note: Women's Only class is only for those who identify as a woman. During women-only registered classes: Windows and doors are completely covered. Only staff members who are women are on deck. An enclosed shower space is available immediately outside the pool. Women can change into bathing attire in accessible, private washrooms adjacent to the pool deck so that they do not need to go through public spaces in bathing attire.

Participants to Instructor ratio: 8:1

Register for Stroke Mechanics Level IV

Register for Women-Only Stroke Mechanics Level IV

Prerequisite: Completion of Stroke Mechanics Level 4 OR participants must be able to swim 200 metres of both front and back crawl, 100 metres of breaststroke and swim a continuous distance of 400 metres.

Participants are coached through a series of workouts. Workout distances average from 1 to 3.5 kilometres and accommodate a range of abilities.  Workouts will focus on fitness, endurance and fine-tuning technique in strokes with goals of improving speed and efficiency of strokes.

Participants to Instructor ratio: 10:1

Register for Swim Training Level V

Prerequisite: Participants must be comfortable jumping into deep water and able to complete the deep end swim test (jump in, submerge and recover, swim 25m and tread water for 2 minutes)

Divers learn basic skills in a safe and non-competitive environment. Emphasis is on the performance of basic skills from the one-metre springboard.

Three and five-metre entries are not available. All skill levels are welcome; no diving experience is necessary.  

Participants to Instructor ratio: 12:1

Register for Springboard Diving

Register for Drop-in Learn to Dive