All about Red Cross Swimming in Canada



Hi this is Lauren and Carly from Super Strokes Swim School in Aurora, Ontario. We want to explain about the Red Cross and Red Cross swimming in Canada. Red Cross serves two main functions when it comes to swimming in Canada.

1. Red Cross teaches swimming lessons to people of all ages. 
2. Red Cross prepares and certifies instructors to teach swimming lessons to people of all ages.

The swimming program is broken down into two main sections.

1. Eight "Preschool" levels for ages 4 months old to 6 years old.
2. Ten "Swim Kid" levels for ages 5 years old to 12/13 years old.

The following four pages describe the various swimming levels:




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