Time Standards

Updated November 12, 2025

Certain meets require swimmers to achieve qualifying times before they can compete. Swimming Canada publishes time standards for the Junior and Senior Nationals; Swim Ontario posts standards for the Provincial Championship meets; and the Western Ontario Swimming Association (WOSA) publishes standards for the Regional Championships. Clubs that host meets sometimes place qualifying and de-qualifying standards for their meet. A de-qualifying standard is a time for an event that a swimmer must be below in order to participate.

Swimming Canada

Standard Date
National Standards 2026–28

For additional national standards, visit swimming.ca.

Swim Ontario

The 2025-2026 Olympic program provincial standards are as follows:

Notes: Refer to the Swim Ontario website for an explanation of competition formats and additional qualification criteria.

Western Ontario Swimming Association (WOSA)