Ontario
Backstroke Flags in Ontario
In short
Swim Ontario governs club competition in Canada's largest swimming province, and OFSAA runs the school system — the second largest high school athletic association in North America. The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre's competition pool measures about 52.03 by 25 metres with ten lanes of exactly 2.5 metres.
- Swim Ontario
- Provincial governing body
- 52.03 m
- TPASC competition pool length
- 10 × 2.5 m
- TPASC lanes
- 46
- OFSAA championships across 21 sports
SourcesToronto Pan Am Sports Centre, Competition PoolSwimming Canada, Facility Rules & Guidelines
Who governs swimming in Ontario
Swim Ontario, based in North York, is the provincial section of Swimming Canada and the largest by membership. School competition runs through the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations, which provides 46 provincial championships across 21 sports and is the second largest high school athletic association in North America.
The scale matters for equipment. Ontario runs more sanctioned meets, in more buildings, than any other province, which means more flag lines in service and more of them reaching the end of their life in any given season.
A pool built exactly to the rulebook
The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre opened on 2 September 2014 with a 3,500-seat aquatics arena holding two Olympic-size pools and a diving well. Its competition pool measures approximately 52.03 by 25 metres and carries ten competition lanes of 2.5 metres each.
Common questions
- Do you supply backstroke flags to Ontario?
- Yes. Flags are built in Port Coquitlam, BC and supplied to teams across Canada, Ontario included.
- How wide are the lanes at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre?
- Ten competition lanes of 2.5 metres each, in a pool measuring approximately 52.03 by 25 metres — the standard World Aquatics lane width.