2026 Ontario Swimming Championships

HOSTED BY SWIM ONTARIO WITH THE HELP OF DAY HOSTS SCAR, NYAC, LSC, MAC & ESWIM

Jul 8, 2026 - Jul 12, 2026

Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre

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Video Analysis by RaceTek:
- Full Race Video coverage for all Open Finals and the last 3 Timed Finals in all Youth Events.
- These Race Videos will be made available online (DropBox Folder) to all Swim Ontario affiliated Clubs/Teams at no charge courtesy of Swim Ontario.
- Additonal services and more information click HERE

Pre-Scratch Entry Lists
- Open Age
- Split Age Groups
Overall Schedule updated
Pre-Scratch Session Timelines posted
- B Finals removed for events with 35 or fewer entries
- Events with no entries removed
SplashMe enabled

Meet package update:
- Finals warm-up & start times adjusted.
- Overall Schedule with Prelims sessions split warm-up designation available HERE
  - The Wednesday prelim warm-up and Youth session warm-ups will not be split.

Meet Package updates:
- Correction to scratch deadlines.
- Dive Tank access for cooldown is limited to the Open Sessions only.

Meet Package updates:
- Clarification on 48 hours change period and access to entry file upload.
- Training Pool available for Prelims warm-ups (10 x 50m).

Long Course – single ended
Prelims & Finals & Timed Final (Open Sessions) events Wed - Sun
- Finals Age Groups: 14&Under, 15-16, 17&Over
  - There is an “A” final only for 400m events.
  - There is an “A” and “B” final for each age group. The “A” final will swim before the “B” final
- PARA Finals: OPEN age - A Final
Timed Final (Youth Sessions) events Thurs - Sat
- Age Groups: 11&Under, 12
  - seeding age combined with fastest heat of each agroup swimming together except 800m

This event is restricted to Ontario based athletes including UofOttawa swimmers (registered with Swimming Canada as Competitive or Varsity ) aged

Entry Deadline: Monday, June 22, 2026 at ⚠️10 PM ⚠️
Qualifying Period: January 1, 2025 – Sunday, June 21, 2026
Qualifying Standards:
- Olympic Program (OP) Swimmers: 2026 Ontario Swimming Championship Standards – TABLE view
- PARA Swimmers: 2026 Para Ontario Swimming Championship Standards (unchanged from 2025) – pdf view
All OP swimmers must achieve at least 2 (two) 2026 Ontario Swimming Championship Standard in two separate events to attend the competition.
- 12&U swimmers that achieve 2 (two) 13&U qualifying time in two separate events must choose to participate in all the Open sessions or all the Youth sessions. They cannot participate in both.
All PARA swimmers must achieve at least 2 (two) 2026 Para Ontario Swimming Championship Standard in two separate events to attend the competition.

Olympic Program swimmers must have achieved the Provincial Consideration Time to enter a Bonus event (excludes non eligible bonus events)
- Consideration Times (CT): These times allow athletes to enter in bonus events but do not guarantee a swim. If we cannot accommodate everyone within a reasonable session length, we will reject the slowest entries, based on time, across the different events of that day. This will be done proportionally across events in all age groups.
Structure
- 2 QTs = 2 Bonus swims with CT time in either SCM or LCM
- 3 QTs = 1 Bonus swim with CT time in either SCM or LCM
- 4 or more QTs = 0 Bonus swim
400 IM and 400/800/1500 Free events are NOT ELIGIBLE AS BONUS SWIMS
Swimmers are limited to a maximum of 1 bonus swim per day.

See Meet Package for full details.

Club inquiries are to be directed to Nicole Parent meetentries@swimontario.com
Parent/Guardian inquiries are to be directed to their swimmer's coach.

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