Mowat Swimming Pool — Local services in Toronto

Update 2024: Good alternative to the TPASC pool with easy parking, and less busy. The water is now warm. As for swim instructors, my son did his Bronze Cross last year and it was excellent. Apparently there are now aqua fit classes on Thursdays and maybe lane swimming too.

As for swim instructing, some instructors are great and some lack experience. The City needs to find ways to support new instructors in a positive way so it reflects on the class.

Review 2016: The pool water is cold with too much chlorine! No recreational swimming on Sunday. The swimming lessons run through the City of Toronto are not good. My boys did Ultra 5 and were held back because 1/2 the class were not ready for this level. The supervisor should have withdrawn those kids and put them in the appropriate level instead of teaching a lower level class. The class was disorganized and painful to watch. My kids were told that they did not pass based on one small technicality but regardless, I registered them for the next level Ultra 6 at the Toronto Pam Am and they had no problems passing. This year they are in Ultra 7. The only positive is that the change rooms are clean and you can sit on deck and watch your...

The last time I came here is when I drowned when I was a kid the SWIMMING POOL IS SO DEEP there was poop in the swimming pool and I came here again there is still poop in the swimming pool everywhere and they do not clean the swimming...

Has some great swim instructors! Sometimes on weekends parking can be problematic if there is a volleyball game or other tournament happening...