Basic swimming ability is a fundamental requirement in any meaningful attempt to eliminate drowning in Canada.
The Lifesaving Society offers training programs from learn-to-swim through advanced lifesaving, lifeguarding and leadership. Contact your local municipal pool, Y, summer camp, school, college or university.
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Newfoundland and Labrador has a substantially higher drowning rate (3.5 per 100,000 population) than Canada as a whole (1.3 per 100,000) in the most recent 5-year period (2010-2014) for which we have complete national data.
