Events
Competitive swimming events are a great way to challenge the swimmers in your club to reach for their best. Events are hosted by clubs and Swim Nova Scotia. The Schedule of Events for Summer, Year-Round and Masters swimming in Nova Scotia is set by Swim NS and must be sanctioned by Swim NS via the Swimming Canada webpage. Programming is developed following Swimming Canada’s Swimmer Development Matrix; Swim NS Event Descriptors can be found here.
2025-2026 Schedule of Events as of January 12, 2026
2026-2027 Schedule of Events as of May 20, 2026 - Draft - Subject to Meet Bids and Facility Access
Meet Information packages can be found on the Swimming Canada webpage once they have been sanctioned, and can be found here
Time Standards are reviewed each year and adjusted as necessary to ensure accuracy and balance between events and are available below with each respective program.
Program Information
Year-Round:
2025-2026 Competition Information
2025-2026 Nova Tech Meet Templates as of October 9, 2025
2026-2027 Nova Tech Meet Templates as of May 13, 2026
2025-2026 Age Group Development Meet Templates as of May 20, 2025
2026-2027 Age Group Development Meet Templates as of May 20, 2026
Meet Information Packages can be found on the Swimming Canada webpage
Meet Results can be found on Swim Rankings
To view Masters Meets, please visit the Masters page on our site
Summer Information:
Program Information is available on this page
Masters Information:
Meet Results can be accessed through Clubs.
Open Water Information:
Long Lake Open Water Course Map
2026 Open Water Events:
Thursday July 16th - registration now open (deadline to register is Monday July 13th)
Race start times:
6:00pm 5km Start
6:05pm 3km Start
6:10pm 1km Start
8:00pm Course Cut-off (all competitors must be out of the water)
Check-In: 5:00-5:30pm
Safety Briefing: 5:40pm
Race Distances: 1km (All Ages), 3km (13 & Over) and 5km swims (13 & Over) – ages as of event day
Fees: $25.00 Swim NS Members, $30.00 Non-Members (registration includes limited membership with Swim NS). Payment: e-transfer swimming@sportnovascotia.ca and use the password ‘swimming’
Thursday August 6th - registration opens July 17th
Past Open Water Results:
2025 Open Water #1 Results as of July 9th
2024 Open Water #2 Results as of August 9th
2024 Open Water #1 Results as of August 9th
2023 Open Water #2 Results as of August 17th
2023 Open Water #1 Results as of 07_21_23 (Non-Ken Dunn Participants)
2023 Ken Dunn Open Water Results as of 07_17_23
Open Water # 1 Results 07-13-22 v2 (Non-Ken Dunn Participants)