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The Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre under construction in May 2014. The facility was funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, the City of Toronto and the University of Toronto. In 2009, students at the University of Toronto Scarborough voted in favour of a 25-year levy which will contribute about $30 million to the facility. [4]
Ripley's Aquarium of Canada is a public aquarium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The aquarium is one of three aquariums owned-and-operated by Ripley Entertainment. It is located in downtown Toronto, just southeast of the CN Tower. The aquarium has 5.7 million litres (1.25 million gallons) of marine and freshwater habitats from across the world.
The Aquatic Federation of Canada (AFC) (in French: Fédération aquatique du Canada, FAC) is a federation of the Olympic, Aquatics federations of Canada: Diving Canada, Canada Artistic Swimming, Swimming Canada, and Water Polo Canada. [2]
The 17th World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25 m) was taken place from 10 to 15 December 2024 in Budapest, Hungary at the Duna Arena. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Swimming events in the championships were conducted in a 25-metre indoor ( short course ) pool.
Number Year Host city Host country Dates Divers Countries Events Top nation 1: 1977: 2: 1979: 3: 1981: 4: 1983: 5: 1985: Woodlands United States 21–24 August: 6: 1987: Hamar Norway 6–9 August
The championships are usually held biennially, with competition in all five World Aquatics disciplines: swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and artistic swimming. [2] Starting in 2015, the competition was held jointly with the FINA World Aquatics Championships .
In the 1960s, the Pan-Am Pool was built for the 1967 Pan-Am Games, which was to take place in Winnipeg as the first Pan-Am Games held in Canada. In March that year, Winnipeg Mayor Stephen Juba applied to the Canadian Amateur Swimming Association for the Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada to be housed at the Pool.
It is home to Fairbank Outdoor Pool, a swimming pool that is run by the City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation West Toronto York District Aquatics Department. The facility consists of a baby pool, a large pool, and an eating area. The pool fits a capacity of 250 patrons which including a maximum of 50 in the baby pool area.