Aquatic sports
Host of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, two FINA World Championships, many FINA World Cup championships and series, the IPC Swimming Worlds and home to the national training centre for Canada’s swimming, diving, artistic swimming and water polo teams, Montréal is a leading international aquatic sports destination that has it all.
An island in the St. Lawrence River, Montréal is renowned worldwide for its eventhosting expertise, world-class venues, joie de vivre and hospitality, best-in-class organizers and as a training hub for world-class athletes. Olympic and Paralympic champions such as Jennifer Abel, Meghan Benfeito, Benoit Huot and Alexandre Despatie all got their start in Montréal.
We have done it before
Montréal has hosted the following signature aquatics sporting events:
- 2005 11th FINA World Aquatics Championships
- 2012 and 2024 Swimming Canada Olympic and Paralympic trials
- 2012 Diving Canada Cup
- 2012 UANA Junior Pan American Water Polo Championships
- 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships
- 2014 15th FINA World Masters Championships
- 2015 Water Polo Canada National Championships - Senior Nationals
- 2017-18 Swimming Canada and Water Polo Canada National Championships
- 2019 Canadian Artistic Swimming Qualifier
- 2019 Water Polo Canada Cup
- 2018-2021 FINA Diving World Series
- 2022 FINA World Junior Diving Championships
There’s something in the water in MTL when it comes to top-tier aquatics
Cutting-edge aquatic venues at every corner
Montréal Olympic Pool
Located in one of the most modern, highperformance multisport centres in North America and home to Canada’s swimming, water polo, diving and artistic swimming teams, the Olympic Center features a FINA Plus-certified competition pool that can be configured for 25- or 50-metre swimming competitions, a training pool with five 50-metre lanes, a three-metre deep artistic swimming and water polo pool, a diving tank with FINA-certified springboards and tower, including the new 20-metre high platform, 4,000 seats as well as a cutting-edge gym and services.
Parc Jean-Drapeau
A world-class outdoor aquatic facility that has one Olympic-size pool, a recreational pool with ten 50-metre lanes and a diving pool that includes springboards and 1-metre, 3-metre, 5-metre, 7.5-metre, 10-metre and 22-metre diving towers. It was host venue of the 2005 FINA World Aquatic Championships, 2014 FINA World Aquatic Masters and the 2013 IPC World Swimming Championships.
Claude-Robillard Sports Complex
A multisport facility with an Olympic-size pool and a diving pool with a 10-metre diving tower.
Pools at every corner of the city
Boasting the most pools per capita in the Americas, the City of Montréal manages 48 indoor pools, 74 outdoor pools, 109 wading pools and 117 splash parks where young and old alike can enjoy a refreshing dip.
Montréal's ecosystem is real and vibrant
- Canada‘s aquatic sport federations and training centres in all FINA disciplines are based at the Olympic Stadium
- We have thousands of volunteers ready to contribute
- Key suppliers and event organizers are based in the Montréal area
- Given its strong relationship with public funding partners, the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal and private corporations, Montréal knows how to secure public and commercial funding to support your events"