The 2026 Canadian Swimming Trials are set to get underway at the Montreal Olympic Pool tomorrow, as Canada’s top swimmers vie for spots on the Pan Pacific Championships roster.
Below is a list of all the links you’ll need to follow the action this week, including results, event schedule, live stream links, and Swimming Canada’s selection criteria.
The Essentials
You can access the meet website here.
Psych sheets for the competition can be found here.
Live results for the competition are available here, but we’ll also be live recapping each session on SwimSwam.
You can read about some of the notable entries for the meet here.
How To Watch
Prelims will begin at 9:30am ET, with finals commencing at 5:30pm ET. All sessions appear to be available via live stream on both CBC.ca and CBC Sports’ YouTube channel. A VPN will likely be needed to access the streams.
Event Schedule
Selection Criteria
This meet will serve as the primary selection event for the 2026 Pan Pacs in August. There will be a maximum of 26 women and 26 men selected to the team.
The Commonwealth Games roster was pre-selected in October.
- Priority 1: The top finishing athlete in the ‘A’ final will be selected
- Priority 2: The top four finishing athletes in the women’s 100 free and 200 free and the men’s 100 free and 200 free
- Priority 3: All remaining swimmers who swam an AQUA ‘A’ time at the meet will be ranked according to the 2025 World Rankings. Swimmers will be selected in rank order to a maximum of 24 women and 24 men.
- Priority 4: Where spots are open, 2nd place finishers will be ranked according to their percentage of the AQUA ‘A’ standard. Swimmers will be selected in rank order to a maximum of 24 women and 24 men.
- Priority 5: Swimming Canada has the discretion to select additional eligible swimmers on the recommendation of the High Performance Director to a maximum of 26 women and 26 men.
AQUA ‘A’ Standards
| Women | Event | Men |
| 24.86 | 50 free | 22.05 |
| 54.25 | 100 free | 48.34 |
| 1:58.23 | 200 free | 1:46.70 |
| 4:10.23 | 400 free | 3:48.15 |
| 8:34.62 | 800 free | 7:48.66 |
| 16:24.56 | 1500 free | 15:01.89 |
| 28.22 | 50 back | 25.11 |
| 1:00.46 | 100 back | 53.94 |
| 2:11.08 | 200 back | 1:58.07 |
| 30.75 | 50 breast | 27.33 |
| 1:06.87 | 100 breast | 59.75 |
| 2:25.91 | 200 breast | 2:10.32 |
| 26.23 | 50 fly | 23.36 |
| 58.33 | 100 fly | 51.77 |
| 2:09.21 | 200 fly | 1:56.51 |
| 2:12.83 | 200 IM | 1:59.05 |
| 4:43.06 | 400 IM | 4:17.48 |
