Competitive swimming clubs are raising the alarm that communities across Canada are dealing with aging aquatic facilities and as a result, the chance for Canadians to reach elite swimming levels is diminishing.

“What happens after every Olympic and Paralympic Games is we have so many boys and girls who want to be the next Summer McIntosh or the next Josh Liendo,” Jocelyn Jay with Swimming Canada told Global News.

According to the organization that governs competitive swimming in Canada, there are 5,060 publicly-owned pools as of 2020.

More than half are near the end of their life.

“I think what’s scary is down the road, based on the influx of interest, based on the success of our high-performance programs, we’re not going to have the pools and the lane space to be able to manage the

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