Canadian Pod

[Prairie Mermaid Jamie]

No worries matt. Its good you did since ive been up and down and all over the place.

yes lane swimming is 5$ per person, available from 11 to 1 mon to fri. They also have night one from 9 to 10 pm mon to thurs and public lane swim from 1-3 on saturdays. Thats quite a bit busier then usual lane swim and may or may not be enough room for all of us and tails. They have the dive boards open on saturday.

the pool is available for rent on the weekends. I think the dive tank is 50 or 60 an hour and the regular pool is 75 per hour.
Dive tank is better for us. The regular pool is older and not overly deep. Better for straight swimming, the tank is better for tricks.

dive tank is 15 feet deep and not overly chlorinated!!!!!!! Its at the Michener Center.

i do need to add that there are windows on two side of the dive tank about a foot under the surface. During holidays they like to decorate them. I did not know this when i went in december and when i got close to it i discovered there was a decapitated snowman head in it. Scared the hell outta me. I also discovered you cannot scream underwater................

[Atlantisblue]

I'm from around Vancouver as well

[Nami-Tsu]

So my mer-sister River Moonsong and I made our first fabric tails last week and finally got to go for a swim in them last night. We were so excited and still have smiles on our faces today. It was an amazing experience that has made us look forward to the next fabric tail we planned to make for our selves. we took some pictures and some videos. It was nice to have such friendly lifeguards and even friendlier strangers come and ask us about our tails. First full mermaid swim is a memory I plan to keep making.

[Mermaid Sabie]

Wowo Nami-Tsu that sounds so amazing! I would love to see pictures and videos!

[Kayyi]

Mer here from Alberta it'd be awesome to have a Canadian Pod

[AniaR]

hey Kayyi feel free to join the fb group https://www.facebook.com/groups/375142929328888/

[Prairie Mermaid Jamie]

I think theres enough of us to have an alberta pod

Now we need to plan a swim date!

[River Moonsong]

Yes, yes we do!

[Prairie Mermaid Jamie]

I just finished fixing my tail so I can swim in it again. Ill check monday about dive tank rentals.

[Princess Pearl]

Exciting news! A friend of mine owns a costume making company in Toronto. They're looking at mass-producing scale print fabric tails here in Canada! No more customs and exchange rates! AND I get to be the one that test drives the prototypes!

I'll keep you ladies and gentlemen in the loop on this.

[JamesGunnels]

Exciting news! A friend of mine owns a costume making company in Toronto. They're looking at mass-producing scale print fabric tails here in Canada! No more customs and exchange rates! AND I get to be the one that test drives the prototypes!

I'll keep you ladies and gentlemen in the loop on this.

oooh! I like this idea! I kind of grew up in the GTA so...it would be cool to meet some new mers next time I head north!

[AniaR]

please keep me posted if that happens my company will be the first to sign up to buy in bulk lol. We have mermaid makeover packages but also have people coming to us wanting to buy kid's tails. It would save us so much hassle and everyone so much money!

[Starfrit]

That's so awesome, Pearl! It would be insanely rad to have more Canadian-based tailmakers on the market!

[Prairie Mermaid Jamie]

May I ask the company name?

[Princess Pearl]

Kelly Francis costumes Inc. They've done costumes for Cirque du Soleil as well as various movies and TV shows, and even individual cosplays.

There's nothing solid on this yet, he's still sourcing materials. If it ends up being as expensive to make the tails here as it is to ship one up from the states, there's no point.

[JamesGunnels]

Well...I'm an expat Canadian Do I still count? lol

[PuppyFish]

Ello,
I'm Kit and I live on Vancouver Island in BC.
Amazed to see so many Canadian Merfolks! ♡

[AniaR]

So in dealing with the insane photo theft of the montreal mermaid swim school, I have come across some more Canadian Mermaid companies that I didnt know existed!

http://mermaidsinternational.com

^based in vancouver

http://www.internationalmermaidacademy.com/About-Us.php

^based in ontario

our company has been around longer but I am still surprised I'd never heard of them before. I have been touching base with the first link, as there were issues with the montreal swim school stealing photos. And the owner seems really nice

The second link I am wondering if anyone knows them? I just sent their own a friend request on FB to see if I could get to know them

in an update on the montreal swim school THEY KEEP STEALING PHOTOS and everyone they have stolen from has been going after them. 3 fins, mermaid LInden, mertailor, Philippians mermaid school... I did an interview with the globe and mail and they asked me a lot about it so I am hoping it comes to light as they are getting insane media coverage with stolen photos

[Mer Maid Lexi]

Toronto and looking for mers

[merkitty]

I know its a bit early to start asking but does anyone near the Toronto area want to do a mer-meetup sometime late May? I'm going to be getting my Mernation tail around the beginning of May so it would be awesome to finally meet some of you wonderful mer-people!