Canadian Olympic, Paralympic swimming trials location moving to Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre

The place dubbed the fastest pool in Canada because of the number of records broken in it will now play host to the 2024 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic swimming trials. 

Swimming Canada has just announced the trials, set to begin in five weeks, are moving to the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (TPASC).

This substantial move comes in the wake of Swimming Canada being forced to move from Montreal's Olympic Park after a fire there last month forced the closure of the facility.

Since then, Swimming Canada has scrambled to find a new location. Hundreds of flights and accommodations for swimmers, coaches and officials are now having to be rebooked. The event runs May 13-20.

Swimming Canada says it's setting up an assistance program for those seeking accommodations in the Toronto area and facing additional costs due to travel changes.

Air Canada, a sponsor of the event, has offered to waive any change fees and fare differences incurred by those with flights already booked to Montreal.

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At this point there are no details about the total cost to move the event, but a long list of key stakeholders and partners of swimming Canada were consulted before confirming the venue change.

These Olympic and Paralympic trials originally planned for Montreal ahead of the Paris Games were supposed to expose a different audience to Canada's swimming talent.

Swimming Canada officials say they exhausted every avenue trying to find another location in the Montreal area, looking to be fiscally responsible while also honouring what would be best for athletes.

In the end it was the athlete voice that led to making the decision to move the trials to Toronto.

"There have