City of Montreal increases age limit for unsupervised youngsters in pools
MONTREAL — The move by Montreal to increase the minimum age for youngsters to be allowed into its public swimming pools without supervision is getting the thumbs-up from the province’s lifesaving society.
Several drownings earlier this year prompted the city to raise the age to eight years old from six when municipal pools opened this summer.
There’s also a height requirement, even if the child is eight.
Raynald Hawkins, director of the Quebec Lifesaving Society, says his organization agrees with the city’s decision, adding it also meets standards that have been adopted in other provinces.