The slogan of Masters Swimming Canada is "Fun and Friendship, Health and Wellness, Participation and Achievement".
[2] Masters Swimming Canada is registered as a federally incorporated non-profit corporation and is governed by an elected board of directors.
Canada's first Masters Swimming club was established in 1971 by Hud Stewart, a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School and a Canadian track and field Olympian who had become interested in adult fitness.
Stewart and his friend Al Waites had entered the second US Masters National Championship in Amarillo on May 7 and May 8, 1971, alongside 106 US swimmers.
Swimmers can log distances by strokes, kicking, and drills, or by total metres, and can record further specifics or notes.