Masters Swimming Canada  Masters Swimming Canada is an organization that supports and promotes Masters Swimming in Canada at the national level. Masters Swimming Canada's role is to provide programs that are relevant to masters swimmers across Canada and to work with provincial bodies and clubs to implement those programs locally. Masters Swimming Canada's overarching goal is to enhance the swimming experience of its members and thereby expand participation in Masters Swimming. Masters Swimming Canada strives to meet the needs of all its members, from new swimmers to those who compete at the highest levels of Masters Swimming. The word "Masters" in Masters Swimming refers to age and not skill level. In Canada swimmers must be 18 years of age to register as a Masters Swimmer. Masters Swimming Canada's organization values are "Fun and Friendship, Health and Wellness, Participation and Achievement". Masters Swimming Canada is registered as a federally incorporated non-profit corporation and is governed by an elected board of directors. Registered Masters clubs are the voting members of the corporation. The board of directors acts as a policy-governance board with an executive director responsible for ongoing operations. It is a member of Swimming Natation Canada Inc., the national governing body for swimming in Canada. Competition, which includes short and long course pool competition as well as open water events, is just one component of Masters Swimming and in fact a large majority of Masters swimmers in Canada to not participate in official competitions. Masters Swimming Canada, through Swimming Canada, maintains the Canadian Masters Swimming Rule Book which governs all Masters swimming competitions in Canada. Masters Swimming Canada also maintains a calendar of all sanctioned competitions, a database of competitive results, the national rankings, and the Canadian national Masters records. Masters Swimming Canada organizes the annual Canadian Masters Swimming Championships. A bidding process is conducted each year leading to the selection of a local organizing committee. The Million Metre Challenge is a Masters Swimming Canada program that allows swimmers to track their training by recording the number of metres swum in each workout online. As swimmers reach various milestone distances they receive recognition and awards. The program also has components involving total metres swum by clubs and virtual swims where individual and club metres achieved are plotted on maps. Swimmers can log distances by strokes, kicking, and drills, or just by total metres, and can record further specifics or notes. Masters Swimming is a club-based organization that maintains a list of all Masters clubs in the country, and oversees structured swimming programs for adults which include competitions in pools or open water.