Welcome to English Bay Swim Club!

The English Bay Swim Club is Vancouver's LGBTQIA2S+ masters swim team. We are all-inclusive, welcoming LGBTQIA2S+ and LGBTQIA2S+ friendly swimmers into the pool since 1982. EBSC encourages T​rans* and Gender-Variant swimmers to come join us

2025/26 Season

The 2025/26 swim season has started! Browse our membership options and join our club!

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Our Mission

"...to promote & support swimming among members of the LGBTQIA2S+​ community and our allies, and to uphold the masters philosophy of fun, friendship, and fitness for life in an environment that is inclusive, positive, safe, and socially active."

A little history of the club

As part of the Club's 30th Anniversary celebrations, "A Brief History of the English Bay Swim Club: 1982-2002" has been digitized and updated. Please give it a read! And if you can add to the story, please let us know.

A Brief History of the English Bay Swim Club 1982-2002 (pdf version)

​Proud to be partnered with 

Masters Swimming Association of British Columbia

Swim BC

Team Aquatic Supplies

Queer Film Festival

A Loving Spoonful