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Province to look at adding water safety to school curriculum after sibling drowning deaths

In 2014, there were 130 water-related deaths in Ontario, while 189 people passed away in 2021, the most recent year that statistics are available.

Published Aug 20, 2025 at 8:19pm

Davis Legree
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Davis Legree
Province to look at adding water safety to school curriculum after sibling drowning deaths

Paul Calandra speaks during Question Period at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Education Minister Paul Calandra said the Ontario government will look at incorporating water safety programming into the provincial curriculum, after two kids drowned in Dryden, Ont., last month.

Calandra’s comments came in response to a question from Dryden Mayor Jack Harrison during the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference, held this week in Ottawa.

Harrison outlined the tragedy that recently took place in his community, and asked Calandra whether the province is looking at how water safety education could become mandatory for children across the province.

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