All Canadian Red Cross courses meet strict guidelines for content and delivery. The Canadian Red Cross Lifeguard program meets all provincial/territorial legislation requirements. The Canadian Red Cross is pursuing recognition where Red Cross Lifeguard is not identified in provincial/territory legislation.
Federal Legislation
Alberta
The Canadian Red Cross Lifeguard program meets all provincial/territorial legislation requirements.
British Columbia
The Canadian Red Cross does not currently offer the Red Cross Lifeguard program in BC in keeping with an agreement with the Lifesaving Society.
Manitoba
The Canadian Red Cross Lifeguard program meets all provincial/territorial legislation requirements.
New Brunswick
The Canadian Red Cross Lifeguard program meets all provincial/territorial legislation requirements.
The Government of New Brunswick has not identified regulations for the operation of public swimming pools.
Newfoundland and Labrador
The Canadian Red Cross Lifeguard program meets all provincial/territorial legislation requirements.
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
The Canadian Red Cross Lifeguard program meets all provincial/territorial legislation requirements.
Nunavut
Ontario
Public Health Act and Regulations
Prince Edward Island
The Canadian Red Cross Lifeguard program meets all provincial/territorial legislation requirements.
Quebec
The Canadian Red Cross and the Lifesaving Society have a MOU in place that restricts the Red Cross to offering Water Safety Learn-to-Swim programs and the Lifesaving Society to offering Lifeguarding programs.
Public Health Act and Regulation
Saskatchewan
The Canadian Red Cross Lifeguard program meets all provincial/territorial legislation requirements.
Yukon Territory