Are Canadian Spring Nationals SCM or LCM?

The blue muppet and I went in 2014 when it was in Windsor, SCM. Windsor was a great facility: half of it was a brand new Myrtha 70m comp pool with good size locker rooms; the other half is water park (complete with a surf machine) and some other fitness areas. That was really the first time we had a full season and then shaved/tapered, so we swam really well. The Canadians were super friendly and happy to have us there. We made a few friends we still keep in touch with. I think there were about 500 swimmers there, and there were 90 USMS swimmers (mostly from Michigan). That was a fairly small meet for them. With Worlds later that year in Montreal, a lot of swimmers said their teammates were saving up for that trip as their swim trip for the year. Plus, we heard that it was not unusual for the Quebec Masters swimmers (usually a strong number of attendees) not to travel outside of Quebec, which, when combined with Worlds, makes sense that we saw so few of them in Windsor. Like Arthur mentioned, the course is up to the host. In 2014, they ran 2 10-lane SCM courses and had a lunch break between the morning and afternoon sessions which was nice for officials and swimmers. I'm sure that may vary by year as host, lane-space and attendance may play a role there. The meet always occurs over Victoria Day weekend for future planning. Given the size of the meet, the competition is thinner than USMS championships. However, consider that they are an organization of 10,000 members, so ~1000 swimmer nationals means 10% of their organization comes! By contrast, only ~3% of USMS membership competes at a USMS Championship meet. The Etobicoke Olympium is a really cool facility - its definitely got some history and I am glad they put some time/money into upgrading it. If I am not mistaken, they replaced the comp tank with a Myrtha one.

The blue muppet and I went in 2014 when it was in Windsor, SCM. Windsor was a great facility: half of it was a brand new Myrtha 70m comp pool with good size locker rooms; the other half is water park (complete with a surf machine) and some other fitness areas. That was really the first time we had a full season and then shaved/tapered, so we swam really well. The Canadians were super friendly and happy to have us there. We made a few friends we still keep in touch with. I think there were about 500 swimmers there, and there were 90 USMS swimmers (mostly from Michigan). That was a fairly small meet for them. With Worlds later that year in Montreal, a lot of swimmers said their teammates were saving up for that trip as their swim trip for the year. Plus, we heard that it was not unusual for the Quebec Masters swimmers (usually a strong number of attendees) not to travel outside of Quebec, which, when combined with Worlds, makes sense that we saw so few of them in Windsor. Like Arthur mentioned, the course is up to the host. In 2014, they ran 2 10-lane SCM courses and had a lunch break between the morning and afternoon sessions which was nice for officials and swimmers. I'm sure that may vary by year as host, lane-space and attendance may play a role there. The meet always occurs over Victoria Day weekend for future planning. Given the size of the meet, the competition is thinner than USMS championships. However, consider that they are an organization of 10,000 members, so ~1000 swimmer nationals means 10% of their organization comes! By contrast, only ~3% of USMS membership competes at a USMS Championship meet. The Etobicoke Olympium is a really cool facility - its definitely got some history and I am glad they put some time/money into upgrading it. If I am not mistaken, they replaced the comp tank with a Myrtha one.