There are many difficulties in assembling a list of Canadians who have completed te Cannel. A number of swimmers have a joint Citizenship; however, they may only declare one of those associations when registering with the bodies that monitor Channel swims. An example of such dual citizenship is that of Commander Gerald Forsberg
CSA swims are denoted, where possible, with their CSA-number for their crossing.
More comprehensive data from Julian Critchlow on all Channel swims can be found at http://cspf.co.uk/solo-swim-database-export:
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YEAR | DATE | SWIMMER, Age (Swim #) | Direction and CSA or CS&PF Registration |
TIME |
1951 | 16 Aug | Winnie Roach, 25 | FE-26 | 13:25 |
1955 | 31 Jul | Marilyn Bell, 17 | FE-32 | 14:36 |
1956 | 17 Jul | Jacques Amyot, XX (1) | FE-34 | 13:02 |
1957 | XX ??? | Gerald Forsberg, 45 World Record Born in Canada |
EF-13 | 13:33 |
1963 | XX ??? | Claudia McPherson | FE-76 | 17:17 |
1964 | XX Aug | Robert Cossette Polio Victim |
FE-85 | 12:05 |
1975 | 29 Jul | Cindy Nicholas, 17 (FE-1) | FE-127 | 9:46 |
29 Aug | Jacques Amyot, XX (2) | FE-95 | 12:33 | |
1976 | 6 Sep | Cindy Nicholas, 19 (EF-1) | EF-118 | 10:20 |
17 Sep | Cindy Nicholas, 19 (EF-2) | EF-120 | 10:24 | |
1977 | 7 Sep | Cindy Nicholas, 20 (EFE-1) First Woman Two-way |
EFE-6 | 19:55 8:58 + 10:57 |
1978 | 27 Aug | Cindy Nicholas, 21 (FE-2) Queen of The Channel - 6 Crossings |
FE-138 | 12:15 |
28 Aug | Loreen Passfield, 18 | EF-159 | 9.02 | |
1979 | 4 Aug | Cindy Nicholas, 21 (EFE-2) World Record Queen of The Channel - 9 Crossings |
EFE-7 | 19:12 8:55 + 10:17 |
28 Aug | Cindy Nicholas, 22 (EF-3) | EF-181 | 10:10 | |
1 Sep | Cindy Nicholas, 22 (FE-3) | FE-139 | 10:45 | |
1980 | 19 Aug | Cindy Nicholas, 22 (EF-4) | EF-201 | 10:19 |
3 Sep | Cindy Nicholas, 23 (EF-5) Queen of The Channel - 11 Crossings |
EF-207 | 10:00 | |
1981 | 9-10 Aug | Cindy Nicholas, 23 (EFE-3) Splits: 8:29 (World Record) and 13:52 Queen of The Channel - 15 Crossings |
EFE-9 | 22:21 |
24 Aug | Cindy Nicholas, 24 (EF-6) | EF-217 | 10:11 | |
1982 | 28 Aug | Cindy Nicholas, 25 (EFE-4) World Record |
EFE-10 | 18:55 8:32 + 10:33 |
13 Sep | Cindy Nicholas, 25 (EFE-5) Queen of The Channel - 19 Crossings |
EFE-11 | 20:09 8:50 + 11:19 | |
1987 | 18 Aug | Nathalie Patenaude | EF-322 | 9:56 |
1988 | 6 Aug | John Cormier | EF-349 | 11:40 |
1989 | 10 Jul | Vicki Keith, 28 First crossing on Butterfly |
EF-368 | 23:33 |
27 Jul | Vincent Pogachar, 57 | EF-370 | 15:50 | |
24 Aug | David Frank | EF-382 | 11:22 | |
24 Aug | Barbara McNeill | EF-383 | 17:10 | |
7 Sep | Kim Middleton, 34 | EF-385 | 16:33 | |
1995 | 19 Aug | Shane Collins | EF-511 | 13:59 |
2000 | XX ??? | Bill Borger | EF-640 | 12:11 |
2008 | 28 Jul | Brent Hobbs, 40 | EF-786 | 10:43 |
2009 | 6 Sep | Allison Donelon, 18 | EF-814 | 12:06 |
2010 | 20 Jul | Rod Craig, 49 | EF-835 | 12:21:44 |
28 Sep | Jordan Waxman | CS&PF | 14:06 | |
22 Jul | Kristin Roe, 29 | CS&PF | 16:40 | |
2011 | 21 Aug | Marilyn Korzekwa, 54 | EF-886 | 16:40 |
2013 | 20 Aug | Bradley Farquhar | CS&PF | 15:21:48 |
2014 | 22 Jul | Meghan Chisholm, 19 | EF-1010 | 14:39 |
4 Aug | James Norton, 51 UK/CAN Citizen |
CS&PF | 14:59:14 | |
5 Sep | Thomas Van Every, 44 | CS&PF | 14:06:41 | |
2015 | 21 Aug | Wayne Strach, 60 Oldest Successful Canadian Swimmer |
EF-1084 | 17:15 |
2016 | 6 Sep | Samuel Bail, 30 Toronto |
CSA, EF- | 15:25:00 |
13 Sep | Trinity Arsenault, 16 Youngest recorded Canadian crossing |
CS&PF | 12:30:00 | |
2017 | 15 Jul | Emily Epp, 17 YouTube video Kelowna, BC |
CSA, EF- | 11:57:00 |
8 Aug | Jessi Harewicz, 34 | CSA, EF- | 17:34:00 | |
2019 | 12 Aug | Loren King, 51 | CS&PF | 12:02:00 |
2021 | 3 Aug | Sean Nuttall, 42 | CSA, EF- | 13:18 |
2022 | 18 Jul | Debbie Collingwood, | CS&PF | 14:21 |
2023 | 9 Jul | Susan McKay, | CSA, EF- | 11:27 |
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Created: 1998
Last Updated: 15th July 2023