It's the best quality you will get for swim classes in GTA! I had lots of parents highly refer me to try this place, some even suck up the cost of hwy 407 to bring their kids here, which to me says a lot!! This company started in their parents backyard pool, upgraded to a shared motel pool and now finally has opened up a beautiful space of heir own in Box Groove plaza. I love how genuine everyone that works here is, they all truly care about your kid and they are not a number. My kid is fearful and they really give him such patience. Basic level starts with ratio of 1:3 but he's the only kid and they still run the class! Instructors are in blue rash guards and there's 2 pool supervisors that float between groups in Orange, so sometimes like twice throughout each class my kid has two instructors all to himself. Clean viewing area for parents to watch their kids, small children's play area for the kids waiting. Two tv's playing sports or cp24, lots of plaza parking. Only bad part is- Showers sometimes get "reserved" by parents leaving their bags there which they shouldn't be or people wearing dirty/wet boots into viewing area despite signage. read more

Update to my previous review. This place is nothing less than a 5 . The staff here have been extremely helpful and truly care about the progress of your children. First time with Russell Aquatics and we are off to a good start. My child has swam before through the Markham Community Center programs but he requires a program with a ratio that provides more one on one training. At Russell Aquatics, students in the Pre School 1-2 program have a 3:1 ratio. This is extremely beneficial when your child needs more attention which mine does. Even before we entered the facility the staff were already helping us with our first obstacle, a crying four year old. They came out to comfort him which in turn provided me with comfort. I will continue to update this post as my family continues to visit Russell Aquatics! read more

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Our kids had there first few years of swimming lessons here starting around age 5. Great facility with excellent staff and instructors. Class sizes were always 3-5 students and our kids always enjoyed the lessons. During Covid, lessons were moved to private pools in the community which turned out to be excellent private lessons for our two. We decided to move to our community run lessons once they reached a level were they were totally comfortable in the water. At that point, it was cost and convenience that were the main reason we stopped going here. We highly recommend none the less. read more

On referral from a friend 3 years ago. At the time our little guy had only taken the community Centre swim lessons prior and without any results. We decided to just suck it up and pay more after a kid got to the middle of the pool without the city instructor noticing. Huge safety issues there! Just after a week, my 4yo went from not willing to put his head in the water to doing so without hesitation. The instructors really care for what they're doing and teach with passion. Kids respond really well to them. They've been trained well with kids in mind. The new Boxgrove location is clean and designed with parents and kids in mind. read more

We have been going to Russell aquatics now for 3 sessions and they have opened up this location which is brand new! The owners and instructors here are amazing! Our kids love coming to their swimming lessons. The new location is amazing! They have huge washrooms, very large changing area which also includes private stalls if you like. There is a larger shower area which also has a private section. Lockers are coming soon! Book with Russell Aquatics! Kerri and Kristi are amazing and you won't be disappointed! read more

The instruction is very good here but now they are way too busy and it's too hard to get any decent class time unless you register super early. They can't even guarantee a make up session when you give more than enough time notice of the absence. They are way too expensive to not offer that kind of customer service in my opinion. They should block off some time at end of session for a make up. Life happens sometimes especially with kids and it would be nice if they could accommodate parents once in awhile. Not everyone has massive amounts of disposable income to throw and waste. read more