Polar bear plunge in Canada

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• In Canada, "Polar Bear Swims", "plunges" or "dips" are a New Year's Day tradition in severa groups throughout the usa. Vancouver, BC's annual Polar Bear Swim Club has been lively considering 1920 and normally has 1,000 to 2,000 registered members, with a document 2,128 plunging into English Bay in 2000. Registration isn't enforced and the actual variety of swimmers can be drastically higher. Estimates of the variety of observers are typically up to 10,000. Suburban White Rock, BC's become based in 1958, and other suburbs such as North Vancouver, Surrey, Delta and Langley additionally keep swims.

• Other locations encompass Bowen Island, BC, Edmonton, AB, Calgary, AB, Ottawa, ON, Oakville, ON, Toronto, ON, Perth, ON, Clarington, ON, Sarnia, ON, Montreal, QC, North Hatley, QC, Halifax, NS, Prince Edward Island, Ness Lake north of Prince George, BC and St. John's, NL. In Yellowknife, NWT, the "Freezin for a Reason" plunge is held in May after the spring thaw.