A report from the Lifesaving Society says the drowning rate for young Manitoba children is more than three times the national average.
Numbers from 2015, which are the latest ones that are available, show one child under the age of four died by drowning for every 100-thousand Canadians, while the rate in Manitoba was 3.5.
The society released its annual report yesterday as part of its National Drowning Prevention Week initiatives.
The Kinsmen Aquatic Centre in Dauphin is holding drowning prevention classes all week for free and then followed by a free swim!
