StarExclusive: Toronto is reviewing what it pays city lifeguards after their union said below-standard wages are contributing to an aquatics staff shortage that has cancelled lessons for 1,140 swimmers.
Annika Kapral, a City of Toronto lifeguard for the past three years, says wages are the main reason she’s not returning.
Friends earn almost as much working retail, and as much or more in hospitality jobs where they get tips, Kapral said. Pickering, which pays lifeguards $19.70 per hour to start, has filled only about half its aquatic positions, resulting in the cancellation or reduction of some public swim sessions.
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