Canoe Lessons
The Rocky Mountain Paddling Centre offers a wide variety of Canoe courses.
Choose from an Introductory flat water canoeing course through advanced whitewater. Most of our courses run over a weekend, but we also offer many of our courses mid week in the evening.
If the posted dates don’t fit your schedule, or you don’t see a course that fits your requirements, give us a call to organize a private course.
Call us today. 403-202-8490
Intro to Canoe
Join us for the Rocky Mountain Paddling Centre’s intro to canoeing course! This 2 evening canoe course will introduce you to canoeing. We will spend time learning about canoes, the basic strokes and look ahead to the skills required for both lake and river canoeing. 6:30 to 8:30 pm
No previous experience is required
◦All Necessary Equipment Included
2026 Course dates:
2 Evenings
1. May 27,28
2. June 10,11
3. July 8,9
Cost: $175.00 + GST per person
Tandem River Canoeing
Come discover the excitement of River Canoeing. This course will cover all of the strokes required to paddle a canoe down easy flowing rivers. The evening sessions will focus on all the strokes and safety skills required for our river trip on Sunday down the Bow River. You will learn how to perform eddy turns and forward ferries on a Class I river. These skills will provide an excellent foundation when progressing to Class II whitewater.
* No previous experience is required.
** All Necessary Equipment is Included.
2026 Course dates:
1. May 5 (eve), 6 (eve), 9
2. June 2 (eve), 3 (eve), 6
3. July 21 (eve), 22 (eve), 25
Cost: $280.00 + GST per person
Stroke Improvement
The aim of this program is to provide a workshop format for canoeists to improve their strokes and manuevers on flat water. Join our Stroke Improvement workshop today!
Tandem or solo
2026 Course Dates:
Evening
May 7
Call to set up a private course
Cost: $85.00 + gst
Family Canoeing – Intro
This 2hr canoe course will introduce you to canoeing with your kids in the boat. We will spend time learning about canoes, loading the boats with gear and kids, the basic strokes and look ahead to the skills required for both lake and river family canoeing.
No previous experience is required
2026 Course dates:
6-8pm
July 7
Cost: $150/canoe (max 2 small children +2 adults) + GST
Whitewater Canoeing
Wanna have more fun!? This course takes the next step into the realm of whitewater canoeing. Designed for paddlers looking to expand their skills and increase their enjoyment on a greater variety of rivers. The evening session will fine tune our strokes and river skills. On Sunday we will focus on eddy turns and ferries, how to work together, river reading and how to put it all together to make paddling faster rivers easier.
Participants should be comfortable performing eddy turns and ferries on Class II rivers.
**Participants are responsible for their own equipment. End and centre floatation are mandatory.
Tandem
Rentals available
2026 Course Dates:
Saturday, Sunday
July 2 (eve), 4
Cost: $199.00 + GST per person
Intro to Solo
Looking for a step-up in your canoe fun? or Tired of looking for a paddling partner? Join those of us that enjoy the freedom of solo canoeing. Participants should be comfortable in the stern of a canoe on Class I water. We spend 2 evenings getting comfortable in the solo canoes and learning solo river paddling techniques. Join us for an intro to solo canoeing today!
Equipment is included but participants are responsible for transportation.
2026 Course dates:
2 Evenings 6:30-8:30
July 29,30
Cost: $175.00 + GST