Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a

sanctioning body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken g ...

for the sport of

Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...

in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes Canada's national championships in the sport. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the two previous sanctioning bodies, Curl Canada (men's) and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association (women's).

History

The CCA was created in 1990 when Curl Canada and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association amalgamated. From its creation until 2007, Dave Parkes was the general manager and then chief executive officer (CEO).

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was the CEO until 2015 when he took over as head of sports at CBC Sports Katherine Henderson became CEO in 2016 and continues in the position at present. On February 27, 2015, the organization rebranded as Curling Canada.

Presidents (Chairs of the Board 2008–present)

*1935–38: John T. Haig *1938–39: Elbridge MacKay *1939–40:

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*1940–41: Dr. A. F. Anderson *1941–42: Hon.

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*1942–46: George Norgan *1946–47: James E. Armstrong *1947–48: Hon. Brig. Colin A. Campbell *1948–49:

Murray Macneill Murray Macneill (also spelled MacNeill) (January 7, 1877 – February 16, 1951) was a curler from Nova Scotia. He is the first skip to win the Brier, back in 1927. He began curling in his back yard while he was a boy in Saint John, New Brunswick. ...

*1949–50: Gordon Hudson *1950–51: Fred Lucas *1951–52: Niven Jackson *1952–53: Fielding Rankine *1953–54: Emmett Smith *1954–55:

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*1955–56: Hon. Sen.

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*1956–57: John Dutton *1957–58:

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*1958–59:

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*1959–60: Walter B. Cowan *1960–61:

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*1961–62:

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*1962–63:

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*1963–64: Richard T. Topping *1964–65: Arthur Skinner *1965–66: Frank Sargent *1966–67: Hon.

Gordon Lockhart Bennett Gordon Lockhart Bennett, (October 10, 1912 – February 11, 2000) was a Canadian teacher, politician and the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. Born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, he received a Bachelor of Scienc ...

*1967–68:

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*1968–69: Harry P. Carter *1969: Alf Parkhill *1969–70: H. P. Webb *1970–71: Dr.

Maurice Campbell Maurice Campbell (November 28, 1919 – July 4, 2014) was a Canadians, Canadian curling, curler from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Campbell was born November 28, 1919 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. Educated at the University of Montreal, he joined the Ro ...

*1971–72: T. Gordon Thompson *1972–73:

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*1973–74: D. William Currie *1974–75: L. E. Olson *1975–76: William Leaman *1976–77: David C. Smith *1977–78: Herbert Millham *1978–79: G. Clifton Thompson *1979–80: Frank Stent *1980–81: Cecil Watt *1981–82: Thomas Fisher *1982–83: Cyril S. Walters *1983–84:

Ray Kingsmith Raymond A. "Ray" Kingsmith (c. 1928 – May 3, 1988) was a politician and curler from Alberta, Canada. Politics Kingsmith ran for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in the 1971 Alberta general election for the Social Credit Party. He de ...

*1984–85: Dr. Clyde Opaleychuk *1985–86:

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*1986–87: Jerry Muzika *1987–88: Harvey Mazinke *1988–89: Joseph Gurowka *1989–90: Dr. Edward Steeves *1990: Donald R. MacLeod *1990–91: Dr. Edward Steeves *1991–92: Mary-Anne Nicholson *1992–93: Stanley Oleson *1993–94: Evelyn Krahn *1994–95:

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*1995–96: Shirley Morash *1996–97:

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*1997–98: Harvey Malo *1998–99: Judy Veinot *1999-00:

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*2000–01: Zivan Saper *2001–02: Don Lewis *2002–03: Maureen Miller *2003–04:

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*2004–05:

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*2005–06: Jerry Shoemaker *2006–07: Donna Duffett *2007–08: Al Forsythe *2008–09: Fran Todd *2009–10:

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*2010–11: Jack Bowman *2011–12: Laura Lochanski *2012–13:

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*2013–14: Hugh Avery *2014–15: Marilyn Neily *2015–16: Hugh Avery *2016–17: Peter Inch *2017–18: Resby Coutts *2018–19: Maureen Miller *2019–20:

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*2020–21: Mitch Minken (until June 2021) *2021–22:

Amy Nixon Amy Lee Nixon (born September 29, 1977) is a Canadian retired curler and lawyer from Calgary, Alberta. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning 2006 Winter Olympic women's curling team, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink. Nixon was also the chair ...

(from June 2021) *2022-23: Michael Szajewski

Championship events

* Canadian Mixed Curling Championship *

Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship (formerly Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials) are the national curling championships for mixed doubles curling in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and thr ...

Canadian Junior Curling Championships The Canadian Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament held to determine the best junior-level curling team in Canada. Junior level curlers must be under the age of 21 as of June 30 in the year prior to the tournament. The even ...

* Canadian Visually Impaired Curling Championship *

Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Scotties Tournament of Hearts (''french: Le Tournoi des Cœurs Scotties''; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Associat ...

(women's nationals) *

Tim Hortons Brier The Tim Hortons Brier, or simply (and more commonly) the Brier (''french: Le Brier''), is the annual Canadian men's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada. The current event name refers to its main sponsor, the Tim Hortons coffee and ...

(men's nationals) *

Canada Cup of Curling The Canada Cup (branded as the Home Hardware Canada Cup for sponsorship reasons, and also referred to as the Canada Cup of Curling) is a major men's and women's curling championship in Canada. It is organized by Curling Canada and is one of its ma ...

Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship The Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship is the national championship for Wheelchair curling in Canada. The event has been held since 2004. Winners References External links

* {{Season of Champions Canadian Wheelchair Curling Champi ...

Canadian Senior Curling Championships The Canadian Senior Curling Championships are an annual bonspiel held to determine the national champions in senior curling for Canada. Seniors are defined as being people over the age of 50. The championship teams play at the World Senior Curlin ...

Canadian Masters Curling Championships The Canadian Masters Curling Championships are an annual curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and ...

Member Associations

Curling Alberta Curling Alberta is the regional governing body for the sport of curling in Alberta. It was incorporated in 2018 as an amalgamate of the Alberta Curling Federation (ACF), the Northern Alberta Curling Association (NACA), the Southern Alberta Curlin ...

Curl BC Curl BC is the provincial sport governing body responsible for the development, promotion and organization of curling in British Columbia, Canada. Curl BC is also responsible for the championship system that declares provincial representation at C ...

Curling Québec Curling Québec is the regional governing body for the sport of curling in Quebec. It was founded in 1976 and is one of Curling Canada Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of Curl ...

* Curl Manitoba *

New Brunswick Curling Association The New Brunswick Curling Association (NBCA) is the provincial governing body for the sport of curling in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The NBCA was formed from the amalgamation of separate men's and women's associations in 1989. Marg ...

* Newfoundland and Labrador Curling Association *

Northern Ontario Curling Association The Northern Ontario Curling Association is the regional governing body for the sport of curling in Northern Ontario. History The NOCA was founded in 2007 upon the amalgamation of the Northwestern Ontario Curling Association, Northern Ontari ...

*Northwest Territories Curling Association *

Nova Scotia Curling Association The Nova Scotia Curling Association (NSCA) is the regional governing body for the sport of curling in Nova Scotia. The organization is one of 14 regional associations within Curling Canada and as such determines who will represent the province in ...

*Nunavut Curling Association *

CurlON CurlON (formerly the Ontario Curling Association) is the governing body of curling in Southern Ontario. Northern Ontario is governed by the Northern Ontario Curling Association (NOCA). The CurlON sends a team to represent Team Ontario at all majo ...

(

Southern Ontario Southern Ontario is a primary region of the province of Ontario, Canada, the other primary region being Northern Ontario. It is the most densely populated and southernmost region in Canada. The exact northern boundary of Southern Ontario is disp ...

) * Curl PEI *

CURLSASK Curlsask (stylized CURLSASK), formerly known as the Saskatchewan Curling Association, is the regional governing body for the sport of curling in Saskatchewan. It was founded in 1904. The association has more than 130 member curling clubs organiz ...

*Yukon Curling Association

References

External links

Official website
{{National members of the World Curling Federation