Canadian Canoe Association

Canadian Canoe Association

Canoe Kayak Canada official logo
Formation 1900
Type Organizations based in Canada
Legal status active
Purpose advocate and public voice, educator and network
Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Region served
 Canada
Official language
 English, French
Website http://www.canoekayak.ca/ www.canoekayak.ca/

CanoeKayak Canada is the governing body of competitive canoeing and kayaking disciplines in Canada. The three specific disciplines represented are flatwater, whitewater and marathon. CanoeKayak Canada officially replaced the name "Canadian Canoe Association" in 2005, although the former title is still used by the organization. The name change came about from a desire to include the kayaking discipline in the organization's name.

CKC head offices are located in Ottawa, Ontario although divisional and provincial offices as well as high performance centres are maintained throughout the country.

History

The Canadian Canoe Association was founded [1] in 1900 in Brockville, Ontario. There were nine initial charter clubs: Carleton Place Canoe Club (Carleton Place), Brockville Rowing Club (Brockville), Brockville Y.M.C.A. (Brockville), Bohemian Amateur Athletic Association (Brockville), Lachine Boat & Canoe Club (Montreal), Grand Trunk Boating Club (Montreal), Britannia Boat House Club (Ottawa), Ottawa Canoe Club (Ottawa), Kingston Yacht Club (Kingston). Carleton Place Canoe Club is the only surviving charter member within the organization although the Lachine club has survived through revival. Brockville Rowing, Ottawa, Britannia Yacht Club and Kingston still operate but outside the organization.

The Association was founded in an effort to coordinate Canadian canoe clubs into a national competition separate from that of the American Canoe Association (to which these clubs belonged until 1900). The national championship was initiated in 1900 although no club champion was designated until 1904, the Ottawa Canoe Club becoming the first official Canadian Champion at that time.

Championships were cancelled during the years 1916-1918 and 1942-1945 due to the two world wars. While the national championship continues to this day and is considered the premier national regatta, provincial divisions and regions have organized a variety of events to fill out the seasonal schedule of events for competitors. CanoeKayak Canada also runs annual selection trials to determine their national team squad - athletes chosen to compete in international events including Pan American Games, Junior and Senior World Championships, and the Olympic Games.

Today

CanoeKayak Canada now boasts the largest membership it has ever had. Club membership has risen to over 60 member clubs across the country and individual membership continues to grow. The organization has initiated three recent programs to assist with domestic development: Canoe Kids, a program aimed at introducing more young people to the sport of canoe-kayak; the Aboriginal Paddling Initiative, a program aimed at incorporating more aboriginal clubs into the organization's membership; Paddle-All, a program designed to include all athletes of varying disabilities.

Disciplines

Flatwater

Club Members

Atlantic Quebec Eastern Ontario Western Ontario Prairie Pacific
Abegweit Cartierville Carleton Place Aka:we Calgary Burnaby
Abenaki Cascades Gananoque Ak-O-Mak Greater Edmonton Chinook
Banook Deux Rives North Bay Balmy Beach Leduc Fort Langley
Cheema Lac Beauport Ottawa River Burloak Canoe Club St. Albert Kamloops
Kennebecasis Lac Sergent Rideau Canoe Club Cobourg Saskatoon Nanaimo
Kinap Lachine Sydenham Lake Collingwood Selkirk Nelson
Maskwa Onake Lakehead Toba Pitt Meadows
Mic Mac AAC Otterburn London Wascana Ridge
Milo Pointe Claire Mississauga Yorkton Victoria Youth
Orenda Shawinigan Parry Sound
Pisiquid Sherbrooke Richmond Hill
Sack-A-Wa Trois Rivières South Niagara
Senobe Viking Sudbury
Sunnyside
Toronto Island

Champions[2]

The following clubs have won the Canadian Canoe Championships:

Wins Club
19 Mississauga
10 Burloak, Cartierville, Lachine
9 Toronto (Sailing)
7 Rideau, Cheema
6 Grand Trunk
5 Balmy Beach, Island
3 Orenda, Gananoque
2 Banook, Quebec, Radisson, Humber Bay, Ottawa (New Edinburgh)
1 Lac Beauport, Winnipeg, Parkdale, Parkdale-Swansea

Bold indicates a currently active club within the CKC.

Athletes

CanoeKayak Canada is responsible for athlete selection for international canoeing events including the Olympic Games. Notable athletes produced by CanoeKayak Canada and its precursor, the Canadian Canoe Association, include the following Olympic medalists:

Whitewater

CanoeKayak Canada maintains a whitewater canoe and kayak discipline in much the same manner as flatwater in that both disciplines are contested at the Summer Olympic Games.

Several whitewater disciplines are supported: Whitewater Slalom (Canoe & Kayak), Freestyle Kayaking (Playboating) and Canoe polo.

Member clubs of the CKC are located in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.Club List by Province

Notable athletes developed by CanoeKayak Canada who have qualified to compete at the Olympic Games include David Ford (1992, 1996, 2004, 2008) and Margaret Langford (1992, 1996, 2000).

References

  1. ↑ Johnston, C. Fred. 100 Years of Champions - The Canadian Canoe Association 1900-2000. Queens University, Kingston. 2003.
  2. ↑ Birch, Liam. Canada's Sprint Canoe Clubs - A Pictorial Guide. London, Ontario. 2006.

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