Join Team Canada

The Team Canada Program is Orienteering Canada’s year-round program for our top competitive orienteers as well as up and coming athletes who demonstrate potential to compete at international events for Canada in the near future. We are also happy to have athletes living in Canada but not eligible to compete internationally for Canada join if they are competing at a similar level and will contribute to creating a positive inclusive environment for competitive orienteering in Canada.

This program is the top development and performance pathway for Canadian orienteers in the Learn to Compete, Train to Compete, and Train to Win stages of our Long Term Athlete Development Model. Athletes in the program are divided into several teams: Senior National Team, Senior Development Team, Junior National Team, Junior Development Team, and Ski and Mountain Bike Orienteering Teams. 

The Team Canada Program has been designed with a focus on team and teamwork with the intent to foster a team culture in which Team Canada athletes and other members support and cheer for each other, push each other to be better, and are outstanding role models for the community.

Our values of work ethic, teamwork, love of orienteering, dedication, fair play, and communication are reflected by the approach our athletes and our coaches take on a daily basis. 

Team Canada athletes are supported by a number of Team Canada Coaches as well as personal or club coaches and support personnel. Orienteering Canada staff and volunteers support individual athletes and the team as a whole through a variety of initiatives.

We are always looking for athletes that are striving for their utmost potential, are interested in competing internationally in orienteering, demonstrate the Team Canada values, and want to work with a team of like minded athletes and coaches. 

Athletes wishing to apply to be a part of the Team Canada Program should see the information in the Team Canada Athlete Handbook. Foot, ski, and mountain bike orienteering athletes are welcome to apply. Applications are due in the fall for the following year. Applications for the 2025 season are due October 20th, 2024.

We may, at our discretion, invite and add talented athletes to the Team Canada Program throughout the year. Athletes that are invited must still go through the application process with updated deadlines that will be communicated to them. 

If you are interested in applying or have questions about being invited to the team, email our High Performance Director at jeff@orienteering.ca.