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By: Niagara Host Society / Canada Games Council
In light of the decision to postpone the Canada Summer Games in Niagara by a year, the Canada Games Council (CGC) has been working collaboratively with all affected National Sport Organizations (NSOs) to review each sport’s technical package and its athlete eligibility rules for 2022.
Where practical, sports have adjusted their age categories so that the same cohort of athletes that was eligible for the Games in 2021 will remain eligible for the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games.
All approved age categories for sports on the 2022 Canada Games program can be found below.
Age categories are uniquely selected for each sport with the goal of developing Canada’s next generation of national team athletes in the “Train to Compete” phase of the Long Term Development Model (LTD), or another suitable phase of the LTD as justified by a NSO, and approved by the CGC Sport Committee.
The LTD is a general framework of athlete development that also forms the basis for sport-specific models created by each NSO in Canada.
ABLE-BODIED:
Under 25 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 1998 or later
PARA:
Under 37 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 1986 or later
SPECIAL OLYMPICS:
Under 32 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 1991 or later
BC, ON, QC:
17 years of age and younger as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2005 or later
AB, MB, NB, NS, SK:
17 years of age and younger as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2005 or later
Eligible to select up to two (2) players who are 18 years of age as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2004
PE:
17 years of age and younger as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2005 or later
Eligible to select up to six (6) players who are 18 years of age as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2004
NL:
18 years of age and younger as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2004 or later
18 or under as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2004 or later
PE:
-Two [2] 19 or under players per gender
Year of birth: 2003 or later
NT, NU, YT:
-Five [5] 19 or under players per gender
Year of birth 2003 or later
FEMALE
17 and under
Year of birth: 2005 or later
Overage athletes can be 1 year older (Year of birth: 2004)
NT, NU, PE, YT: 3 overage players
MB, NB, NL, NS, QC, SK: 2 overage players
AB, BC, ON: 0 overage players
MALE
17 and under
Year of birth: 2005 or later
Overage athletes can be 1 year older (Year of birth: 2004)
NT, NU, PE, YT: 3 overage players
NB, NL: 2 overage players
MB, NS, SK: 1 overage player
AB, BC, ON, QC: 0 overage players
Under 22 on January 1, 2022
Year of birth: 2000 or later
MALE
16-21 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2001 - 2006
FEMALE
16-21 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2001 - 2006
MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, PE, SK, YT: Eligible to register one [1] Under-24 female as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 1999 or later
MALE
16-21 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2001 - 2006
FEMALE
16-21 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2001 - 2006
MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, PE, SK, YT: Eligible to register two [2] Under-24 females as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 1999 or later
Athletes must be born in the years 2002 through 2011
Under 19 as of August 1, 2022
Date of birth: August 2, 2003 or later
Under 22 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2001 or later
Under 18 as of December 31, 2021
Year of birth: 2004 or later
MB, NB, NL, NT, NU, NS, PE, QC, SK, YT: Eligible to select up to five [5] Under-19 players as of December 31, 2021
Year of birth: 2003
ABLE-BODIED:
15-22 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2000-2007
PARA:
15-35 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 1987-2007
Under 18 before January 1, 2022
Year of birth: 2004 or later
PE: Three [3] Under 19 before January 1, 2022
Year of birth: 2003 or later
NT, NU, YT: Nine [9] Under 19 before January 1, 2022
Year of birth: 2003 or later
MALE
Under 22 as of December 31, 2021
Year of birth: 2000 or later
AB, MB, NB: Eligible to select up to two [2] under 23 players
Year of birth: 1999
NT, NU, PE, YT: Eligible to select up to three [3] under 23 players
Year of birth: 1999
FEMALE
Under 19 as of December 31, 2021
Year of birth: 2003 or later
NB, NL, NS: Eligible to select up to two [2] under 20 players
Year of birth: 2002
NT, NU, PE, YT: Eligible to select up to three [3] under 20 players
Year of birth: 2002
OLYMPIC PROGRAM:
Male swimmers must be born in 2005 or later
Female swimmers must be born in 2006 or later
PARALYMPIC:
All para swimmers (classes S1-S14) must be born between 1996-2008
SPECIAL OLYMPICS:
All Special Olympics Canada registered swimmers must be born between 1996-2008
Under 19 on January 1, 2022*
Year of birth: 2003 or later
-2 Females & 2 Males
Under 17 on January 1, 2022
Year of birth: 2005 or later
-2 Females & 2 Males
* P/T Teams are able to have U17 athletes compete as U19 during the event
16-21 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2001-2006
BEACH
21 and under (21U) as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2001 or later
NT, NU, PE, YT: Eligible to select up to two [2] 23 and under (23U) players per gender
Year of birth: 1999 or later
INDOOR
19 and under (19U) as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2003 or later
NT, NU, PE, YT: Eligible to select up to four [4] 21 and Under (21U) players per gender
Year of birth: 2001 or later
16-19 as of December 31, 2022
Year of birth: 2003-2006
