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About Skate Canada

Skate Canada Vision

Skate Canada is committed to the development of personal excellence through participation in skating.

Mission Statement

Skate Canada is dedicated to providing Canadians the opportunity to participate in skating throughout their lifetime for fun, fitness, and achievement.

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 True Sport

 Skate Canada is a proud supporter of True Sport!

True Sport is a Canadian organization that is working to ensure a positive, meaningful and enriching experience for all who participate in sport. Skate Canada has always strived to create a positive sport environment for its members built on the values of fairness, excellence, inclusion and fun. Skate Canada is proud to support the True Sport movement and the principles of True Sport:

• Go for it • Respect Others • Stay Healthy
• Play Fair • Keep it Fun • Give Back

For more information on True Sport and to become a supporter of the True Sport movement, visit www.truesportpur.ca.

 

Our History

The Amateur Skating Association of Canada was formed in 1887 and by 1914 a separate organization for figure skating had been established. This was known as the Figure Skating Department of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada and the initial members were Ottawa s Minto Club and the Earl Grey Club in Montreal. The first official annual figure skating championships of Canada were held in the same year under the new organization.

Louis Rubenstein was the first president, a position he held until 1930. The department became known as the Canadian Figure Skating Association (CFSA) in 1939 and in 1947...

 

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