Renew today and pay the 2025 price through the end of the year.
Partnered with competition organizers from coast-to-coast, over 400 EC sanctioned events are offered each year from bronze level shows including classes for beginners; right up to FEI events which welcome top athletes who compete at Championship, Pan Am and Olympic levels. We want you to get a jump on the competition season and lock in your 2026 Sport Licence at the current price before the year is out!
Where do my EC sport licence fees go?
Sport licence and competition sanctioning fees support competitors and competitions at all levels. Your EC sport license fees enable us to:
- Offer welcoming, healthy environments for everyone to compete fairly and safely
- Sanction consistent, safe, quality competitions across Canada
- Track, verify and maintain competition results for riders and horses
- Host and administer our national rankings system
- Verify that EC coaches are screened, trained and insured, and support their further national education
- Maintain identification of horses active in competition
- Offer key training and programs to further equine and sport education
- Manage and support safe sport and animal welfare complaints
- Concussion tracking
- Conduct research into equine health & welfare and the greater industry
- Maintain competition rules for all FEI disciplines and others
- Support development of the sport pathway and national team programs
- Steward reporting follow-up
- Administer rules for all EC sanctioned competitions
- Administer and support competition level protests (amateur status, field of play decisions)
Before You Renew
✅ Renew your membership with your home province/territory first! It may take a few business days.
✅ Complete free Safe Sport Training if you are 18 years or over. Courses are valid for 3 years, so if you have recently turned 18 or if it has been more than 3 years, you will need to complete again.
✅ Once purchased, take a look around your My-EC account for any other services you may need, such as purchasing a horse recording, registering a lease, applying for officials status, updating coach status, and accessing the ECampus.
✅ If you are an amateur, remember to claim your amateur status when you renew.
Before You Compete
✅ Check you have the correct licence level for the competition you are entering.
✅ Become familiar with EC Rules – Section A has everything you need to know about basic Licence requirements for you and your horse, and check out your specific discipline rule book as well!
✅ Double check that you, the horse, and the horse’s owner (if not the rider) have all necessary memberships. Owners don’t need a membership if the horse has a Registered Lease.
✅ Do you want to earn points toward National Rankings? Ensure you have any additional memberships such as your CET Medal Membership!
✅ Riding a foreign horse but still want points? The horse will need an EC Horse Recording. Feel free to contact us for any guidance.
✅ Want to try a higher level but not sure you’re ready to commit? A single-event upgrade allows you to upgrade your licence to silver or gold for one show only, for one flat fee!
Before You Coach
✅ Make sure your Coach Status is current. If you plan to coach at EC Sanctioned shows you must have Licensed Coach Status. If you have Registered Coach Status, you must purchase a Coach Status Upgrade through MyEC in advance of each event.
After You Compete
✅ Check EC’s Results page between 10–14 days after the event to ensure your results are posted and correct.
✅ If you see any errors, submit a Results Review via your MyEC.
✅ If you receive an infraction notice – correct the licencing issue and pay the infraction. If it is not valid, submit a results review and our team will review and address any issues.
Need more help or have any questions?
Please don’t hesitate to reach out – we do our best to get back to you as quick as we can! However, If you’re ‘jumping’ right into competitions in January 2026, please ensure you have your 2026 Sport Licence prior to the holiday break.
Emails and phone calls will not be regularly monitored during the holiday closure from Thursday December 25, 2025–Thursday, January 1, 2026.
Our offices will reopen on Friday, January 2, 2026, with full regular business hours and services resuming on Monday, January 5, 2026.
For questions related to:
- Sport licences, horse recordings, registered leases, USEF competition needs: sportlicences@equestrian.ca
- Competition sanctioning, levels, and how events run: competitions@equestrian.ca
- Coach Status Program: coaching@equestrian.ca
- Results and points: results@equestrian.ca
- Entering FEI competitions: feiservices@equestrian.ca
- Equine Medication Control: equinemeds@equestrian.ca
- How to become an official, maintain status, clinics: officials@equestrian.ca
Not seeing what you need? You can always use the Contact Us page on our website
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Due South: Are you Seeking Sunshine this Winter?
While all Canadian Residents must hold an EC Sport licence to take part in EC and USEF sanctioned competitions, Equestrian Canada has a reciprocal agreement with the United States Equestrian Federation (USEF.) Current EC Sport Licence holders in good standing can create a USEF Competing Membership at no cost for the purpose of competing in USEF sanctioned competitions. You must complete the annual U.S. SafeSport Training provided by the U.S. Center for Safe Sport before being allowed to compete. To obtain the USEF Competing Membership please visit www.USEF.org.
Dual Sanctioned EC/USEF Competitions: You need to confirm prior to competing if your competition is dual sanctioned with EC & USEF. If so, as a Canadian you will need to obtain the competing membership from USEF (free under the reciprocal agreement as above) and complete the USEF Safe Sport courses annually. This is in addition to keeping your EC Safe Sport requirements up to date every three years. If you are unsure of the competition sanctioning, please refer to the competition prize list which will provide sanctioning details or reach out to the competition organizers directly.
Mandatory Horse Microchip Requirements with USEF – Beginning December 1, 2025, under USEF rule GR 1101.10, all horses competing in USEF licensed or endorsed competitions must be microchipped with a 15-digit ISO compliant 11784/11785 microchip.Our EC Canadian 124-000 microchips are fully compliant and available now through supplier EIDAP Inc. If your horse does not already have a microchip, please talk to your veterinarian and get the ball rolling. https://www.usef.org/compete/resources-forms/competition-management/competition-safety-biosecurity/microchipping
USEF mandates microchips must be implanted at least 12 hours from competing to not be in violation of any rules.
FOR OUR FEI COMPETITORS:
Since the FEI increased their 2026 annual horse and athlete registration fees effective November 1, 2025, our 2026 FEI fees have been updated to reflect this change immediately.
Thank You!
Everyone at EC and in our community is grateful for your continued commitment to equestrian sport.
EC would like to ensure we remove any barriers to renew. If you have questions or require any assistance please contact us at sportlicences@equestrian.ca or at 1-866-282-8395 and follow the prompts.
Emails and phone calls will not be regularly monitored during the holiday closure from Thursday December 25, 2025–Thursday, January 1, 2026.
Our offices will reopen on Friday, January 2, 2026, with full regular business hours and services resuming on Monday, January 5, 2026.