Annual curling championship in Canada
The Canadian Senior Curling Championships are an annual bonspiel held to determine the national champions in senior curling for Canada. Seniors are defined as being people over the age of 50. The championship teams play at the World Senior Curling Championships the following year.
The event's first committee was established in October 1964.[ 1] Frank Sargent was an original member of the senior championship committee, and believed the event would attract former Brier competitors and give seniors a place to compete which had not existed.[ 2] The inaugural Canadian Seniors Curling Championship was hosted in Port Arthur in March 1965. It used a minimum age of 55 for competitors, and had the Seagram Company as its title sponsor.[ 3]
Year Team Winning skip Host 1965 Manitoba Leo Johnson Port Arthur , Ontario 1966 Ontario Jim Johnston Winnipeg , Manitoba 1967 New Brunswick Jim Murphy Montreal , Quebec 1968 Saskatchewan Don Wilson Edmonton , Alberta 1969 Ontario Alfie Phillips Hamilton , Ontario 1970 British Columbia Don MacRae Kamloops , British Columbia 1971 Prince Edward Island Wen MacDonald Halifax , Nova Scotia 1972 Quebec Ken Weldon Prince Albert , Saskatchewan 1973 Manitoba Bill McTavish Sudbury , Ontario 1974 British Columbia George Beaudry Saint John , New Brunswick 1975 Prince Edward Island Wen MacDonald Calgary , Alberta 1976 Prince Edward Island Wen MacDonald Ottawa , Ontario 1977 Saskatchewan Morrie Thompson Winnipeg , Manitoba 1978 Saskatchewan Art Knutson St. Thomas , Ontario 1979 Alberta Cliff Forry Noranda , Quebec 1980 Saskatchewan Terry McGeary Saint John , New Brunswick 1981 Quebec Jim Wilson Nanaimo , British Columbia 1982 Manitoba Lloyd Gunnlaugson Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island 1983 Manitoba Lloyd Gunnlaugson Sarnia , Ontario 1984 Manitoba Lloyd Gunnlaugson St. John's , Newfoundland 1985 Saskatchewan Frank Scheirich Yorkton , Saskatchewan 1986 Ontario Earle Hushagen Portage la Prairie , Manitoba 1987 Manitoba Norm Houck Prince George , British Columbia 1988 Alberta Bill Clark Peterborough , Ontario 1989 Ontario Jim Sharples Kenora , Ontario 1990 Manitoba Jim Ursel Whitehorse , Yukon 1991 Manitoba Jim Ursel Victoria , British Columbia 1992 Ontario Jim Sharples Nipawin , Saskatchewan 1993 Alberta Len Erickson Edmonton , Alberta 1994 New Brunswick David Sullivan Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan 1995 Ontario Bill Dickie Saint John , New Brunswick 1996 Ontario Bob Turcotte Medicine Hat , Alberta 1997 Ontario Bob Turcotte Thornhill , Ontario 1998 Saskatchewan Gary Bryden Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario 1999 British Columbia Ken Watson Saskatoon , Saskatchewan 2000 Ontario Bob Turcotte Portage la Prairie , Manitoba 2001 Manitoba Gary Ross Calgary , Alberta 2002 Manitoba Carl German St. Thomas , Ontario 2003 Alberta Tom Reed Lethbridge , Alberta 2004 Newfoundland and Labrador Bas Buckle Vernon , British Columbia 2005 Alberta Les Rogers East St. Paul , Manitoba 2006 Northern Ontario Al Hackner Summerside , Prince Edward Island 2007 Alberta Pat Ryan Trois-Rivières , Quebec 2008 Saskatchewan Eugene Hritzuk Prince Albert , Saskatchewan 2009 Ontario Bruce Delaney Summerside , Prince Edward Island 2010 Alberta Mark Johnson Ottawa , Ontario 2011 Manitoba Kelly Robertson Digby , Nova Scotia 2012 Alberta Rob Armitage Abbotsford , British Columbia 2013 New Brunswick Wayne Tallon Summerside , Prince Edward Island 2014 Nova Scotia Alan O'Leary Yellowknife , Northwest Territories 2015 Manitoba Randy Neufeld Edmonton , Alberta 2016 Ontario Bryan Cochrane Digby , Nova Scotia 2017 Alberta Wade White Fredericton , New Brunswick 2018 Ontario Bryan Cochrane Stratford, Ontario 2019 Saskatchewan Bruce Korte Chilliwack, British Columbia 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Portage la Prairie, Manitoba 2021 Alberta Wade White Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 2022 Ontario Howard Rajala Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 2023 Nova Scotia Paul Flemming Vernon, British Columbia
Year Team Winning skip Host 1973 British Columbia Ada Calles Ottawa , Ontario 1974 British Columbia Flora Martin Halifax , Nova Scotia 1975 British Columbia Flora Martin Swift Current , Saskatchewan 1976 Alberta Hadie Manley Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island 1977 British Columbia Vi Tapella Peace River , Alberta 1978 Alberta Hadie Manley St. John's , Newfoundland 1979 British Columbia Flora Martin Vernon , British Columbia 1980 British Columbia Flora Martin Fredericton , New Brunswick 1981 Alberta Bea Mayer Winnipeg , Manitoba 1982 Nova Scotia Verda Kempton Montreal , Quebec 1983 Manitoba Mabel Mitchell Guelph , Ontario 1984 Saskatchewan Ev Krahn Halifax , Nova Scotia 1985 Saskatchewan Ev Krahn Yorkton , Saskatchewan 1986 Saskatchewan Ev Krahn Portage la Prairie , Manitoba 1987 Nova Scotia Verda Kempton Prince George , British Columbia 1988 Ontario Phyllis Nielsen Peterborough , Ontario 1989 Saskatchewan Emily Farnham Kenora , Ontario 1990 Ontario Jill Greenwood Whitehorse , Yukon 1991 Northern Ontario Eila Brown Victoria , British Columbia 1992 Saskatchewan Sheila Rowan Nipawin , Saskatchewan 1993 Ontario Jill Greenwood Edmonton , Alberta 1994 Alberta Cordella Schwengler Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan 1995 Northern Ontario Sheila Ross Saint John , New Brunswick 1996 Ontario Jill Greenwood Medicine Hat , Alberta 1997 Quebec Agnès Charette Thornhill , Ontario 1998 Ontario Jill Greenwood Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario 1999 Quebec Agnès Charette Saskatoon , Saskatchewan 2000 Quebec Agnès Charette Portage la Prairie , Manitoba 2001 Ontario Anne Dunn Calgary , Alberta 2002 Ontario Anne Dunn St. Thomas , Ontario 2003 Saskatchewan Nancy Kerr Lethbridge , Alberta 2004 Ontario Anne Dunn Vernon , British Columbia 2005 Ontario Joyce Potter East St. Paul , Manitoba 2006 Ontario Anne Dunn Summerside , Prince Edward Island 2007 Alberta Diane Foster Trois-Rivières , Quebec 2008 British Columbia Pat Sanders Prince Albert , Saskatchewan 2009 Nova Scotia Colleen Pinkney Summerside , Prince Edward Island 2010 British Columbia Christine Jurgenson Ottawa , Ontario 2011 New Brunswick Heidi Hanlon Digby , Nova Scotia 2012 Alberta Cathy King Abbotsford , British Columbia 2013 Nova Scotia Colleen Pinkney Summerside , Prince Edward Island 2014 Manitoba Lois Fowler Yellowknife , Northwest Territories 2015 Alberta Terri Loblaw Edmonton , Alberta 2016 Nova Scotia Colleen Jones Digby , Nova Scotia 2017 Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Fredericton , New Brunswick 2018 Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Stratford, Ontario 2019 Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Chilliwack, British Columbia 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada Portage la Prairie, Manitoba 2021 Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 2022 Saskatchewan Sherry Anderson Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 2023 Ontario Susan Froud Vernon, British Columbia
Curling Season of Champions
Major events Other events