Toronto Curling Association – December 2025 Scotties Newsletter
Welcome to the third Newsletter for the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts being hosted at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga from Friday January 23rd through Sunday February 1st inclusive.
Each month a Scotties newsletter will be provided to our mailing list. It will provide information about the event, including how to buy tickets, sponsorship opportunities, information on the participating teams as well as information about Mississauga, the great host city. Please share the newsletter within your clubs or have interested individuals contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to be added to the newsletter list.
The Toronto Curling Association (TCA), on behalf of Curling Canada and in conjunction with Visit Mississauga are extremely proud to be hosting the first Scotties ever held in the GTA.
There are many opportunities to get involved in this great event.
How to buy Tickets
The recently renovated Paramount Fine Foods Centre is an exceptional venue to watch curling. Ticket sales are going well. Tickets are still available and can be purchased at
https://www.curling.ca/2026scotties/tickets/
Curling Canada has boxes available for sale and also Group Ticket packages where a large contingent of members can get a block of tickets to sit together for a draw, a day of draws etc.. If you are interested in a box please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and the TCA will connect you with Curling Canada.
Individual draw tickets became available on December 4th.
Sponsorship
There are numerous sponsorship opportunities. The sponsorship opportunities include gas for the transportation fleet, food and beverages for the volunteer and player lounges. If you have any members interested in learning about sponsorship opportunities contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and the TCA will connect you with Curling Canada.
Scotties 50/50 draw Early Bird is now live
The 2026 Scotties Early Bird 50/50 draw is now live.
The link to buy tickets is https://www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/stoh2026
Activities happening around the Scotties
The Scotties not only offers the best in women’s curling, it also offers many associated activities.
The other activities include:
- Four Try Curling events in conjunction with Curling Canada and Rocks & Rings
- Sunday December 7th – Dixie Curling Centre – successfully completed with over 100 participants
- Saturday January 10th – Chinguacousy Curling Club
- Saturday January 17th – Brampton Curling Club (morning)
- Saturday January 17th – Dixie Curling Centre (afternoon) – this session is already full
- Use the link below to register for either the Chinguacousy or Brampton sessions
- Leading up to the Scotties
- Rocks & Rings sessions with Mississaugua area schools
- Opportunities for schools to get tickets to bring students for a 9:00 am weekday draw – over 6,500 ticket requests have already been received through the Scotties School Ticket program
- Saturday January 24th – Women in Curling Summit offering meaningful networking and professional development opportunities, as well as the Scotties Legends reception to celebrate Ontario’s former women’s curling champions. This will be held at the Hyatt Place Toronto/Mississauga Centre (5787 Hurontario Street, Mississauga). The link to get information on the summit is below
https://www.curling.ca/about-us/gender-equity/women-girls-in-sport/
- Sunday January 25th – First time curling experiences through Girls Rock, presented by Scotties, events at Chinguacousy Curling Club and Dixie Curling Centre – registration has closed for this event
- Throughout the event (until the playoffs) – Future Stars where 4 young curlers get up close to the action each draw. There are already over 150 registrants for the 72 available spots.
- Sunday February 1st – “#OurHouseIsYourHouse: Strategies for Inclusive Curling Spaces” meeting at Dixie Curling Centre for management, stakeholders, and anyone else who wants to be a part of the conversation about issues such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, along with other relevant topics such as member retention and recruitment
Where to stay when you come to the Scotties
Curling Canada and Visit Mississaugua have arranged for a number of local hotels to make your stay for the 2026 Scotties memorable. All of the hotels are close to both the Toronto airport and the Paramount Fine Foods Centre. The link for the fan blocks hotel is on the Curling Canada website “Where to Stay” page
https://www.curling.ca/2026scotties/where-to-stay/
Come and enjoy all Mississauga has to offer
Each newsletter will highlight some of the benefits Mississauga has to offer. For this newsletter, it is a sample of restaurants and information about Sauga Pass.
Get your Sauga Savings Pass!
Grab your phone and get ready for some fun, family freebies!
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Make the most of your visit to Mississauga and be sure to follow @VisitMississauga for even more info on things to see & do!
https://www.visitmississauga.ca/sauga-savings-pass/
Qualifying dates
The prequalified teams highlighted in the October newsletter have changed as Rachel Homan, the defending Scotties champion and the current world champion, qualified to represent Canada at the 2026 Olympics thus excluding her from the 2026 Scotties. The three remaining three prequalified teams are:
- Team Einarson (now Team Canada for the 2026 Scotties)
- Team Black (the runner up to Team Homan at the Olympic Trials)
- Team Skrlik (the only team to beat Team Homan at the Olympic Trials)
One team has progressed through provincial qualifying
- Melodie Forsythe will be representing New Brunswick at her first Scotties. Her team was victorious over multiple time New Brunswick Scotties representative Andrea Kelly
There are 14 more teams that will be competing in the event. Thirteen will come from provincial and territorial playdowns. One team will be based on the CTRS rankings after the provincial and territorial qualifying is complete.
The schedule for the remaining provincial and territorial playdowns is below, including the 2025 champion.
