2026 CORA Memberships – Registration Now Open

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Valid from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 only.

Registration for membership with the Canadian Outrigger Racing Association for the 2026 calendar year is now OPEN. Note that the fee for adults annual members has increased to $40 for the 2026 year; the annual fee for clubs and for juniors have not changed.

  • Individual Adult Annual CORA Memberships: $40
  • Individual Junior Annual CORA Memberships: $10
  • Individual Adult Single-day CORA Memberships (race day-specific): $20
  • CORA Member Club Annual Memberships: $150
    • NOTE: In order to be in ‘good standing’ for a calendar year, all CORA member clubs must pay their CORA Member Club Annual Membership fee AND have a minimum of 6 individual (Adult or Junior) annual CORA members affiliated with that CORA Member Club no later than 30 June of that year.
  • RACE-DAY (PAPER) CORA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED
    • CORA’s insurance underwriter, Markel Canada, requires that each CORA Member (whether Annual or DayPass) must agree to a waiver of liability. CORA members must agree to the terms of that waiver on our shopping cart web page when purchasing CORA membership on-line and acceptance of that waiver is recorded on our database. All CORA memberships (whether Annual or DayPass) must be purchased on-line; NO PAPER APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED.

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Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award 2025

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The purpose of the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award is to recognize volunteers who have made significant and exemplary contributions to the Outrigger Canoe Racing Discipline of Canadian Outrigger Racing Association (“CORA”) within Canada in the Builder Category.

The CORA Board has approved Policy and Procedure relating to selection and awarding and administering the Award as per the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award Policy.

The Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award is awarded after the CORA AGM. The CORA Board has reviewed nominations received for the past season and has recognized Hugh Fisher of Pemberton Canoe Association as the 2025 recipient of the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award.

Hugh Fisher has a 40+ year legacy of selfless volunteer effort to paddlesports in general and outrigger canoe racing in particular. Hugh has made contributions to support Canadian paddlers at the international, national, provincial, and club level. Hugh has been part of False Creek (FCRCC) as the first outrigger canoeing club in Canada, as one of the three “Founding Fathers” of CORA, and founder of Pemberton Canoe Association (PCA) as the third outrigger canoeing club in Canada. Hugh has made significant contributions to the birth and growth of outrigger canoeing nationwide across Canada.

For more information about the Hugh Town Memorial Builder Award, CLICK HERE

2026 CORA Race Calendar

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Members have been asking for a consolidated list of the CORA-sanctioned races approved at last weekend’s AGM. A consolidation as of November 24, 2025 is at the link below, errors and omission excepted and subject to changes (including cancellations).
CORA Member Clubs have until April 30, 2026 to submit race sanctioning applications for 2026 races. Visit the Race Schedule page on the CORA website for any updates.

https://www.canadianoutrigger.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-CORA-Race-Calendar-as-of-Nov-24-2025-12339459.1.pdf