The Canada Soccer Safe Sport Roster is a progressive package of programs, policies, and
procedures designed to ensure that organizations that offer soccer programming in Canada
create safe, fun, developmentally appropriate, inclusive, accessible, and welcoming experiences
for all participants. For amateur soccer organizations in Canada, the expansion of the Canada
Soccer Youth Club Licensing Program as a requirement of membership has been implemented
as a direct result of the unanimous adoption of the Canada Soccer Safe Sport Roster at the 2019
Annual Meeting of the Members.

Ahead of the start of the 2023 soccer season, all member organizations (clubs and academies)
that offer youth soccer programing in a Canada Soccer Member Association Province and
Territory will be required to meet the minimum Standards of Quality Soccer to be recognized as
Quality Soccer Provider within the Canada Soccer Youth Club Licensing Program and in support
of the guiding principles of the Safe Sport Roster. Within the Standards for Quality Soccer, it is
required that coaches are trained and/or certified appropriately for the program(s) in which they
coach and aligned to the Canada Soccer Safe Sport Roster. The minimum standards are further
defined below for the 2023 playing season:

Grassroots/Competitive Streams

Full Safe Sport Roster – Required Training
1. Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screen
2. Stage-appropriate Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Theory Module
(Active Start, Fundamentals, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life)
3. Stage-appropriate Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Practical Module
(Active Start, Fundamentals, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life)
4. NCCP Make Ethical Decisions Module and/or Online Evaluation
5. Respect in Sport Activity Leader Program
6. NCCP Making Headway Module
7. NCCP Emergency Action Planning Module
8. NCCP Rule of Two Module

Grassroots – Community/Community Streams

Modified Safe Sport Roster – Required Training
1. Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screen
2. Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Coaching Soccer in Canada Module
3. Respect in Sport Activity Leader Program
Highly Recommended Training:
4. Stage-appropriate Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Theory Module
(Active Start, Fundamentals, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life)
5. Stage-appropriate Canada Soccer Grassroots Coach Education – Practical Module
(Active Start, Fundamentals, Learn to Train, Soccer for Life)
Recommended Training:
6. Other requirements of the full Safe Sport Roster