About the COF Levy

Are you wondering why is costs more to participate at the Canadian Orienteering Championships than most other orienteering events?

The Canadian Orienteering Federation (COF) applies a levy each year to the registration fee for the Canadian Orienteering Championships (COC) and its affiliated events (this year Fishbones and the Hopewell Rocks event). The COF relies on levies (from the COCs, the North American Championships when they are held in Canada & any periodic international events hosted) plus association fees from the provinces and territories to operate as it receives no government and minimal additional funding*. Using these revenues, the COF is able to fund various initiatives to help guide and support the development of orienteering in Canada. Current projects include: revamping the coaching & officials programs; updating the COF rules; updating a policy manual; modernizing the COF’s image (developing new logos and graphics); and exploring the development of a national database. In addition the COF has operating expenses including: the IOF 250 Euro fee for each World Ranking Event, newsletter production; national championship medals; office and administration expenses; and in the past and possibly in the future the salary and expenses of an Executive Director (all the administration is currently done by volunteers). Full financial reports are presented at the COF AGM and are available on the COF website. Contact the COF for more information.

Thank you for supporting the COF.  

Also please consider supporting the national junior and senior teams to help them with their expenses to attend the World and Junior World Championships.

*We are currently receiving some funding from the Coaching Association of Canada for the development of the new coaching program.