Archery Canada supports teams across many international event, within various disciplines. This page provides the most up to date selection addendums and criteria for archers interested in pursuing National Team selection. The High Performance Committee establishes selection criteria governing the composition and selection of teams that will represent Canada in international competition. The goal of the team selection Policies are to outline a clear, fair and transparent process to select archers to their discipline specific. Target teams that will represent Canada at international competitions.
AC is committed to selecting those athletes to represent Canada, who are best qualified to support the strategic goals and objectives of AC’s high performance program. The goals and objectives of AC may change depending on the event for which selection takes place (e.g. major event such as World Championships and multi-sport games or an event targeted at athlete development). Such Goals and Objectives are described in the Addendum related to a particular event.
2026 Youth and Masters Pan Am Championships Selection Addendum - All Categories
Below is the selection addendum for interested athletes to be nominated to the 2026 Youth and Master Pan Am Championships, in Medellin Colombia. This event is being held from May 22 – 28 2026.
This is not an open registration event, therefore if athletes are interested in being named to the team, they must review and meet the selection criteria as outlined.
- 2026 YMPAC Selection Addendum
- Athlete Nomination – Intent Form
- Athlete Nomination – Ranking Long List
Athletes will be notified of nomination by: April 15 2026. The team will be publicly announced by May 1st 2026
Questions regarding the process should be sent to the High Performance Manager at: kcawley@archerycanada.ca
Recurve Teams:
2026 World Cup's, Pan Am Championships - Event Selection Procedures
The process to nominate athletes for 2026 events is available through the link below:
Any questions, or areas for clarification, please contact the High Performance Manager at: kcawley@archerycanada.ca
2027 Senior Recurve National Team
The process to select and nominate athletes to the 2027 Senior Recurve National Team is under review. The document will be published when available.
If Recurve athletes earn quotas for the 2027 Lima Pan American Games, an Internal Nomination Procedure (INP), that is approved by the Canadian Olympic Committee, will be published. The process to nominate athletes to that event, will be a separate process from the 2027 National Team, and not an event that is exclusive to the 2027 National Team.
Compound Teams:
2027 Senior Compound Teams - Events
The Selection Process for Compound Athletes for 2027 events can be found here: 2027 Compound Team: Event Selection.
Please note: The 2027 Pan American Games requires athlete nominations directly through the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), as athletes will be named as part of Team Canada. Therefore, it is not included in the general Selection Process linked above.
Instead, athletes will be selected via an Internal Nomination Procedure (INP), which must be approved by both the COC and the Archery Canada Board of Directors. This process will be posted when available.
Para Archery Teams
2026 Para World Series and Para Pan Ams - Event Specific Procedures
The process to select and nominate athletes to the identified 2026 Para World Series events and the Para Pan Am Championships is available below. If any questions please contact Archery Canada’s High Performance Manager at: kcawley@archerycanada.ca
2027 Para Archery Teams - High Performance and Development
The process to select and nominate athletes to the 2027 Paralympic High Performance or Development teams is available below. If any questions, please contact Archery Canada’s High Performance Manager at: kcawley@archerycanada.ca
