2026 Ontario Women's Curling Championship

2026 Farm & Food Care Ontario Women's Curling Championship
Host city	Elmira, Ontario
Arena	Woolwich Memorial Centre
Dates	January 4–11
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The 2026 Farm & Food Care Ontario Women's Curling Championship , the provincial women's curling championship for Southern Ontario, will be held from January 4 to 11 at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning rink will represent Ontario at the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship in Mississauga, Ontario as the host team. ^[1] Despite the event being held in an Olympic year, it will still be held in conjunction with the 2026 Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship.

Qualification process

Twelve teams will qualify for the 2026 Ontario Women's Championship. The top eight southern Ontario teams on the Canada Team Ranking System (CTRS) as of December 1, 2025 qualified, as well as four teams from an open qualifier. ^[2]

The number one ranked team in Canada according to the CTRS, Rachel Homan will represent Team Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics after winning the 2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials. Homan's rink would have represented Team Canada at the 2026 Scotties as they won the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and would have bypassed provincials. However, due to qualifying for the Olympics, they will not be competing at the 2026 Scotties.

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team(s)
CTRS standings	8	Hollie Duncan Chelsea Principi Emma Artichuk Hailey Armstrong Danielle Inglis Carly Howard Breanna Rozon Katie Ford
Open Qualifier	4	Cathy Auld Jenny Madden Julia Markle Amanda Gebhardt

Teams

The teams are listed as follows (as of December 14, 2025): ^[3]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Club
Hailey Armstrong	Grace Lloyd	Michaela Robert	Rachel Steele	Lori Eddy		Whitby CC, Whitby
Cathy Auld	Erin Morrissey	Erica Hopson	Kim Cooper			Ottawa CC, Ottawa
Emma Artichuk	Jamie Smith	Evelyn Robert	Lauren Rajala		Sean Turriff	KW Granite Club, Waterloo
Hollie Duncan	Megan Balsdon	Rachelle Strybosch	Tess Guyatt		Sherry Middaugh	Woodstock CC, Woodstock
Katie Ford	Emily Middaugh	Madison Fisher	Kelly Middaugh		Wayne Middaugh	KW Granite Club, Waterloo
Amanda Gebhardt	Allison Singh	Erin Cook	Hilary Huddleston			Listowel CC, Listowel
Carly Howard	Grace Holyoke	Stephanie Mumford	Alice Holyoke			High Park Club, Toronto
Danielle Inglis	Kira Brunton	Calissa Daly	Cassandra de Groot		Kim Tuck	Ottawa H&GC, Ottawa
Jenny Madden	Bridget Whynot	Emily Parkinson	Jessica Guilbault			RCMP CC, Ottawa
Julia Markle	Scotia Maltman	Jessica Filipcic	Sadie McCutcheon		Jodi McCutcheon	RCMP CC, Ottawa
Chelsea Principi	Lauren Peskett	Brenda Chapman	Keira McLaughlin		John Gabel	Niagara Falls CC, Niagara Falls
Breanna Rozon	Chrissy Cadorin	Stephanie Thompson	Jillian Page	Leigh Armstrong	Connor Lawes	Thornhill G&CC, Vaughan

Map of teams

Madden
Markle

Armstrong

Artichuk
Ford

Duncan

Gebhardt

Howard

Inglis

Principi

Rozon

Auld

Ontario Women's Curling Championship Teams

Knockout Brackets

Source: ^[4]

A Event

First Knockout

Qualifier 1

Hollie Duncan

Katie Ford

Jenny Madden

Hailey Armstrong

Danielle Inglis

Cathy Auld

Chelsea Principi

Carly Howard

Amanda Gebhardt

Emma Artichuk

Breanna Rozon

Julia Markle

B Event

Second Knockout

Qualifier 2

C Event

	Third Knockout								Qualifier 3

Third Knockout

Qualifier 4

Knockout Results

All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00). ^[5]

Draw 1

Sunday, January 4, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cathy Auld											0
Danielle Inglis											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Amanda Gebhardt											0
Carly Howard											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Julia Markle											0
Breanne Rozon											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Katie Ford											0
Jenny Madden											0

Draw 3

Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chelsea Principi											0
											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
Emma Artichuk											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Hollie Duncan											0
											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
Hailey Armstrong											0

Draw 5

Tuesday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 7

Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 8

Wednesday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 9

Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 10

Thursday, January 8, 9:00 am

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 11

Thursday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 12

Thursday, January 8, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 13

Friday, January 9, 9:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 14

Friday, January 24, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Draw 15

Friday, January 9, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Playoffs

Page playoff system

Semifinal

Final

A

B

C1

C2

C1 vs. C2

Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

A vs. B

Saturday, January 10, 2:00 pm

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Semifinal

Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Final

Sunday, January 11, 10:00 am

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
											0
											0

Qualification

Open Qualifier

December 13–14, RCMP Curling Club, Ottawa ^[6]

	A Side								To Provincials
					Jenny Madden (RCMP)	7
					Katelin Langford (Uxbridge)	1
									Jenny Madden (RCMP)	7
									Amanda Gebhardt (Listowel)	2
					Julia Markle (Toronto)	6
					Amanda Gebhardt (Listowel)	7
					Jessica Corrado (Russell)	5
					Brooklyn Ideson	4
	Jaimee Gardner (North Grenville)	3
	Brooklyn Ideson	5
									Jessica Corrado	2
									Cathy Auld (Ottawa)	4
					Emilie Lovitt (Navan)	2
					Cathy Auld (Ottawa)	11

	B Side								To Provincials
									Jessica Corrado	4
					Jaimee Gardner (North Grevnille)	6			Julia Markle (RCMP)	7
	Katelin Langford	2			Julia Markle (RCMP)	7
	Julia Markle (RCMP)	8
									Amanda Gebhardt (Listowel)	7
					Brooklyn Ideson	8			Brooklyn Ideson	6
					Emilie Lovitt	5

References

1. "2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts". Curling Canada. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
2. "Competition Regulations". Curling Ontario. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
3. "2026 Food & Farm Care Ontario Men's & Women's Provincial Championships". Curling Ontario. Retrieved December 4, 2025.
4. "Women". 2026 Food & Farm Care Ontario Men's & Women's Provincial Championships. CurlON. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
5. "Schedule". CurlON. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
6. "2026 Women's Open Qualifier". CurlON. Retrieved December 5, 2025.