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Sport Climbing BC's season runs from Pop & Lock in Kelowna in October to the open provincials at the Richmond Olympic Oval in December, with speed events at The Boulders near Victoria and bouldering across Metro Vancouver.
Sport Climbing BC (SCBC), the Sport Climbing Association of British Columbia, runs the province's competitions. It's funded in part by viaSport BC and the provincial government and lists 19 supported climbing centres around the province. Its 2026–27 schedule runs from mid-October in Kelowna to the open provincials in Richmond just before Christmas, with more events in the new year. These are the dates published in October 2026. Registration for some events hadn't opened yet, and competitors need an SCBC membership: check the SCBC schedule for the latest.
The schedule continues with a bouldering event at Hive Port Coquitlam on 9 and 10 January 2027. Entry fees run from $45 to $85, and fees for the provincials hadn't been set in October 2026.
Two events have already taken place this autumn: Gravity Wars VI at Ground Up in Squamish on 26 September, and Pumped III, a Tier 2 bouldering competition at Momentum Movement Academy in Port Coquitlam on 3 and 4 October.
BC hosted one national championship in 2025–26: the Speed National Championships at The Boulders from 31 January to 1 February 2026, with 92 athletes in the senior, under-21, under-19 and under-17 categories. For 2027, Climbing Escalade Canada's calendar puts the Youth Lead Nationals at the Richmond Olympic Oval on 24 and 25 May, while the Youth Boulder Nationals, on 20–22 May, were still open for bids from western Canada in October 2026.
Eleven BC climbers were on Team Canada for the 2026 World Youth Championships in Arco, Italy, in July, and a BC climber's 12th place in under-19 women's bouldering was Canada's best result there.
Most events are in Metro Vancouver: see climbing in Vancouver for its gyms. For the Island events, see climbing in Victoria, and for Pop & Lock, climbing in Kelowna and the Okanagan.
The Ontario Climbing Federation's season runs from speed in Kingston in November to the youth provincials at Steel Peak, The Core, Gravity Hamilton and Hub Mississauga in spring 2027. Here are the dates and venues.
Joe Rushton
The FQME's Coupe Québec circuit visits gyms in Trois-Rivières, Quebec City and Greater Montréal this autumn, ahead of the Speed Nationals in Montréal in January and sport climbing's Canada Games debut in Quebec City in March 2027.
Joe Rushton
The Alberta Climbing Association's season runs from October to March across gyms in Calgary and Edmonton, and Edmonton hosts the ice-climbing World Cup final and World Youth Championships in February 2027.
Joe Rushton