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Hockey Canada Age Divisions
2020-05-22
Age group names for minor hockey
Find out when your child can begin playing minor hockey. Learn about age-appropriate development as players advance to successive age divisions.
Hockey Canada and its 13 members have ratified age division names changes for all levels of minor hockey. The changes create a simpler and more consistent reference for parents registering their children.
The changes taking effect for 2020-21 season registration.
Only the names will change. Actual divisions remain consistent with past seasons. Areas with Major and Minor designations within divisions will continue to do so under the new naming format.
Minor hockey age division chart for the 2020-21 Season
| Year of Birth | Age on Dec. 31, 2020 | Age Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 and earlier | * 6 or under | Under-7 (U7) |
| 2013 | 7 | Under-9 (U9) |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 9 | Under-11 (U11) |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 11 | Under-13 (U13) |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2007 | 13 | Under-15 (U15) |
| 2006 | 14 | |
| 2005 | 15 | Under-18 (U18) |
| 2004 | 16 | |
| 2003 | 17 | |
| 2000-2001-2002 | 18-19-20 | Under-21 (U21) |
* The Timbits U7 program is for players under the age of seven as of Dec. 31 of the current playing year (local hockey associations have the option of registering four-year-olds).
Levels of Play in Nova Scotia Female Hockey have been updated for the upcoming season
| U11 | - | AA | A | B |
| U13 | AAA | AA | A | - |
| U15 | AAA | AA | A | - |
| U18 | *AAA | AA | A | - |
*Hosted by the Maritime Major Female Hockey League
Please be advised that age divisions, level of play and team names currently found on this website will be updated as we progress through this unusual preseason.
Please take special note of changes to Executive email addresses, including Coordinators' email addresses. Old email addresses will not be monitored once a change has been posted. Please be patient as we work to support these adjustments. Thank you.