Officials Registration

2025 AO Membership Registration Overview

• https://athleticsreg.ca/#!/memberships/athletics-ontario-2025-membership

AthleticsReg Customer Service Support:
Athletics Ontario Club administrators and members may also contact AthleticsReg for questions regarding your account, payments or requirements through the following ways:

• In your account, at https://athleticsreg.ca/#!/memberships/athletics-ontario-2025-membership you can Explore the online Knowledge Base to find comprehensive FAQ’s on using the system
• Email [email protected]
• Live on-line chat during the hours of 11:00 am to 7:00 pm EST Monday to Friday.
• Phone 1-866-534-2453 (press 1, then 9) during the 11-7 business hours Mon-Fri
• 🎄 Ho-Ho-Ho – Our Holiday Office Hours! 🎄

Join Athletics Ontario Officials

If you are a parent, teacher, athlete, retired athlete or just someone interested in officiating in the world’s oldest sport, perhaps you’ll consider becoming a track and field official. To find out more about officiating with Athletics Ontario, contact any of the Executive members listed below.

If you are a new Official and looking for more information, click here.

IMPORTANT NOTICE – Officials Requirements

As introduced at our 2020 Annual General Meeting, we have revised our Membership Policy and it includes new coach, officials, and club requirements. All policies are constantly under review by the board and additional changes may arise in the future.

2024 OFFICIALS REQUIREMENTS:

• Criminal Background Check – an annual requirement for registering as an Official. See the Options below for submitting your police check.
• NCCP Safe Sport – This module must be completed and valid. To register for this FREE online module, you must have an NCCP account. If you don’t have one, please visit https://thelocker.coach.ca/account/login?mode=login. (See instructions for registering in your Locker below). You can then take the e-learning module at https://thelocker.coach.ca/onlinelearning#SS

You can review the revised Membership Policy, as well as our other policies, on our website.

Criminal Background Check Information:

Option 1: Purchasing through AthleticsReg

Athletics Ontario is pleased to be able to offer a fast, convenient, and credible online method to request and obtain your police check electronically, at the time of registration, or upon expiration of your previously submitted police check.  The type of police check provided is a Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check (CRJMC). The cost is $20 ($23.82 including taxes and transaction fees).

• • In accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), youth records will only be released to federal, provincial or municipal government agencies. Record checks for young persons won’t be conducted for any other purpose. Therefore, annual criminal record checks will not be required for minor coaches (under the age of 18).

NOTE: Upon registering and paying for this service, you will receive a confirmation email with the subject line: “Reminder: Please complete your consent for the background check you purchased” from [email protected]. The background check is performed by Sterling Backcheck. Part of the process includes asking for your consent and some further information about you in order to allow Sterling Backcheck to properly proceed. The consent forms can be completed online and will take just a few minutes of your time. If a member has a police check that is still valid (1 year from the date of completion) in the AthleticsReg system, a new one will not be required until time to do so. When the police check is due to expiry, a reminder email will be automatically sent 30 days, 7 days, and 1 day in advance, with a link to purchase one. A “past due” notice will also be sent when it has expired and a reminder 30 days past due, each advising that the membership is no longer valid and not eligible under Athletics Ontario’s insurance. 

IMPORTANT: this is NOT a Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC), which can ONLY be requested directly through a Municipal Police service, or RCMP if in a municipality served by the RCMP.  VSCs are only suggested if working ONE-ON-ONE with a vulnerable person. If you require a VSC, please visit your municipal police service or RCMP.

OPTION 2: Getting and submitting your own to AO

• Request your Volunteer Letter from Beth at [email protected]
• Please submit your digital or appropriately scanned police check to [email protected] (via your Club Registrar)
• Volunteers may be eligible to receive a FREE police check. Please contact your Municipal Police Services or RCMP division.

What Is The Difference Between A Basic, Enhanced And Vulnerable Sector Background Check?

READ HERE: https://support.charityvillage.com/hc/en-us/articles/4415285966861-What-is-the-difference-between-a-Basic-Enhanced-and-Vulnerable-Sector-Background-Check-

NCCP Safe Sport Step-By-Step Instructions

Once you click on this link: https://thelocker.coach.ca/onlinelearning#SS

Scroll down the page until you see the following and complete the following steps:

Select “Sport”, then choose “Athletics” from the dropdown menu, and then click on the “roles” you are involved in, then click on the “Continue” button that appears, once you make your selections.

Rowan’s Law – Concussion Awareness

Additionally required this year is that all members to review the Ontario Ministry’s Rowans Law concussion awareness information and sign off that they have reviewed the mandatory information. The information is available on the Safe Sport page of our website: https://athleticsontario.ca/safe-sport/

Click here for the Membership Fees Breakdown.
*PRICES INCLUDE 13% HST (REG.NO. 104002357 RT)