What age categories and competition levels are there?

Under the Freestyle Canada 2025-2026 Canada Cup Guidelines, ages are based on January 1, 2026:

Canada Cup Development Series (moguls, dual moguls, and park and pipe):

• U14: ages 12 and 13
• U16: ages 14 and 15
• U18+: age 16 and over

Canadian Junior Championships (moguls, dual moguls, aerials; and slopestyle, big air, halfpipe):

• U14: ages 12 and 13
• U16: ages 14 and 15
• U18: ages 16 and 17

Categories can be merged if needed, and Freestyle Canada can merge categories with fewer than 5 athletes. Age exemptions are available case by case from Freestyle Canada for athletes who meet the quota criteria and the minimum skill level for the Train-to-Train stage.

FIS Series and FIS minimums: FIS Series events need a FIS age and licence (date of birth 2012 or earlier in 2025-26). Under the FIS rules (June 2026), the minimum age for international moguls is 13 and for major events (World Cup, World Championships, Olympics) it is 15; international junior competitions have a maximum age of 19 for moguls, dual moguls and aerials. For 2026-27 the FIS table sets the basic FIS licence level at those born in 2013 and earlier.

Sources: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/5hgz6u4c/production/31c8f9f9018f590f0dd3d545d01cae92e9af892c.pdf and FIS ICR Book VI (June 2026) rule 2013.4, https://assets.fis-ski.com/f/252177/x/74599b71fa/sbfsfk-new-icr-spring-2026_clean.pdf