Which sanctions are presumed for the most serious behaviours?
Rule- Canada
- UCCMS
- Universal Code of Conduct
- Safe sport
- Maltreatment
- Version 7.0
- 2025
- Coaches
- Assistant coaches
- Officials
Section 7.3 sets presumptive sanctions. The Respondent may rebut them.
- Sexual Maltreatment involving a Minor: permanent ineligibility.
- Sexual Maltreatment, Physical Maltreatment with contact, Grooming, and the behaviours in Sections 5.9 to 5.14 (risk of maltreatment, aiding and abetting, failure to report, false allegations, interference with process, retaliation): either a period of suspension or eligibility restrictions.
- Pending Criminal Code charges for a crime against a person: if justified by the seriousness of the offence, a period of suspension until a final determination is made.
Failing to comply with a sanction already imposed results in automatic suspension until the Participant complies. A Participant convicted of a Criminal Code offence for conduct that counts as Prohibited Behaviour is automatically sanctioned, with a right to challenge only the sanction.
Added 25 Oct 2026