Which weight class does my child wrestle in, and can they move up a class?

Weight classes are chosen during event registration. For every age category other than Senior and U23, including U15, U17 and U19, an athlete competes in the weight class matching their weight at the end of the official weigh-ins. Only Senior and U23 athletes may choose the next higher weight class than their body weight, so youth wrestlers cannot.

An athlete may weigh in and compete in only one weight class per age category per style. There is no weight tolerance unless the event technical package says otherwise.

Source: Wrestling Canada Lutte Rulebook, effective March 1, 2026, Articles 5 and 6.