Tennis Canada (TC)

The tennis federation in Canada

Tennis Canada, founded in 1890, is a non-profit national sport association and Canada's ITF member federation, also affiliated to the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee. It governs through a network of Provincial & Territorial Tennis Associations (PTTAs) rather than a French-style direct-licence model, and it selects and administers Canada's Davis Cup, Billie Jean King Cup, Olympic/Paralympic and wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. It owns and operates the National Bank Open presented by Rogers (WTA and ATP tour events) and several ATP/ITF-sanctioned events, runs junior national training centres in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, administers coach certification through Tennis Professionals Association (TPA), and uses the ITF World Tennis Number (WTN) for player rating and ranking. It reinvests its surplus into tennis development and publishes an annual report and strategic plan; no clubs/licensee count is given on the pages read.

Getting a licence

The federation does not say online how to get a licence: ask a club, or contact it directly.

The licence page

Competitions and rankings

From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.

Tennis clubs in Canada → 248 clubs Where to buy a tennis racket in Canada → 10 shops sell tennis equipment in Canada: specialist shops, sports chains and online stores.

The other racket-sport federations in Canada

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Tennis Canada (TC)

Getting a licence

Competitions and rankings

The other racket-sport federations in Canada

The tennis federation in other countries