Liability insurance is necessary to protect yourself when you work outside your regular coaching environment. The CAC provides this insurance package to ChPCs® and Registered Coaches at a discount. The insurance covers paid coaches, unpaid coaches, independent coaches, team leaders, mentors, instructors, and coach developers who may not be insured when working or volunteering with teams, groups, or sanctioned organizations. It also provides additional protection in the event your team or sanctioning body does not have adequate insurance. 

Canadian Insurance Brokers Inc. (CIBI) in conjunction with the CAC has formed an exclusive Insurance Program for Coaches across Canada. 

• Premiums above are for $2M CGL and accident. 
• Additional flat premium of $200 to increase limit to $5M. 
• Legal Expense Insurance is an additional $190 per coach, 24/7 Legal Helpline access.

Fees

ChPC® and Registered Coach:  
Class A Sports: $300 
Class B Sports: $400 
Class C Sports: $500 

NCCP Coach: 
Class A Sports: $350 
Class B Sports: $450 
Class C Sports: $575 

Coach Developer:
$250

ChPCs® and Registered Coaches have access to an easy-to-use, affordable, and competitive health and dental benefits program. Depending on your coverage needs, you may opt into one of 2 plans.

For more information on how you can join the health and dental benefits program, contact Benefits by Design (BBD).

• English Inquiries: 1-888-272-0413, ext. 125
• French Inquiries: 1-888-272-0413, ext. 113

Fees

Option 1 – Cost per Month (plus taxes)
Single: $58.46
Couple: $109.73
Family: $179.78

Option 2 – Cost per Month (plus taxes)
Single: $44.31
Couple: $86.44
Family: $133.92

FREE

If you need legal advice pertaining to your coaching activities, including contract review or other disputes, the CAC will connect you with a lawyer and pay for your initial 1 hour consultation. Email procoach@coach.ca.

FREE

Gain access at no cost to Canada’s national Sport Information Resource Centre (SIRC), one of the largest online collections of sport-related resources. SIRC includes:

• Sport databases and on-line job bank
• Leading research on sports science, medicine, and sport development (youth participation, physical education, and physical literacy)
• Practical tools such as coaching plans, training programs, club and organization leadership, management and governance templates and guides, and youth sport programming recommendations
• Multi-media SIRCuit (Athlete Pathways, Leadership, and High Performance)

Log in to your Locker account to access this service and click on the Professional Coaching tab on the left side of your screen.

FREE

Get one of 10 annual licenses to learn French or English, available on a first-come, first-served basis. These licenses are rotated among interested coaches.

If interested, please email procoach@coach.ca.

The CAC has teamed with Sterling Talent Solutions to provide an online criminal record check process at a low price of $25 (+tax) per applicant. The Enhanced Police Information Check (E-PIC) provides a secure database to store and share results, manage renewals, and track the progress of individual checks. To reduce your costs, you can share your check with the CAC as well as the organization with which you are coaching.

Fees

$25(+tax)
Regular price is $60 (+tax)

FREE

ChPC® and Registered Coaches are eligible for FACE program grants. The National Sport Organization’s nominate candidates across Canada who would benefit the most from a grant. Then, a committee made up of representatives from Petro‑Canada™, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the Coaching Association of Canada choose the recipients.

FREE

ChPC® and Registered Coaches are eligible for the CAC National Awards Program.

Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala

• Lifetime Achievement Award: recognizes a lifelong commitment to coaching and coach development.​
• Coach of the Year Award: recognizes the outstanding achievements of a coach, both for the sport performances of their athlete(s) or team and for exhibiting excellence in sport values.
• Impact Award: recognizes an individual or organization for their creation of an innovative event or program that has benefited the sport and coaching community.​
• NCCP Coach Developer Awards: recognize outstanding individuals who have gone above and beyond to develop certified and trained NCCP coaches.
• Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards: recognize coaches whose athlete or team won a medal at a World Championship, Olympic or Paralympic Games, or at the Special Olympics World Games.​

FREE

Update is the CAC’s Professional Coaching program newsletter, emailed four times a year. It normally includes three sections: a topical webinar, professional coaching highlights, and a featured service.

FREE

Because professional development is a valuable component of coaching excellence, the CAC has assembled a series of webinars sourced from a range of experts in the fields of sport and human leadership and management. ChPCs® and Registered Coaches have exclusive access to these webinars anytime, anywhere by logging in to your Locker account and clicking on the Resources tab.

FREE

The CAC will provide various Professional Development opportunities exclusive to ChPC® and Registered Coaches. Examples from the past are PD opportunities in Coach House at the Canada Games, and Mental Health webinar series for Professional Coaches.