2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts


The 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Canada's national women's curling championship, was held from January 23 to February 1 at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The winning Kerri Einarson team will represent Canada at the 2026 World Women's Curling Championship at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
Defending champion Rachel Homan decided to withdraw from the event due to qualifying for the 2026 Winter Olympics. As a result, Kerri Einarson, who finished as runner-up in the 2025 tournament, became Team Canada for the event.
This was the first Canadian women's curling championship to be held in the Greater Toronto Area.

Teams

A total of eighteen teams qualified for the 2026 Scotties. The fourteen Canadian curling member associations held playdowns to determine who would represent their province or territory. Team Canada is represented by Team Kerri Einarson, who replaces Team Rachel Homan following their victory at the 2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.
In a continuation of the 2025 qualifying format, the final three teams in the field pre-qualified for the 2026 Scotties based on their 2024–25 Canadian Team Ranking Standings, which meant they bypassed the provincial qualifiers. These spots initially went to Teams Kerri Einarson, Kayla Skrlik and Christina Black. However, with Team Einarson becoming Team Canada, the third CTRS spot was instead given to the highest ranked non-qualified team following the completion of all provincial and territorial championships, Team Kaitlyn Lawes.
The teams are listed as follows:

CTRS Rankings

As of January 12, 2026
Source:
Member Association RankPoints
2181.600
3163.950
4151.450
6128.088
997.650
1096.138
1389.313
1572.875
2758.275
2850.888
3534.525
4725.813
6612.075
6712.000
749.375
836.900
1042.625
NR0.000

Wild card selection

Originally, three pre qualified berths were allocated to the top teams in the Canadian Team Ranking System from the previous curling season. These three pre qualified teams were Team Kerri Einarson, Team Kayla Skrlik, and Team Christina Black. However due to Team Rachel Homan withdrawing from the Scotties to focus on the Olympics. Kerri Einarson became team Canada, leaving an additional pre qualified spot up for grabs. Curling Canada announced that the highest ranked Canadian Team Ranking System that did not qualify for the scotties will be given the spot following the conclusion of all provincial/territorial championships. The final berth was given to the team with the highest CTRS ranking on January 12, 2026, who did not win their provincial/territorial championship.
RankTeamCTRS PointsMember AssociationEligibility
1411.900Withdrew from tournament
2181.600Qualified as Team Canada
3163.950Won British Columbia provincials
4Kaitlyn Lawes151.450Eliminated from provincials
5Serena Gray-Withers151.225Eliminated from provincials

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Pos.Team

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time.

Draw 1

''Friday, January 23, 7:00 pm''

Draw 2

''Saturday, January 24, 2:00 pm''

Draw 3

''Saturday, January 24, 7:00 pm''

Draw 4

''Sunday, January 25, 9:00 am''

Draw 5

''Sunday, January 25, 2:00 pm''

Draw 6

''Sunday, January 25, 7:00 pm''

Draw 7

''Monday, January 26, 9:00 am''

Draw 8

''Monday, January 26, 2:00 pm''

Draw 9

''Monday, January 26, 7:00 pm''

Draw 10

''Tuesday, January 27, 9:00 am''

Draw 11

''Tuesday, January 27, 2:00 pm''

Draw 12

''Tuesday, January 27, 7:00 pm''

Draw 13

''Wednesday, January 28, 9:00 am''

Draw 14

''Wednesday, January 28, 2:00 pm''

Draw 15

''Wednesday, January 28, 7:00 pm''

Draw 16

''Thursday, January 29, 9:00 am''

Draw 17

''Thursday, January 29, 2:00 pm''

Draw 18

''Thursday, January 29, 7:00 pm''

Championship round

Page 1/2 Qualifier

''Friday, January 30, 1:00 pm''

Page 3/4 Qualifier

''Friday, January 30, 7:00 pm''

Playoffs

1 vs. 2

''Saturday, January 31, 7:00 pm''

3 vs. 4

''Saturday, January 31, 1:00 pm''

Semifinal

''Sunday, February 1, 1:00 pm''

Final

''Sunday, February 1, 7:00 pm''

Statistics

Top 5 round robin player percentages

''Round Robin Only; minimum 5 games played''

Perfect games

Round robin only; minimum 10 shots thrown
PlayerTeamPositionShotsOpponent
Dayna DemmansLead20
Margot Flemming Third18

Awards

The Awards for the 2026 Scotties Tournament of Hearts were as follows:

All-Star teams

The All-Star Teams were determined by a combination of media vote and playing percentages:
PositionNameTeam
SkipKelsey Calvert
ThirdSelena Njegovan
SecondMichaela Robert
LeadKarlee Burgess

PositionNameTeam
SkipKerri Einarson
ThirdDanielle Schmiemann
SecondLaura Walker
LeadSarah Potts

[Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award]

The Marj Mitchell Sportsmanship Award was presented to the player chosen by their fellow peers as the curler that most exemplified sportsmanship and dedication to curling during the annual Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
NamePositionTeam
Kayla SkrlikSkip

Provincial and territorial playdowns

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