Canadian University Rowing Association

The Canadian University Rowing Association is the governing body for post-secondary rowing in Canada. Its purpose is to promote participation in rowing through academic and sporting excellence at Canadian Universities. The Canadian University Rowing Championship is hosted annually in early November by one of the member institutions. It is a showcase of top Canadian Under 23 and Senior rowing talent where many of the medalist and finalist athletes have represented or will go on to represent Canada internationally.

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Championship events

According to the CURA Playing Regulations, CURC events are the same for Men and Women and points are awarded to participating teams for 1st through 12th place in each event :

Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
Lwt 1x	15	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Hwt 1x	15	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Lwt 2x	20	16	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Hwt 2-	20	16	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2
Lwt 4+	25	20	15	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3
Hwt 8+	40	35	30	25	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	14

Men's national championship titles by institution

Institution	Number of championship titles	Most recent title
University of British Columbia	10	2025
University of Victoria	7	2021
University of Western Ontario	6	2015
Brock University	5	2012

Women's national championship titles by institution

Institution	Number of championship titles	Most recent title
University of Victoria	14	2024
University of Western Ontario	8	2017
University of British Columbia	4	2021
Queen's University	2	2025

National championships

The Men's and Women's teams with the most points are crowned National Champions and presented with the National Championship Banners following the regatta.

Year	Location	Host institution	Overall men's champions	Overall women's champions
2025	Olympic Basin, Montreal, QC	McGill University	University of British Columbia	Queen's University
2024	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	University of British Columbia	University of Victoria
2023	Burnaby Lake, Burnaby, BC	University of British Columbia	University of British Columbia	University of Victoria
2022	Martindale Pond, St. Catharines, ON	Brock University	University of British Columbia	University of Victoria
2021	Welland International Flatwater Centre, Welland, ON	Brock University	University of Victoria	University of British Columbia
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	University of British Columbia	University of British Columbia
2018	Martindale Pond, St. Catharines, ON	Brock University	University of British Columbia	University of British Columbia
2017	Lake Burnaby, Burnaby, BC	University of British Columbia	University of British Columbia	University of Western Ontario
2016	Welland, ON	University of Western Ontario & University of Guelph	University of British Columbia	University of Western Ontario
2015	Lochaber, Antigonish, NS	St. Francis Xavier University	University of Western Ontario	University of Western Ontario
2014	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	University of British Columbia	University of Western Ontario
2013	Notre Dame Island, Montreal, QC	McGill University	University of Western Ontario	University of Western Ontario
2012	Lake Burnaby, Burnaby, BC	University of British Columbia	Brock University	University of Victoria
2011	Welland, ON	University of Western Ontario	University of Western Ontario	University of Victoria
2010	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	University of Victoria	University of Victoria
2009	Notre Dame Island, Montreal, QC	McGill University	University of Victoria	University of Western Ontario
2008	Fort Langley, BC	University of the Fraser Valley & University of British Columbia	University of Western Ontario	University of Western Ontario
2007	Welland, ON	Brock University	University of Western Ontario	Queen's University
2006	Martindale Pond, St. Catharines, ON	Brock University	University of Western Ontario	University of Western Ontario
2005	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	University of British Columbia	University of Victoria
2004	Notre Dame Island, Montreal, QC	McGill University	Brock University	University of British Columbia
2003	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	Brock University	University of Victoria
2002	Martindale Pond, St. Catharines, ON	Brock University	Brock University	University of Victoria
2001	Martindale Pond, St. Catharines, ON	Brock University	University of Victoria	University of Victoria
2000	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	University of Victoria	University of Victoria
1999	Martindale Pond, St. Catharines, ON	Brock University	Brock University	University of Victoria
1998	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	University of Victoria	University of Victoria
1997	Elk Lake, Victoria, BC	University of Victoria	University of Victoria	University of Victoria

Awards

Each year following competition, the association presents a number of individual awards. Recipients are determined by a gathering of all head coaches present following the final race and handed out at the awards banquet later in the evening.
Male Athlete of the Year

Year	Athlete	Institution
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017	Aaron Lattimer	University of British Columbia
2018	Alex Bernst	Queen's University
2019	Curtis Ames	University of Western Ontario
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Liam Smit	University of British Columbia
2022	Stephen Harris Thomas Markewich Patrick Keane	Brock University Brock University University of Victoria
2023	Stephen Harris	Brock University
2024	Stephen Harris	Brock University
2025	Riley Watson	Brock University

Female Athlete of the Year

Year	Athlete	Institution
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017	Larissa Werbicki	University of Western Ontario
2018	Laura Court	Brock University
2019	Hayley Chase	Laurentian University
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Piper Battersby	University of Victoria
2022	Alizée Brien	University of Montreal
2023	Kennedy Burrows	University of Ottawa
2024	Sai Sai Faubert	University of Victoria
2025	Julia Teixeira	Queen's University

Trophies

As well as the trophies presented to the overall Men's and Women's teams with the most points, event trophies are presented to the winning crews in the Men's and Women's Eights events. All event trophies have been back dated to include previous winners of the event in question.
The Book of Honour: Men's Eight winners are presented with the Book of Honour, in which the names of all members of each year's winning Men's Eight are listed by hand in calligraphy on a new page along with a picture of the crew, winning time, etc. The Book of Honour was the first event award created and first presented before 2012 by members of past winning Men's Eights from numerous Canadian universities including Robert Weitemeyer, Peter McClelland, and Adam Kreek. The initials of the contributors are on an early page in the book itself.
The Jane Thornton Trophy: Women's Eight winners are presented with the Jane Thornton Trophy, which consists of a decorated wooden oar blade mounted on a beaver-chewed piece of driftwood set on a wooden base, on which a small wooden shield with the winning university's institutional coat of arms is placed. The trophy is named in honour of Jane Thornton, one of the most successful university rowers in the conference's history. The trophy was first presented in 2013. The trophy is constructed of a blade and oarlock from the Fredericton Rowing Club, where Thornton learned to row; similarly, the driftwood was taken from the Saint John River in Fredericton; the base was built by Thornton's father using local wood.