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CSMTA’s Membership year is January 1 to December 31. The renewal deadline is yearly on December 1.

Everyone initially joins as either a Sport Candidate Member or Student.

Current members will be sent a renewal notice directly to them in the fall.

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Sport Candidate Member - $180.00 (CAD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: December 1st No automatically recurring payments
For new Applicants only

January 1 - May 31 Dues $180
June 1 - August 31 Dues $108
September 1 - 31 Dues $72
October 1 - December 31 full dues $180 - your membership dues include the rest of the current year and the following year

Please note that as new members you will be required to send in your documents to admissions@csmta.ca . Please have all relevant information available.

Documents include:
• Letter of confirmation of graduation from Massage School
• Confirmation of a sport massage course in the curriculum of school attended
• Proof of good standing with your Provincial Massage Therapy Organization
• Proof Liability Insurance
• Proof of Standard First Aid and CPR or First Responder with Sport Module
• SafeSport Training from Coach.ca
• Criminal Background Check: CSMTA will accept any vulnerable sector criminal record check that has been done in the last 12 months from date of issue when first applying to be a member of the CSMTA. Any criminal record check submitted to the CSMTA will be valid 2 years from the date of issue.

Student - $25.00 (CAD) Subscription period: 1 year, on: December 1st No automatically recurring payments
For new Applicants:

January 1 - December 31 Dues $25

Please note that as new members you will be required to send in your documents to admissions@csmta.ca. Please have all relevant information available.

Documents include:
• Letter of confirmation of enrolment with length of program and expected graduation date
• Confirmation of a sport massage course in the curriculum of their school
• SafeSport Training completed by Coach.ca

Document Submission

When submitting your documents for approval please ensure that they are clear, easy to read and in pdf format. Please note that screen shots and photographs of documents will not be accepted as they are often very difficult to read. There is more than one way to scan your documents. We only ask that they are clear and easy to read. If using your phone, we recommend using the app called Adobe Scan as it makes clear and clean copies of your important documents and you can send all of your pages in one pdf document to the National Office. It is also free to use.

Application Processing

Please note that it may take up to 6 weeks to process your application providing all of your documents have been submitted and are in order.

Membership Level Upgrades

Those members wishing to update their student membership to a sport candidate member or to make their current membership inactive should contact the National Office Coordinator at natoffice@csmta.ca for the process and dues information.

Renewal of Membership

As an active member, when your membership is up for renewal an email will be sent directly to you. To maintain your membership in good standing all membership fees must be paid and all documents must be valid.

Student members will not be required to submit additional information to maintain their membership, only pay the required membership fee.

The required documents for Sport Candidate Members and Sport Fellow Members include:

Proof of Liability Insurance
Proof of Good Standing with your Provincial Organization - Proof of good standing with colleges can be obtained with a letter from your regulatory body (if in a regulated province) or a receipt of payment from your provincial college or professional body (if no regulatory body exits in your province).
Proof of Standard First Aid Course with CPR (Sport Candidate members)
First Responder with Sport Module and CPR (Sport Fellow members) - Note that Sport Candidate members may wish to submit this higher level of certification in place of the lower Standard First Aid certification, especially in preparation for taking the Oral Practical exam as it is a requirement for doing the exam.
Criminal Background with Vulnerable Sector Check: Any criminal record check submitted to the CSMTA will be valid 2 years from the date of issue. Please see the members only section for a link to fulfill your requirements with MyBackCheck (at a reduced rate).
Safe Sport Training from Coaching.ca: These courses need to be redone every 3 years.

Starting December 1st, a late fee of $60 will be applied to any membership dues payments.

Reinstatement of Sport Candidate Memberships

After 1-2 years of not being a member, Sport Candidate members must pay the current membership fee, have current First Responder with Sport Module and CPR or Standard First Aid certificate with CPR and pay an administration fee of $60. Please note that any hours generated during this period time will only go towards your non-membership hours which has a maximum of 150 hours.

After 3-4 years of not being a member, Sport Candidate members must pay membership fee as well as $180 for not paying in the ceased years, have documentation of at least 50 hours of sport massage experience in the ceased years or has to generate those hours when becoming a member again. This will include documentation of 2 letters of reference from either an event organizer and/or team official (coach/ manager).

Reinstatement of Sport Fellow Memberships

After 1-2 years of not being a member, Sport Fellow members must pay the current membership fee, have current First Responder with Sport Module and CPR certificate and pay an administration fee of $60.

After 3-4 years of not being a member, Sport Fellow members must pay membership fee as well as $220 for not paying in the ceased years, have documentation of at least 50 hours of sport massage experience in the ceased years or has to generate those hours when becoming a member again. This will include documentation of 2 letters of reference from either an event organizer and/or team official (coach/ manager).