Sport Integrity Canada began the first phase of its Canadian Program to Prevent Competition Manipulation in September 2026. Ten sport organizations have adopted the framework voluntarily. The reporting channel, however, is not open yet.

The gap affects athletes, officials and Canadian sports bettors. The program sets national standards for betting-related misconduct, education, enforcement and sanctions. Sport Integrity Canada is still developing the process for receiving reports.

Sport Integrity Canada says the framework is being introduced in phases.

The rules are in place for participating organizations. The public reporting route is not operational yet.

What the framework covers

The Canadian Program to Prevent Competition Manipulation, or CPPCM, is designed to prevent attempts to improperly influence a competition or an event connected to it for personal or financial benefit.

Covered conduct can include:

  • Fixing a result or part of a competition.
  • Accepting a bribe.
  • Sharing inside information for money.
  • Betting on a person’s own sport.
  • Arranging prohibited conduct through another person.

The framework includes four main elements:

  • Prevention and education.
  • Rules for identifying possible manipulation.
  • Enforcement and sanctions.
  • Information-sharing and reporting mechanisms.

According to Sport Integrity Canada’s competition manipulation FAQ, the approach aligns with the International Olympic Committee’s code on preventing competition manipulation.

It also places Canadian sport within wider efforts involving sport organizations, governments, regulators and law enforcement.

Why the missing reporting system matters

Sport Integrity Canada’s website says reports are not being accepted at this time. Organizations can adopt the CPPCM before the reporting process becomes available. The agency says guidance and timelines will be published later.

That makes the September launch a rules-and-education phase, not a fully operational public reporting system. The framework exists, but the route for submitting a concern has not been activated.

The distinction matters when suspicious activity is detected. Depending on the facts and jurisdiction, a concern may involve a sport organization, a licensed betting operator, a provincial gaming regulator or law enforcement.

The CPPCM is administered by Sport Integrity Canada for participating sport organizations. It does not replace provincial gambling regulation.

Rules already affect participants

For participants covered by the CPPCM, Sport Integrity Canada says betting is prohibited on competitions sanctioned or recognized by their national sport organization, provincial or territorial sport governing body, international federation or a multisport event in which they take part.

Sport Integrity Canada is also working with Integrity Compliance 360 on ProhiBet. The system is intended to help licensed betting operators identify prohibited bettors through hashed participant data.

Sport Integrity Canada says the digital fingerprint used for matching is designed not to store personal information, according to its FAQ.

How the framework fits Canada’s betting market

Canadian provinces manage sports betting through separate regulatory and operating structures. In Ontario, for example, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario requires immediate notification of suspicious sport and event wagering identified by operators or independent integrity monitors.

The requirement appears in the commission’s suspicious wagering notification standards.

That creates two connected but different layers:

  • Provincial regulators oversee gambling operators and market conduct.
  • Sport Integrity Canada’s CPPCM sets conduct rules for participants in adopting sport organizations.

The practical test will be how those layers exchange information once the CPPCM reporting process opens.

Sport Integrity Canada’s 2026 impact report identifies competition manipulation as a growing concern linked to expanding betting activity, global market access and gaps in awareness and reporting.

What happens next

The first phase covers 10 invited organizations. Sport Integrity Canada says other national sport organizations and national multisport organizations will be invited to adopt the program voluntarily at a later date.

Canada now has a national anti-manipulation framework for participating sport organizations. Its credibility will depend on whether athletes, officials, sport bodies, operators and regulators receive a clear reporting path before the system faces a serious real-world case.