Membership

 Roller Derby Canada Services (RDC) aides our members by providing accident and general liability insurance to roller derby skaters across Canada. 

The cost for regular membership is $55.00 per year plus applicable gst and provincial taxes. This membership fee pays for the skater’s individual accident insurance and also the general liability for the league, which allows each league to rent venues for practices, scrimmages, and games. 

Leagues that choose to have their membership through RDC, must then have all skaters with that league also purchase membership with RDC. This helps ensure the league is covered, from a liability standpoint, and that skaters are also covered by the secondary insurance program.  

Transferring skaters or other skaters that already have another provider are welcome and can transfer to RDC once they need to renew thier membership.  

Apprentice membership covers skaters for 120 days (4 months) and is $30.  This option is available for new skaters who are trying out the sport or taking a new skater program. After 120 days skaters that continue to skate need to purchase a regular yearly membership for $55.00 

Dedicated skating officials have a special membership cost of $30 per year. This option is not for officials who also play roller derby. 

Please note: We do not offer packages for skaters that do not have provincial health care. (Out of Country Skaters)  

To obtain membership please follow these instructions;

Please fill out this form once by clicking on the button below, please do NOT duplicate .

Once you press SUBMIT at the end of the form, you should receive this response: "RDC membership form received, your response has been recorded." 

Once filled out, send etransfer payment to PAMTERA@RDCSERVICES.ORG
PLEASE include your real name and your league you belong to in the email transfer MESSAGE box available to you when completing the email transfer.

You will receive confirmation via email within 24- 48 hours, if you do not , then please check your junk/spam box and then contact us at Pamtera@RDCservices.org  

  Directors and officers liability Insurance (often called D&O) is a type of liability insurance that covers individuals for claims made against them while serving on a board of directors and/or as an officer.

RDC provides Director and Officer Insurance for each league independently at a cost of $125 for the 2024 calendar year from January to December. 

RDC has accident insurance that covers skaters for accidents while skating at league practices and during games. This insurance is a secondary insurance that pays for injuries over and above your provincial health care.   

Our plan does not cover loss of wages. There are other options and plans that can meet your budget and protect you. 

Please visit Dehoney Financial Group for more information.   

As of January 2024 there will be a cost for each day of $4 per person per day for skaters playing roller derby outside of Canada. 

This is a special rate offered by Roller Derby Canada. 

If your league or a skater is playing in a game OR attending a bootcamp OR event outside of Canada please fill out the RDC Travel online form on our website to notify us 10 business days prior to travel. Please fill out the form for your whole team, including skating coaches, and skating officials. RDC will invoice the league and/or skater after the form has been completed. 

Rollercon - The RDC special rate of $4 per day will also be available for those attending Rollercon. Please use the RDC Travel form on our website and have how many days you will be skating at Rollercon ahead of time. We will send out a special electronic card that you can have available when attending Rollercon to show your coverage. 

Please send the appropriate fee as per how many days you will be skating to Pamtera@RDCservices.org  this information will be on the travel form for you. 

This is for RDC league play only, RDC does not cover skaters to play in the USA on USA teams or in USA leagues. If you have a skater joining your league from another country RDC cannot cover them under the RDC accident insurance policy. 

RDC cannot stress enough that ALL skaters that do not have additional insurance above their provincial health care, especially skaters that travel to the USA or extensively through Canada, protect themselves by purchasing a plan that will cover all expenses in the event they are ever hurt. Our accident insurance is a very limited plan that meets the requirements of WFTDA and USARS. 

Dehoney Financial Group have options available to you that can provide travel coverage and make sure the coverage you currently have includes roller derby. Please visit thier website for more information.   

      Volunteers, Coaches, assistant coaches, NSO (non skating officials) do not need RDC membership.  They do have the option if they wish to be members and be covered under our plan but it is not necessary if they are not on skates. Volunteers are people that volunteer to help at games but do not skate, do not pay dues, have no vote in your league and generally show up to help at your events.

  Independent skaters who are not affiliated with a league must be over the age of 18 and have 3 years experience playing roller derby or be a skating official. Any independent skater that is picked up to play by a league to play in a game must adhere to the leagues safety guidelines and policies as well as their benchmarking process.   

  RDC has no restrictions on junior and senior skaters. It is each leagues decision how they choose to regulate such practices and games. It is also each leagues choice to have junior and senior skaters on the track together. If you choose to have mixed games and practices that involve junior and senior skaters it is highly recommended that each league has a safety plan in place.