Overview

Only licensed promoters can apply for a professional combative sport event permit.

Applying for an event permit

You must submit your event permit application at least 30 days before the date of your proposed event along with a non-refundable permit fee of $300 to the Ontario Athletics Commission.

The application must include:

  • venue details
  • a letter confirming the availability of the venue on the proposed date

How to apply

  1. Fill out and submit the event permit application form.
  2. Pay the required permit fee.

If you are approved for a permit

At least 14 days before an event

Provide the following to the Ontario Athletics Commission:

  • Security deposit, including:
    • fees payable to officials, as set out in the “Fees and Expenses Payable to Officials by the Commissioner” regulation
    • event administration fee of $250 per bout (with a minimum fee of $1,500)
    • medical deposit for contestants without proof of medical insurance or who are not covered by a participant accident policy
  • Certificate of insurance that provides proof of general liability insurance for the event with a minimum coverage of $5,000,000
  • List of all proposed bouts

At least 7 days before an event

Provide the following to the Ontario Athletics Commission:

  • copies of all contracts between the promoter and contestants and amount payable to each contestant
  • confirmation of the presence of security guards at the events
  • confirmation of the presence of two individuals with the qualifications of a paramedic at the event, and one of the following:
    • municipal off-call or special-events ambulance
    • private ambulance

If you are denied a permit

The Commissioner will notify you by email.

Permit appeals

If the Commissioner refuses, suspends or cancels a permit to host an event, you are entitled to a hearing by the Licence Appeals Tribunal — General Service.