2025-26 Season Fee Information
Below are descriptions for the applicable fees for the 2025-26 season:
- Base Registration Fees (mandatory for all players)
- Rep Tryout Fees (optional fee)
- Rep Program Fee (mandatory fee for Rep players only)
- Team Fees (mandatory for all players)
- Volunteer Fee (mandatory deposit and refunded when hours are completed)
- Discount information for 3 or more children and goalies in U11, U13, U15 and U18
Base Registration Fee
The base registration fee refers to the amount that is charged to all players based on the actual cost involved in providing the program for each division. These fees cover the cost of standardized elements that are provided to every player in that specific division including, but not limited to, ice rental, coach support, referee payments, and standard association costs such as staffing, insurance, and BC Hockey/Hockey Canada player fees. This is the amount that will be seen on the registration form as players are officially registered for the 2025-26 season.
- U7 - $799
- U9 - $1,050
- U11 skaters - $1,100
- U11 goalies - $550
- U13 skaters - $1,150
- U13 goalies - $575
- U15 skaters - $1,175
- U15 goalies - $587.50
- U18 skaters - $1,210
- U18 goalies - $605
- U21 skaters - $600
- U21 goalies - $300
Payment options: During checkout, you will have the opportunity to select to pay the full amount (default selection) OR Pay by Installment.
Rep Tryout fee
- This is an opt-in fee for those players in U11, U13, U15 and U18 who are wanting to try out for the TBirds rep program.
- Registration for rep tryouts for the 2025-26 season must be completed by July 15th at the latest. It can be done at the same time as your season registration or anytime prior to July 15th.
- Tryouts for U11 will occur after the Labour Day weekend.
- Tryouts for U13, U15, U18 will commence on Saturday, August 23.
- Please note these dates as players MUST attend all sessions. Failure to attend a rep tryout session because of holiday travel will not be considered acceptable.
- The tryout fee will be $225 and is non-refundable after July 15. If the request is made prior to July 15, there is an admin charge of $25 to process the cancellation request.
Considerations for players trying out for the BC Hockey Zone Program / Junior teams
For those who are trying out for a zone or junior team, we recognize that the timelines of these often coincide with our TBirds tryouts. In order to keep TBirds rep program as an option for next season in the event that you choose to return or you are not successful this season in making the other team, please ensure you complete the following steps:
- Contact us no later than July 15 so we can track your potential involvement with tryouts and the Thunderbird program this season. You will register the player for Rep Tryout and pay the fee.
- Keep us updated should you accept a position with another program so you can be removed from the list at any time.
- If you have not secured a spot on another team by August 23, we will need to coordinate having the player attend a minimum of one tryout session with TBirds in order to maintain eligibility.
- If you are offered a spot with a Zone/Junior team, you will be refunded the Rep Tryout fee less a $50 admin fee.
Rep Program Fees - U11, U13, U15 and U18 Divisions
The Rep Program Fee includes the costs for additional ice, non parent contracted coaches, additional skills sessions, tournaments, apparel, and dryland arranged by the Association.
There may be additional team fees outside of the rep program fee that will be collected by the rep team manager/treasurer.
The Rep Program Fee will be paid directly to the Association in two instalments after rep teams are finalized (October 15 and November 15).
Any funds remaining at the end of the season will be returned to the parents.
Each team will have a unique fee as TBirds adhere to a "pay what it costs you to play" which means each team will only pay for the elements they are being provided, and not sharing costs across a division.
The rep program fees are expected to range anywhere from $1,500-$3,500 depending on the team.
Team Fees
For all levels from U7 through to U18, parents will be asked to provide a team fee based on the team budget developed by the manager/treasurer.
A parent meeting must be held at the beginning of each season for the manager/treasurer to present the proposed budget and seek parent input and approval.
Typical elements that are included in team fees include, but are not limited to:
- Tournament expenses*
- Coach/Player gifts
- Team Building Activities
- Apparel item(s) and game socks*
- Referee payments for exhibition games*
- Additional skill instructor for team practices*
- Thunderball donation
* Exception for rep teams as some/all of this is already captured in Rep Program Fee
Volunteer Fee
Parent volunteers are essential to the ability of the TBirds to operate. In order to ensure that everyone is a part of the success of our programs, we ask every family to engage in assisting both at the team level and the association level. More information on the Volunteer Fee Program can be found here.
Each player registration will include a volunteer fee of $150 (max $300 per family) which is 100% refundable upon completion of a minimum of 4 team volunteer hours within each player's team and a minimum of 3 Association hours for roles posted on the Volunteer Portal by the Association.
Discounts
The following discounts will remain in place for the upcoming season:
- Families with 3 or more children registered with the Vancouver Thunderbird Minor Hockey Association will receive a 50% reduction of the base fee for the 3rd, 4th, 5th child and so on. (The lowest registration fee for the 3rd player and so one will be the fees reduced).
- Goalie Registration Fee: Full-time goalies in U11 to U18 - 50% of the base skater registration fee.
