What is District 4?

Hockey Canada is the national governing body for amateur hockey in the country. The organization works in conjunction with the 13 member branches, the Canadian Hockey League and U Sports in growing the game at all levels. Hockey Canada oversees the management of programs in Canada from entry-level to high performance teams and competitions, including world championships and the Olympic Winter Games. Hockey Canada is also Canada's voice within the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Within Hockey Canada, there are 13 branches; three of which are in Ontario.  Hockey Eastern Ontario (formerly Ottawa District Hockey Association, or ODHA) is the governing body of Amateur Hockey within its boundaries, which include the counties of Renfrew, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville (except the town of Gananoque) and all parts east within Province of Ontario.  Within HEO there is HEO Minor (formerly Ottawa District Minor Hockey Association, or ODMHA), who oversee the minor hockey associations and development programs for HEO.  Geographically, HEO is divided into 10 districts, which can be shown here. For women's hockey, please see the Ontario Women's Hockey Association website.

Member Associations

For District 4, there are currently seven minor hockey associations:

• Almonte Pakenham Minor Hockey Association
• Carleton Place Minor Hockey Association
• Osgoode Rideau Minor Hockey Association
• Perth Lanark Minor Hockey Association
• Richmond Munster Minor Hockey Association
• Stittsville Minor Hockey Association
• West Carleton Minor Hockey Association

Leagues

The HEO Minor hockey programs are divided into two groups: House League (where regular season and playoff games are played within the District), and Competitive, which play in leagues that span across districts within HEO Minor. The leagues that District 4 participate in include:

Competitive

• HEO U18 AAA
• HEO Minor AAA, with District 4 participants:
  • Ottawa Valley Titans, representing Almonte Pakenham, Carleton Place, Perth Lanark, Stittsville and West Carleton
  • Upper Canada Cyclones, representing Osgoode Rideau and Richmond Munster

• U12
• U13
• U14
• U15
• U16 
• U18 

• HEO Minor AA / A, with the Ottawa Valley Silver Sevens representing all seven associations from District 4:
  • U9
  • U10 | A
  • U11 | AA + A
  • U12 | AA
  • U13 | AA
  • U14 | AA
  • U15 | AA
  • U16 | AA
  • U18 | AA
• HEO Minor Ottawa B League, with District 4 represented by:
  • Mississippi Thunder Kings , representing Almonte Pakenham and Carleton Place
  • Osgoode Richmond Romans, representing Osgoode Rideau and Richmond Munster
  • Perth Lanark
  • Stittsville Rams
  • West Carleton Crusaders

• U10
• U11
• U12
• U13
• U14
• U15
• U16
• U18

House League

HEO Minor's District 4 operates the Lanark Carleton Minor Hockey League for its seven associations to participate in. The participating age levels include:

• U7 - Initiation Progam
• U9
• U11
• U13
• U15
• U18
• U20