Pride Softball Canada | Fierté

PRIDE SOFTBALL CANADA | Fierté

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The 2026 Pride Softball Canada Cup (PSCC) will be in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Click HERE for more.

Since 2023, WESA has been in conversation with other Canadian leagues exploring partnership opporutnities for their members, including the Pride Softball Canada Cup Series.  There is an open invitation to Pride leagues across Canada to join in discussions on community building through slo-pitch softball.

The Pride slo-pitch leagues in Vancouver (WESA), Toronto (CGSL), and Hamilton (SCISA) have built strong relationships through our shared involvement as International Pride Softball member cities. Through this work, we have come to recognize just how much we have in common. While each league has its own structure and local flavour, we are closely aligned in our values, our approach to inclusion, and our commitment to creating affirming spaces where community and healthy competition can exist side-by-side.

For the 2024 (Las Vegas) and 2025 (Houston) Gay Softball World Series, our leagues created unified ceremonial jerseys worn by our teams, presenting a united presence as we celebrate Pride softall as Canadians.

Using as inspiration WESA's Vancouver Pacific Cup, CGSL's Toronto Gay Canada Cup, and the Gay Softball World Series,  the group has been working towards a united Canadian tournament inviting slo-pitch softball players from across Canada, the US, and beyond.

2026 JOINT STATEMENT - Click HERE for a joint statement from the founding three league of the PSCC.

Members of the WESA Committee include: Tommy J, Patrick K, Peter H, Seán HC, Matt B, Colin B.
If you are a WESA member and would like to get involved in a committee, please visit our Volunteer page here.

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Our first collaboration: Canada league members from Vancouver, Toronto, and Hamilton in a unified jersey design (Las Vegas 2024)

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Above: Our first collaboration.  A unified jersey design created by WESA member Joel Gordon.

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Above: our second unified jersey design worn by the Canadian delegation to the iPride Summer Meetings and the Vancouver Batmen to the 2025 GSWS in Houston, Texas.

Resources:
Toronto - Cabbage Town Group Softball League
Hamilton - Steel City Inclusive Softball Association

A YouTube clip from the Toronto CGSL, talking about the formation of Canada's first gay softball league in 1975. Click HERE.

A YouTube clip of our friend Jeff Lindstrom, from the Hamilton SCISA league, on talks about Pride softball in Canada and North America on CHCH News.
Click HERE.