Provincial Team Program

All athletes are welcome to attend tryouts, regardless of potential financial challenges. Financial support is available for those in need (including athletes who make the team and require support with fees). In order to receive financial support, please complete this form and we will work with individual families to find a solution. 

Note: Based on identification by Canada Games coaches, select athletes will receive direct invites to participate in the 2025 Canada Games final tryout in May. Players can be selected through the open identification camps in December and April for Canada Games. Players can also be selected through coach identification during their current season.

2025 Provincial Team Program Overview

Each year, Canada Basketball hosts a Nationwide competition for provincial and territorial U15 and U17 teams. Nova Scotia has been proud to field teams for the last 25 years.

In addition, the Canada Games - a national multi-sport event - is held every two years rotating between summer and winter sports. The 2025 Canada Summer Games will take place August 8-24 in St, John’s NL, and BNS will be sending both a U17 girls and boys team. 

In a non Canada Games year, BNS would send both U17 and U15 teams to the National competition. This year, there will be a boys and girls U15 tournament and the U17 boys and girls will compete at the Canada Games in place of a Canada Basketball National competition.

Our 2025 Canada Games and U15 coaching staff can be found here. 

BNS PTP Pillars

The BNS PTP is guided by 5 principles:

1. Accountability - Success and shortcomings of our Provincial programs are reported, tracked, evaluated and shared with our stakeholders, to foster an organization of thought leadership.
2. Inclusion - Our groups are representative of the best athletes across the entire province, regardless of geography. ALL athletes feel like they belong, regardless of location, skill level, background, or experience. We intentionally target, recruit, and create opportunities for underrepresented groups in Nova Scotia.
3. Integrity - We do what we say we’ll do.
4. Respect - We treat each other as we would like to be treated, with dignity, understanding, and empathy. 
5. Trust - We live by our values.

Provincial team program timeline

Canada Games tryout dates (specific times and locations to be communicated in early December):

1. December 21-22 (Halifax)(Open)
2. April19-20 (Halifax)(Invite)
3. May 24-25 (Halifax)(Invite)

U15 tryout dates (specific times and locations to be communicated in early December):

1. April 12-13 (Halifax)(Open)
2. April 26-27 (Halifax)(Invite)

Development Training Groups

We are in the process of implementing high performance programming for U13-U17 athletes. The details are still being solidified and we'll be excited to share the plan for this age group in the coming weeks. We were pleased with the efforts from our coaches and athletes in the 2024 Development Training Group (U16), and are looking forward to build on this for Summer 2025.