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Terms of Use

The rules that apply when you use the Canadian Canyoning Association website, forms, members area, and staff login.

Last updated: 4 September 2026. These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) are an agreement between you and the Canadian Canyoning Association / Association canadienne de canyonisme (“CCA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) for your use of https://www.canadacanyoning.ca and related pages, including /members, /admin, /admin/login, and /login (together, the “Site”).

By accessing or using the Site you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you apply for membership you also agree to the Code of Conduct. If you do not agree, do not use the Site.

These Terms are not a substitute for legal advice. The Association is in a development phase; programs, standards, and resources described on the Site may be incomplete or may change.

1. Who may use the Site

The public website is offered for information about the Association, canyoning in Canada, events we choose to publish, membership applications, contact, and donations. You must be of legal age in your province or territory to submit forms or donations, or you must do so with a parent or guardian.

The members area (calendar, forum, directory, and profile) is limited to individuals the Board has approved or invited and whose accounts are active. Staff tools (calendar administration, applications review, news, users, and similar) are limited to individuals the Board has invited as editors or admins and activated. Applying for membership, donating, or visiting the Site does not by itself create a member or staff account.

2. Login and unauthorized access

The addresses /login and /admin/login are published so invited members, directors, and volunteers can sign in. They are not an invitation for the public to probe, guess passwords, create accounts, or enter the members area or administration system. /members is not a public directory of the Association.

You agree that you will not, and will not attempt to:

  • access, use, or remain in the members area or any staff area without an active invitation and authorization from the CCA;
  • use another person's invitation, email, or password, or share staff credentials;
  • test, scan, reverse engineer, or bypass authentication, rate limits, or security controls;
  • submit automated or repeated login attempts, credential lists, or other access attacks;
  • harvest, scrape, copy, or republish non-public data from the members area (including the directory or forum), staff systems, or the Site in a way that overloads or circumvents ordinary use.

Unauthorized use of a computer service or interception of computer services may be an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada and may also give rise to civil liability. We may log access attempts, suspend traffic, disable accounts, notify hosting and security providers, and contact law enforcement. We may refuse any person we reasonably believe is misusing the login or the Site.

If you received an invitation, you must keep your password confidential, sign out on shared devices, and tell the Board promptly if you suspect unauthorized use of your account. We may deactivate accounts at any time.

3. Acceptable use of the public Site

You agree not to use the Site to:

  • break any applicable law;
  • harass, defame, threaten, or discriminate against any person or group;
  • submit false, misleading, or impersonating information on forms;
  • upload malware or interfere with the Site, other users, or our providers;
  • imply that the CCA endorses you, your business, or your canyon practice unless we have agreed in writing;
  • copy, frame, or republish Site content except as allowed in section 6.

4. Membership applications and Code of Conduct

Submitting an application does not create membership. The Board may approve, decline, delay, or request more information. You must answer honestly. A required Code of Conduct acknowledgement that is answered “No” means we will not accept that application.

If you are admitted, we may invite you to create a member account using the name, email, and phone number from your application. Those details are shown as locked fields during account setup and stay locked on your profile. Contact us if they need to be corrected. Continued membership is subject to the Code of Conduct, any bylaws, and Board decisions. We may refuse or end membership, or deactivate an account, where conduct is inconsistent with those documents or with the law.

5. Members area, directory, and forum

If you have an active member or staff account, you may use /members for Association purposes: viewing published public and members-only calendar events, participating in the forum, viewing the member directory, and managing your profile. Members-only calendar details, forum posts, and directory listings are for signed-in members and staff. You will not share them with the public or use them for marketing, solicitation, or any purpose unrelated to Association activity without our written permission.

The directory lists people who have chosen to appear. A listing may include photo, name, membership class, location, training or experience, email, and phone number. Members are listed by default when they set up an account. Editors and admins are hidden until they opt in from their profile. You may change that choice at any time from your profile. By remaining listed, you agree that other signed-in members and staff may see those details and may contact you for Association-related purposes. You will not collect, export, or use directory details to build a mailing list or to contact members for unrelated commercial purposes.

Forum posts and replies are visible to other signed-in members and staff. You are responsible for what you post. Do not post unlawful, harassing, defamatory, or confidential material, or content that violates the Code of Conduct. We may hide, edit, or delete posts, block words, or suspend access where we reasonably believe it is necessary to operate the forum or protect the Association and its members. Posts are not a public record of official Association policy.

You may change whether you appear in the member directory. Name, email, and phone are locked on your profile. Contact us if those details need to be corrected. You must keep the sign-in email we have for you under your control.

6. Contact, email, and electronic messages

If you contact us, you ask us to reply using the details you provide. Transactional messages (for example application receipts or member or staff invites) are sent so we can operate the Association. Where CASL applies to commercial electronic messages, we will include required identification and unsubscribe information.

7. Intellectual property and photographs

The CCA name, logos, text, layout, and photographs on the Site are owned by the Association or used with permission. You may view them for personal, non-commercial information about the CCA. You may not copy the brand, scrape galleries for reuse, train models on our media, or suggest affiliation without written permission.

Search engines may index pages. Images are not licensed for image-search reuse. See the Privacy Policy for technical indexing controls.

8. Donations

Donations are processed by Zeffy. Zeffy's terms, privacy policy, and payment rules apply to the transaction. The CCA does not store your full payment card number on this Site. Donation receipts and tax treatment depend on Zeffy and applicable tax law; we do not promise a particular tax outcome.

This Site does not currently offer goods for sale. Nothing on the Site is an offer to sell merchandise.

9. Calendar, news, and development content

Public events, news, and development notes are provided for information. Members-only events are visible to signed-in members and staff. Unpublished or draft items in administration are confidential to authorized staff. Dates, locations, and program details may change. The Site does not replace land-manager rules, weather, or your own judgment in canyon terrain.

10. Canyoning risk disclaimer

Canyoning involves serious risks including injury and death. Nothing on the Site is professional guiding, rescue instruction, a certification, or a warranty that a canyon, technique, or standard is safe for you. The Association is building programs and does not currently claim completed national standards, training, or rescue services. You are responsible for your own decisions in the field.

11. Third-party services

Instagram, Facebook, Google Translate, Zeffy, maps, and other linked services are outside our control. Your use of them is governed by their terms. Translation is automated and may be inaccurate; the English text on the Site is the official version if there is a conflict.

12. Disclaimer of warranties

The Site is provided “as is” and “as available.” To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted, secure, or free of errors.

13. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the CCA, its directors, officers, volunteers, members, and suppliers are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive, or exemplary damages, or for loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising out of or related to the Site or these Terms, even if advised of the possibility. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Site is limited to fifty Canadian dollars (CAD $50) or the amount you paid us (if any) for the specific Site feature giving rise to the claim, whichever is greater. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations; in that case the limitation applies to the fullest extent allowed.

Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded under Canadian law, including liability for fraud or for death or personal injury caused by negligence where such an exclusion is forbidden.

14. Indemnity

You will defend and indemnify the CCA and its directors, officers, and volunteers against claims, damages, and reasonable legal fees arising from your misuse of the Site, your submissions, or your breach of these Terms, except to the extent caused by our gross negligence or wilful misconduct.

15. Changes, suspension, and termination

We may change the Site or these Terms at any time by posting an updated version. The last-updated date will change. Continued use after posting means you accept the revised Terms. We may suspend or stop the Site, or your access, including member or staff access, without notice if we believe it is necessary for security, legal, or operational reasons.

16. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict of law rules. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of British Columbia, sitting in Vancouver, except that we may seek injunctive relief in any jurisdiction to protect the Site, our brand, or confidential information.

17. General

If a provision is held unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and (for applicants and members) the Code of Conduct are the entire agreement for use of the Site. They do not create employment, partnership, or agency. You may not assign your rights. We may assign ours to a successor of the Association. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms: privacy@canadacanyoning.ca
Canadian Canyoning Association
Canada