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This is a list of Ontario Hockey Association Junior C regular seasons:

Provincial Junior Hockey League[]

Starting in 2016, the Junior C level will be one league with 4 conferences and 8 divisions with the Schmalz Cup as its league title.

Year League
2021-22 ProvJHL
2020-21 ProvJHL
2019-20 ProvJHL
2018-19 ProvJHL
2017-18 ProvJHL
2016-17 ProvJHL

Junior C & D Merger Era[]

The Modern Era began in 2012 when the OHA abolished Junior D and promoted the Southern Ontario League to Junior C. This was followed by a realignment in 2013 between the Niagara & District League and Southern Ontario League as they both heavily overlapped borders. The NDJCHL swelled from 12 to 18 teams, while the SOJHL dropped from 15 to 9. To further complicate matters, weeks after the realignment, the Niagara League split in two to form a new Midwestern League out of its Western Division.

In the summer of 2016, all 8 leagues merged into one, forming the Provincial Junior Hockey League. Each former league now acts as a division, divided into 4 conferences.

Year Central Empire B Great Lakes Georgian Mid Midwestern Niagara Southern Western Provincials
2015-16 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL MWJCHL NDJCHL SOJHL WOJCHL CSC
2014-15 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL MWJCHL NDJCHL SOJHL WOJCHL CSC
2013-14 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL MWJCHL NDJCHL SOJHL WOJCHL CSC
2012-13 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL -- NDJCHL SOJHL WOJCHL CSC

6-League Era[]

The 6-League Era last for 18 seasons with little-to-no realignment at the Junior C level. It began in 1994 with the merger of the Mid-Ontario and Georgian Bay Leagues and ended in 2012 with the promotion of the Southern Ontario League to Junior C and the abolishing of Junior D.

The only notable change during this era was the Eastern Ontario renaming itself the Empire B League as it was coexisting with the neighbouring Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ottawa District Hockey Association and drawing confusion between the two.

Year Central Empire B Great Lakes Georgian Mid Niagara Western Provincials
2011-12 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2010-11 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2009-10 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2008-09 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2007-08 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2006-07 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2005-06 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2004-05 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2003-04 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2002-03 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2001-02 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
2000-01 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1999-00 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1998-99 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1997-98 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1996-97 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1995-96 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1994-95 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GMOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC

Classic Era (1971-94)[]

This Classic Era is an era of semi-stability in Junior C hockey. It begins with the major OHA realignment of junior hockey in the early 70s. Lost are the Suburban and Intercounty Leagues and in or reinforced are the Central, Great Lakes, Georgian Bay, Mid-Ontario, Niagara & District, Quinte St. Lawrence, and what would later be called the Western.

The Quinte St. Lawrence League would fizzle and die in 1986, only to reform in 1989 under the Eastern Ontario League banner. The Western League, sometimes called the Central Group 2 or Grey-Bruce League, in the late 1980s would gain its Western League moniker. The era would close with the merging of the Mid-Ontario and Georgian Bay Leagues for the second time in less than 20 years.

Year Central Empire B Great Lakes Georgian Bay Mid-Ontario Niagara Western Provincials
1993-94 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1992-93 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1991-92 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1990-91 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1989-90 COJCHL EBJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1988-89 COJCHL -- GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1987-88 COJCHL -- GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1986-87 COJCHL -- GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1985-86 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1984-85 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL ND/SW WOJCHL CSC
1983-84 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1982-83 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1981-82 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1980-81 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1979-80 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1978-79 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1977-78 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL MOJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1976-77 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL -- CJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1975-76 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL -- CJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1974-75 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL -- CJCHL NDJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1973-74 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL CJCHL -- WOJCHL CSC
1972-73 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL -- -- WOJCHL CSC
1971-72 COJCHL QSLJCHL GLJHL GBJCHL -- -- WOJCHL CSC

Pre-Realignment[]

Year Eastern Suburban Georgian Bay Intercounty Border Cities Western Provincials
1970-71 COJCHL WOJCHL CSC
1969-70 SubJCHL CSC
1968-69 SubJCHL CSC
1967-68 SubJCHL CSC
1966-67 SubJCHL CSC
1965-66 SubJCHL CSC
1964-65 SubJCHL CSC
1963-64 SubJCHL CSC
1962-63 SubJCHL CSC
1961-62 LBFJCHL CSC
1960-61 -- CSC
1959-60 Suburban CSC
1958-59 Suburban CSC
1957-58 Suburban CSC
1956-57 Suburban CSC
1955-56 Suburban CSC
1954-55 Suburban CSC


Junior C series was suspended by OHA due to World War II.

See Also[]

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