2023-24 Canadian Junior season

This is the 2023-24 Canadian Junior hockey season.
==Leagues==
In December of 2023, the QMJHL passed a resolution to officially change its name to the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, with a new logo to coincide with the change. The change was made in recognition of the league's expansion into the Maritime provinces, whose teams had been a part of the QMJHL for almost 30 years by that point.
===Major Junior===
*2023-24 OHL season 
*2023-24 QMJHL season 
*2023-24 WHL season 
===Junior A===
As a response to the British Columbia Hockey League withdrawing from Hockey Canada effective June 1, 2023; on June 17, 2023 the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced that it had applied with BC Hockey to be classified as Junior A for the 2023-24 season along with all of its' membership.https://www.kijhl.ca/2023-kijhl-agm-concludes-in-sicamous Followed by the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League announcing on July 11, 2023 that it had applied with BC Hockey to be classified as Junior A for the 2023-24 season along with all of its' membership, https://www.vijhl.com/vijhl-applying-for-junior-a-status-for-2023-24-season with the Pacific Junior Hockey League expected to do the same shortly there after.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/an-advisers-life-vijhl-also-applies-for-junior-a-status/ On July 25, 2023 BC Hockey would elevate all three leagues to Junior A Tier-II (a name which previously didn't exist in Hockey Canada's pyramid of levels for junior hockey). The teams would have to meet certain standards to have the possibility of being elevated to Junior A Tier-I in the future.https://www.bchockey.net/news-listing/bc-hockey-announces-new-junior-a-pathway
*On January 20, 2024 the British Columbia Hockey League announced the addition of the the Blackfalds Bulldogs, Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers, Sherwood Park Crusaders and Spruce Grove Saints from the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the 2024-25 season.https://bchl.ca/bchl-agrees-to-terms-with-five-alberta-based-teams As a result of that announcement the league cancelled all games involving those teams on the following weekend and then on January 25th announce they were cancelling all upcoming games involving the five teams until further notice. The release also stated that games involving the five teams will be allowed between one another under league sanctioning and with AJHL officials.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/ajhl-schedule-update-january-25/
*On February 1st, the BCHL announced that the five teams are expelled from the league as a result of formally signing an agreement with the BCHL on January 31st. The five teams will play each other over the rest of the season to determine an Alberta division champion of the BCHL, which will play the champion of the rest of the BCHL.https://bchl.ca/bchl-announces-finalized-franchise-agreements-and-integration-with-five-alberta-based-teams
*On March 31, 2024 the board of directors of the Merritt Centennials announced that they would withdraw from the British Columbia Hockey League and cease operations at the end of the 2023-24 season.https://www.merrittcentennials.com/centennials-to-cease-bchl-operations-for-2024-25-season Later the same day the team would be approved to be sold to private ownership and would be joining the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League for the 2024-25 season.https://www.kijhl.ca/kijhl-approves-merritt-centennials-as-expansion-club
*On April 29, 2024 the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League announced it and its' eleven member teams were leaving the sanctioning of Hockey Canada and BC Hockey effective the start of the 2024-25 playing season citing wanting to enhance the development opportunities for players and greater autonomy.https://www.vijhl.com/vijhl-announces-decision-to-become-independent-league
*2023-24 AJHL season 
*2023-24 CCHL season 
*2023-24 MJAHL season 
*2023-24 MJHL season 
*2023-24 NOJHL season 
*2023-24 OJHL season 
*2023-24 QJHL season 
*2023-24 SIJHL season 
*2023-24 SJHL season 
===Junior A Tier-II===
*2023-24 KIJHL season 
*2023-24 PacJHL season 
*2023-24 VIJHL season 
===Junior B===
*2023-24 CalJHL season 
*2023-24 CAJAAHL season 
*2023-24 CJAAHL season 
*2023-24 CapJHL season 
*2023-24 CRJHL season 
*2023-24 EOJHL season 
*2023-24 GOJHL season 
*2023-24 HJBHL season 
*2023-24 IJHL season 
*2023-24 KJHL season 
*2023-24 LJHL season 
*2023-24 MJAAHL season 
*2023-24 NBJHL season 
*2023-24 NEAJBHL season 
*2023-24 NWJHL season 
*2023-24 NSJHL season 
*2023-24 PJHL season 
*2023-24 SJJHL season 
*2023-24 SLSJJAAHL season 
===Junior C===
*2023-24 BFJAHL season 
*2023-24 CalJCHL season 
*2023-24 CRSEJAHL season 
*2023-24 HTJHL season 
*2023-24 LHJACN season 
*2023-24 LJAHL season 
*2023-24 LLJAHL season 
*2023-24 LSLJAHL Season 
*2023-24 MaurJAHL season 
*2023-24 MontJAHL season 
*2023-24 NCJHL season 
*2023-24 NJHL season 
*2023-24 NSRJHL season 
*2023-24 OSFJAHL season 
*2023-24 PEIJHL season 
*2023-24 ProvJHL season 
*2023-24 OUJAHL season 
*2023-24 QVJCHL season 
*2023-24 RivJAHL Season 
*2023-24 RVJAHL Season 
*2023-24 SLSJJAHL Season 
===Junior D===
*2023-24 CRSEJBHL season 
*2023-24 LJBHL season 
*2023-24 LLJBHL season 
*2023-24 LSLJBHL Season 
*2023-24 MaurJBHL season 
*2023-24 MontJBHL season 
*2023-24 OSFJBHL season 
*2023-24 OUJBHL season 
*2023-24 RivJBHL Season 
*2023-24 RVJBHL Season 
===Independent/Other Junior===
The Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League appears to have folded.
As a result of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League removing the West Divsion from its' membership on May 27, 2023https://gmhl.net/news/presidents-message/57954 the National Junior Hockey League (Canada) is announced on May 29, 2023 with eight of the former 10 members of the GMJHL's West Division with a fall 2023 start date.https://www.njhlhockey.com/news/a-message-from-the-njhl
On June 29, 2023 the North American Hockey Association was announced with 8 teams based in the greater Ottawa and Montreal areas. The owner of the Brockville Braves (and Brockville Tikis of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League) as well as the owner of the Cornwall Colts , both of which are current members of the Central Canada Hockey League) involved in the new league.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/the-death-pool-another-new-unsanctioned-league/ The league will operate outside of the Hockey Canada's jurisdiciton. The NAHA’s eight founding franchises will include the Brockville Junior Braves, the Cornwall Junior Colts, and teams in Kingston, Smiths Falls, Ottawa East, Ottawa West, and Montreal’s South Shore and West.
The United States Premier Hockey League added the Gatineau, Quebec based Universel College Unik to the Premier League for the 2023-24 season. On February 12, 2024 the USPHL announced the addition of five teams located in Ontario and Quebec and that it would establish a Canadian Division consisting of the Gatineau based Universel College Unik, which already joined the league for the 2023-24 season, and now with the subsequent addition of the Montreal BlackVees, Hawkesbury Knights, Terrebonne based Somang Laurentides Lanaudiere HC, Kingston Wranglers.
*2023-24 BCHL season 
*2023-24 GMJHL season 
*2023-24 NatJHL season 
*2023-24 MMJHL season 
*2023-24 CAJHL season
*2023-24 USPHL-Premier season
==Championships==
===National===
*2024 Memorial Cup - National Major Junior 
*2024 Centennial Cup - National Junior A 
===Regional===
*2024 Central Canada Cup - Western Junior B 
*2024 Don Johnson Memorial Cup - Atlantic Junior B 
*2024 Maritime Junior C Championships - Atlantic Junior C 
===Provincial===
The Cyclone Taylor Cup is replaced at least temporarily by the B.C. Provincial Junior A Championship as all of the teams previously in the Junior B category were elevated to Junior A status by BC Hockey. The current Junior A (what would now be called Junior A Tier-I) championship for the province is the Mowat Cup which became redundant with the BCHL championship.
*2024 Coupe Chevrolet -Quebec Junior B 
*2024 Mowat Cup - British Columbia Junior A Tier II 
*2024 Russ Barnes Trophy - Alberta Junior B 
*2024 Alberta Junior C Playoffs 
==See Also==
*2008-09 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2009-10 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2010-11 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2011-12 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2012-13 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2013-14 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2014-15 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2015-16 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2016-17 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2017-18 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2018-19 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2019-20 Canadian Junior Season
*2020-21 Canadian Junior Hockey Season
*2021-22 Canadian Junior season
*2022-23 Canadian Junior season
*2023-24 American Collegiate season
*2023-24 American Junior Hockey Season
*2023-24 Canadian University Season
*2023-24 Canadian Senior season
*2023-24 North American Professional Season
*2023-24 Canadian U-18 AAA season
*2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
*2023 World Junior A Challenge 
*2023 World U-17 Hockey Challenge
*2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
*2024 IIHF World U18 Championships
*2023-24 North American Women's Season
*2023-24 American Senior Hockey Season
==References==
Category:2023-24 in ice hockey
Category:Canadian Junior seasons