Canadian Blind Hockey Association

What Canadian Blind Hockey Association does

The Canadian Blind Hockey Association is the self-identified national sports organization for the parasport of Blind Hockey in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto and founded in 2009 by Mark DeMontis, the entity positions itself as the governing body for blind hockey within the country, serving visually impaired athletes, coaches, volunteers, and the broader parasport community. The organization operates with a very small team (1–10 employees) and is privately held, with no commercial product portfolio, no disclosed pricing model, and no technology stack documented in the source data.

No products, services, technology architecture, or revenue mechanics are described in the available input. The firmographic record indicates no marketing channels, distribution channels, certifications, patents, partnerships, customer segments, or office locations beyond the Toronto headquarters. The only capital event on record is a single $10,000 funding round dated 2022-03-03 with undisclosed investors and lead. The website (canadianblindhockey.com) was not retrievable beyond a verification page in the source pull, leaving operational details undocumented. The association appears to function as a mission-driven, donor-supported national sports body rather than a commercial enterprise, though the source data is too thin to confirm governance structure, membership model, or program revenue streams.

The data gap is material: with only basic firmographics, a single small funding event, and a founder identification, the operating model, participant base, financial scale, and strategic positioning cannot be triangulated with confidence. Any assessment of revenue mechanics, customer economics, or competitive positioning is constrained by this absence of primary operational content.

Name

Canadian Blind Hockey Association

Website

https://canadianblindhockey.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Canadian Blind Hockey Association is the national sports organization governing the parasport of Blind Hockey in Canada, founded in 2009 and headquartered in Toronto, serving visually impaired athletes and the broader parasport community nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adaptive Sports Services

NAICS

Spectator Sports (71121), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability & Adaptive Sport Governing Bodies (Paralympic & Sport-Specific) (MPAKAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ice Hockey Leagues (MPAKAAAE), Disability & Adaptive Sports Organizations (Paralympic, Special Olympics) (MPAKACAH)

Keywords

• Blind hockey programs
• Parasport association
• Adaptive ice hockey
• Accessible hockey league
• National sports organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Toronto

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

The Canadian Blind Hockey Association is the national sports organization for the parasport of Blind Hockey in Canada. It organizes, develops, and promotes the sport of blind hockey across the country, providing programming, leagues, and community-building activities for blind and visually impaired hockey players.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Blind Hockey Programs

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• USA Hockey - Disabled Hockey Program: Operates the US counterpart blind and disabled hockey programs under the national federation umbrella; directly comparable in mandate (organizing blind/disabled hockey nationally) and beneficiary base, with analogous funding and event models.
• Special Olympics Canada: National organization delivering sport programming to athletes with intellectual disabilities; structurally identical to CBHA as a national disability-sport federation with similar funding, volunteer, and program challenges.
• Canadian Blind Sports Association: Canada's multi-sport federation for athletes who are blind or visually impaired; the most direct peer in mission, beneficiary base, and federated structure, with overlapping grant pools and athlete pool.
• Canadian Deaf Sports Association: National federation delivering sport programming for deaf and hard-of-hearing Canadians; comparable as a single-discipline national disability-sport body operating on similar volunteer and grant-driven funding models.
• Wheelchair Basketball Canada: Canada's national federation for wheelchair basketball; comparable as an adaptive-sport national body with established league play, sponsorship, and Paralympic pathway — illustrating both opportunity and competitive alternative for athlete attention.
• International Blind Ice Hockey Federation: International governing body for blind ice hockey; directly comparable as the global federation CBHA could partner with for international competition and athlete development pathways.

Broad incumbents

• Hockey Canada: Canada's national ice hockey governing body with growing adaptive/sledge programming; a broader incumbent whose inclusive divisions increasingly overlap with CBHA's mandate and potential sponsor relationships.
• Canadian Paralympic Committee: The umbrella organization coordinating Canada's Paralympic Movement; comparable as a national disability-sport organization and a likely funding partner and governance counterpart for CBHA.

Regional players

• British Blind Sport: UK-based national disability sport organization serving visually impaired athletes; comparable structure and mission though operating in a different geographic market with its own funding ecosystem.

Others

• CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind): Major Canadian nonprofit serving people who are blind; not a sport peer but a key adjacent ecosystem player — a potential funding source, athlete-recruitment pipeline, and brand partner for CBHA's mission-aligned programming.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CDNBlindHockey

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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