All Muskrat Minor Hockey volunteers must submit a recent (dated within the past THREE years, as per HEO Policy) Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) from their local police department (OPP or town police, if applicable) before we can accept them as a volunteer within our organization.
Volunteers requiring a VSC include prospective Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Trainers, Team Managers, Parent Supervisors in change rooms, third-party instructors and MMHA Executive Members. For most of our volunteers, that would be from the Ontario Provincial Police, if you live in an OPP-policed community such as the Township of Whitewater Region.
The O.P.P. now have an online process for submitting an application for a VSC:
Ontario Provincial Police - Police Record Checks
As part of the above online process, they also require a letter from the organization you will be volunteering with, in order to waive their fee. Please download the letter below and fill in your name, the volunteer position(s) that you are interested in and current date. Police departments require that the letter be dated within the past 30 days of your application, so please PUT IN THE DATE THAT YOU'RE COMPLETING YOUR APPLICATION.
VSC_2025-26.docx
Once completed, please email your VSC to:
[email protected]
Furthermore, new in 2025, Hockey Eastern Ontario is proud to announce launch of its VSC process in collaboration with Ontario Hockey Federation and Hockey Northwestern Ontario.
The new centralized VSC process streamlines and strengths background checks for all involved in youth hockey, ensuring that vulnerable sector checks are conducted with greater efficiency.
All team officials, third-party Instructors, and on-ice officials over the age of 18 are required to have a VSC.
Getting your Vulnerable Sector Check is easy!
1) Get your police check
2) Get your Hockey Canada #
3) Fill in the form!
A step by step guide of the new VSC process is linked below
https://www.hockeyeasternontario.ca/vulnerable-sector-check/
Thank you!