The 2026 Food & Farm Care Men's Ontario Curling Championship, better known as the Ontario Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship for Southern Ontario, was held from January 5 to 11 at Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. The winning Jayden King rink represented Ontario at the 2026 Montana's Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Despite the event being held in an Olympic year, it was still held in conjunction with the 2026 Ontario Women's Curling Championship, the provincial women's championship.
Qualification process Twelve teams qualified for the 2026 Ontario Tankard. The top eight southern Ontario teams on the Canada Team Ranking System as of December 1, 2025 qualified, as well as four teams from an open qualifier. Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) CTRS standings 8 Jayden King Mark Kean Sam Mooibroek Scott Howard Mike Fournier Alex Champ Daniel Hocevar Jonathan Beuk Open Qualifier 4 Weston Oryniak Landan Rooney Tyler MacTavish Jordan McNamara
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Club Jonathan Beuk Pat Janssen David Staples Sean Harrison Kibo Mulima Maurice Wilson Cataraqui G&CC, Kingston Alex Champ Ben Bevan Stuart Leslie Travis Ackroyd Royal Canadian CC, Toronto Mike Fournier Charlie Richard Punit Sthankiya Graeme Robson Whitby CC, Whitby Daniel Hocevar Zander Elmes Joel Matthews Daniel Del Conte Alex Hocevar Dundas Valley G&CC, Dundas Scott Howard Mat Camm Jason Camm Scott Chadwick Adam Spencer Navan CC, Navan, Ottawa Mark Kean Brady Lumley Matthew Garner Spencer Dunlop Matthew Wilkinson Woodstock CC, Woodstock Jayden King Dylan Niepage Owen Henry Victor Pietrangelo Cory Heggestad Tillsonburg CC, Tillsonburg Tyler MacTavish Owen Nicholls Nathan Kim Nate Thomas Nathan Scott KW Granite Club, Waterloo Jordan McNamara Colton Daly Jacob Clarke Brenden Laframboise Samuel Steep Rideau CC, Ottawa Sam Mooibroek Ryan Wiebe Scott Mitchell Nathan Steele Wyatt Small Jake Higgs Whitby CC, Whitby Weston Oryniak Jacob Jones Noah Garner Matthew Abrams High Park Club, Toronto Landan Rooney Connor Lawes Robert Currie Evan Lilly Dave Rooney CC of Collingwood, Collingwood
Map of teams
Knockout Brackets
Source: A Event
B Event
C Event
Knockout Results All draws are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−05:00).
Draw 2 Monday, January 5, 2:00 pm
Draw 4 Tuesday, January 6, 9:00 am
Draw 6 Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 pm
Draw 7 Wednesday, January 7, 9:00 am
Draw 8 Wednesday, January 7, 2:00 pm
Draw 9 Wednesday, January 7, 7:00 pm
Draw 10 Thursday, January 8, 9:00 am
Draw 11 Thursday, January 8, 2:00 pm
Draw 12 Thursday, January 8, 7:00 pm
Draw 13 Friday, January 9, 9:00 am
Draw 14 Friday, January 9, 2:00 pm
Draw 15 Friday, January 9, 7:00 pm
Playoffs
A vs. B Saturday, January 10, 2:00 pm
C1 vs. C2 Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am
Semifinal Saturday, January 10, 7:00 pm
Final Sunday, January 26, 2:30 pm
Qualification
Open Qualifier December 12–14, Simcoe Curling Club, Simcoe
References