| 1996 Maple Leaf Canadian Junior Curling Championships Presented by Husky | |
| Host City: | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Arena: | Shamrock Curling Club Granite Curling Club |
| Dates: | February 3–11 |
| Men's Winner: | |
| Curling Club: | Port Arthur Curling Club, Thunder Bay |
| Skip: | Jeff Currie |
| Second: | Andrew Mikkelsen |
| Lead: | Tyler Oinonen |
| Coach: | Don Main[1] |
| Finalist: | (Ryan Fry) |
| Women's Winner: | |
| Curling Club2: | Grande Prairie Curling Club, Grande Prairie |
| Skip2: | Heather Godberson |
| Third2: | Carmen Whyte |
| Second2: | Kristie Moore |
| Lead2: | Terelyn Bloor |
| Coach2: | Brian Moore[2] |
| Finalist2: | (Cindy Street) |
The 1996 Maple Leaf Canadian Junior Curling Championships, the men's and women's national junior curling championships of Canada, were held February 3 to 11[3] at the Shamrock and Granite Curling Clubs[4] in Edmonton, Alberta. The 1996 event was the first to be sponsored by Maple Leaf Foods.
In their first season together,[5] the Jeff Currie rink, representing Northern Ontario won the men's event, defeating future Olympic champion Ryan Fry and his team from Manitoba in the final. The team went on to represent Canada at the 1996 World Junior Curling Championships in Red Deer,[6] where they finished fourth.[7] It was Northern Ontario's fourth junior men's title.
The women's side was won by the Heather Godberson (now Nedohin) rink from Alberta. Team Alberta would defeat Saskatchewan, skipped by Cindy Street in the final. At the 1996 Worlds, Godberson led team Canada to a gold medal performance.[8] Alberta's win was the fifth women's junior championship for that province.
The men's field included future Olympic champions Ryan Fry (Manitoba) and Brad Gushue (Newfoundland) as well as future Brier champion Jean-Michel Ménard (Quebec).
| Province / Territory | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheldon Schafer | Ryland Brusky | Rennie Cannings | Roderick Brusky | ||
| TJ Perepolkin | Nathan Munk | David Orme | |||
| Jimmi Bush | Jason Smith | Gilles Pelletier | |||
| Peter Case | Mark Dobson | Paul Dobson | Geoff Porter | ||
| Randy Turpin | Brett Reynolds | Colin Josephson | |||
| Greg Given | Andrew Mikkelsen | Tyler Oinonen | |||
| Kevin Whitehead | Blair Hamer | Kevin Cymbalisty | |||
| Rob Sifton | Graham Eisenhauer | Georg Ernst | Kris MacLeod | ||
| Shaun Harris | Bryan Johnson | ||||
| Jamie Newson | Jeff Smith | Dan Gallant | Kyle MacDonald | ||
| Nicolas Menard | Ian Belleau | Simon Collin | |||
| Jason Ackerman | Derek Owens | Brock Montgomery | |||
| Wyatt Redlin | Jason Abel | Jessi Birnie | Joshua Clark |
| Locale | Skip | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | |||
| 8 | 4 | |||
| 7 | 5 | |||
| TJ Perepolkin | 7 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | |||
| Rob Sifton | 7 | 5 | ||
| Sheldon Schafer | 6 | 6 | ||
| Peter Case | 5 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 7 | |||
| Wyatt Redlin | 4 | 8 | ||
| Jamie Newson | 3 | 9 |
The women's field included future Olympic silver medalist Kristie Moore (second for Alberta), future world champion Jeanna Richard (British Columbia) and future Scotties champion Heather Godberson (Alberta).
| Province / Territory | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Whyte | Terelyn Bloor | ||||
| Michelle Harding | Shalegh Beddington | Denise Byers | |||
| Ainsley Holowec | Shea Westcott | Raunora Westcott | |||
| Nancy Toner | Brigitte McClure | Bethany Toner | |||
| Kelli Sharpe | Kim Bourque | Emily Gibbons | |||
| Elizabeth Eby | Crystal Taylor | Kelli Smith | |||
| Sheena Yakeleya | Connie Gordon | ||||
| Lindsay Jennings | Candice MacLean | ||||
| Denna Schell | Sandy Graham | Angela Cowan | Allison Ross | ||
| Angela Sutherland | Melanie Ellis | Jennifer Coady | April Hicken | ||
| Marie-Eve Letourneau | Valerie Grenier | ||||
| Cindy Street | Jackie Downer | Allison Tanner | Lisa Lewis | ||
| Kerry Foster | Tracy Bekenes | Kara Kowalyshen | Tia-Jayne Clark |
| Locale | Skip | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 3 | |||
| 7 | 5 | |||
| Denna Schell | 7 | 5 | ||
| Cindy Street | 7 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 6 | |||
| Elizabeth Eby | 6 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 7 | |||
| Kerry Foster | 3 | 9 | ||
| Angela Sutherland | 1 | 11 |
The Teranet Ontario Junior Curling Championships were held in Newmarket, with the finals on January 14.
Denna Schell of Cannington won the women's event over Milton's Kirsten Harmark in the final, 5-4. In the men's final, Pat Ferris of Sutton defeated the Ottawa Curling Club's Ray Busato, 5-4.[9]