A
A licence
The first licence. Typically clears a jumper to skydive without direct supervision — to pack their own main, jump in groups, and exercise self-supervision in freefall and under canopy.
Minimums — see official site
CA
National body · Canada
Canadian Sport Parachuting Association
The national association for sport parachuting in Canada — it sets the standards, issues Certificates of Proficiency, and administers instructor ratings.
Who they are
CSPA publishes the standards Canadian member dropzones operate under and runs the certificate and rating programs that license jumpers and instructors.
Canadian licensing uses a Certificate of Proficiency (CoP) system — A through D — with jump-count and skill requirements at each level. Check CSPA's official site for the current requirements.
Licences
The CSPA ladder.
Certificates of Proficiency, A through D, under CSPA standards. See the official site for the current requirements.
B
B licence
Adds privileges such as water-landing training, and is a common stepping stone toward earning a coach rating.
Minimums — see official site
C
C licence
Adds privileges such as night jumps and exhibition (demonstration) jumps, and is a prerequisite for several instructional ratings.
Minimums — see official site
D
D licence
The master licence — all licensed privileges, and the prerequisite for the senior instructional and examiner ratings.
Minimums — see official site
Privilege descriptions are broadly common across federations; the exact requirements are set by CSPA. Confirm the current rules on its official site.
Instructor ratings
CSPA administers Canadian coach and instructor ratings through its certified instructor and examiner program.
In SkyLog, the coaches who hold these ratings show them on their profile as verified credentials, and the sign-offs they give are sealed into your logbook. See how coach sign-offs work.
The authority
CSPA's official site is the last word.
This page is an orientation. Requirements, ratings and regulations change — before you rely on anything here, confirm the current rules with CSPA directly.
cspa.caYour logbook
Log to the licence.
Progression is built on a verified, signed-off record. SkyLog keeps exactly that — free for your first 50 jumps.