OCA licences are now available online HERE
2013 Pricing:
$158 Cycling Canada Race License (All Disciplines)
$55 Citizen Permit
Either of these licences will save you the SRCC club insurance fee ($39) and will let you race in various OCA-sanctioned events (see OCA website for details).
To race Road O-Cups, except in the new ‘Sportif’ category, you’ll need the UCI..
For other races, like Terra Cotta, Tour de Hans (don’t quote me, just non-O-Cup examples) they often allow citizen permits. Event specific sometimes.
A full UCI licence will let you do basically any and all racing, including racing in different countries.
A Citizen Permit is good for people who:
– only do a few races in the year
– can only race in the beginner categories, there is no opportunity to move up
Here are two good explanations from the OCA:
http://www.ontariocycling.org/oca-membership/types-of-uci-licences/
http://ontariocycling.org/web_doc/mem_forms/20120202-133149-Intro%20to%20Citizen%20Permit%202012.pdf
Can someone explain the difference between a Citizen Permit and a Race License?