How to upgrade from National Referee to FIFA Referee
The Canadian Soccer Association may nominate officials from the National List of Officials to FIFA, for inclusion on the International List of Officials. As with the National List, FIFA has separate categories for Referees and Assistant Referees.
This nomination is reserved for the top level National officials in the country. The referee or assistant referee will have been officiating in the highest leagues in Canada and the US, normally professional leagues such as CPL or MLS.
CSA makes nominations to FIFA in November, and they are confirmed in mid-December for the following year’s list.
Canada currently has six FIFA referees (one from Alberta), and ten FIFA assistant referees (one from Alberta)
| Marie-Soleil Beaudoin | Nova Scotia | Referee (2014) |
| Myriam Marcotte | Québec | Referee (2019) |
| Carly Shaw-Maclaren | Ontario | Referee (2022) |
| Filip Dujic | Ontario | Referee (2024) |
| Drew Fischer | Alberta | Referee & Video Match Official (2015) |
| Pierre-Luc Lauzière | Québec | Referee & Video Match Official (2021) |
| Lyes Arfa | Québec | Assistant Referee (2021) |
| Micheal Barwegen | Alberta | Assistant Referee (2018) |
| Chantal Boudreau | Saskatchewan | Assistant Referee (2015) |
| Stéphanie Fortin | Québec | Assistant Referee (2019) |
| Marie-Han Gagnon Chretien | Québec | Assistant Referee (2015) |
| Gabrielle Lemieux | Québec | Assistant Referee (2021) |
| Melissa Snedden | Ontario | Assistant Referee (2018) |
| Stefan Tanaka-Freundt | BC | Assistant Referee (2021) |
| Chris Wattam | BC | Assistant Referee (2018) |
| Gérard-Kader Lebuis | Québec | Assistant Referee (2024) |
For more information on FIFA refereeing – click here.