The Canadian National Pickleball League opens its fourth season May 9 and 10 in Toronto, and Total Sport Solutions is continuing as a partner of Toronto United Pickleball Club for a fourth consecutive year. The unbroken partnership has tracked the league's growth since day one, and Season 4 marks the most ambitious chapter yet, both for the franchise and for professional pickleball in Canada.
CNPL Season 4 launches in Toronto with record-setting demand
All eight CNPL franchises descend on Toronto May 9 and 10 for what organizers are calling the biggest professional pickleball event in the city's history. Toronto United is hosting at The Picklr Toronto West, a brand new state-of-the-art facility in Etobicoke, with more than 500 fans expected each day. The club moved 250 early bird tickets in under 10 days, a sign of just how fast the appetite for professional pickleball is growing in Canada.
The opening weekend is part of a national tour. Events continue approximately every three weeks through the summer, with regular season action scheduled to reach Stratford, Prince Edward Island for the first time in league history. The regular season wraps in Vancouver at the end of August, with the championship finals to follow in September.
A four-year partnership built off the court as much as on it
Toronto United won the league's inaugural championship and returned to the finals in Year 3. Their roster heading into Season 4 retains the core that has defined the program since the beginning, including captain and Year 1 MVP Matthew Kawamoto, alongside new additions from this year's draft. That competitive consistency is matched by the consistency of the partners around the program.
"We've been with Toronto United since day one, and what keeps us there is what they do off the court," said Ian Lintott, founder of Total Sport Solutions. "Getting into malls, putting paddles in kids' hands, growing the sport from the ground up. That's what this partnership is really about."
For Toronto United owner and general manager Ricky Liorti, having an industry leader in their corner has shaped what the club is able to do both on and off the court.
"Total Sport Solutions has been with us since day one through the highs of winning in Year 1 to the lows of Year 2 and back to the finals in Year 3," said Liorti. "Not many brands can say that. We want to win for them."
Pickleball in the Mall and grassroots growth
That off-court commitment has included Toronto United's Pickleball in the Mall events, where the club has introduced more than 250 people to the sport through free community activations at Cadillac Fairview properties across the city. Total Sport Solutions has been a key enabler of that programming, helping the club pursue what Liorti calls its mission to win off the court as much as on it.
The grassroots work matters because it reflects how pickleball actually grows. New players need somewhere to try the sport, then somewhere to keep playing once they are hooked. The professional league raises the ceiling. Community activations widen the floor. Both depend on having courts to play on, and on the surfaces underneath them being built to last.
From CNPL venues to community courts across Canada
For Total Sport Solutions, the Official Court Supplier of Pickleball Ontario and the Official Flooring Partner of the CNPL, the league's national reach mirrors what the company sees playing out in communities across the country every day. Backyard pickleball court installations in Ontario neighbourhoods. Commercial pickleball court construction projects in Ontario and around Canada. Multi-court facility builds for clubs, schools, recreation centres, and municipalities. The professional venues catch the spotlight, but the broader portfolio of pickleball court installation work is what carries the sport between events.
"Pickleball brings people together in a way that very few sports can," Lintott added. "When you see a professional league growing into new provinces and drawing bigger crowds every season, it reflects something we see in communities every day. People want to play."
What Season 4 means for facility owners and players
Every CNPL event puts professional play on full display, and every event sends the same signal to facility owners and residential builders watching the sport grow. The tournament-grade pickleball surfaces that host elite competition are the same surfaces Total Sport Solutions builds for clubs, communities, schools, and residential properties. Pro-level construction is no longer reserved for pro-level venues. It is the standard the broader market is moving toward.
For commercial operators evaluating multi-court builds or conversions, the CNPL's expansion into new provinces is a leading indicator. Demand follows visibility. Facilities that get ahead of the curve, with surfaces engineered for tournament-grade play and year-round use, are the ones positioned to capture it. As a commercial pickleball court builder serving Ontario and the rest of Canada, Total Sport Solutions works with facility operators on everything from spec-driven new builds to existing-court conversions.
Watch Season 4 in person
Season 4 of the CNPL opens May 9 and 10 in Toronto. For the full season schedule and event information, visit cnpl.ca/schedule.
If you are inspired by what you see on the CNPL stage and thinking about a court of your own, whether residential or commercial, Total Sport Solutions builds the same surfaces used at the highest level of the Canadian game.