2026 PBR Canada National Finals Qualifiers Announced for Nov. 13-14 in Edmonton, Alberta

EDMONTON, Alta. (November 9, 2026) – Ahead of the 2026 Command Tubular PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, in Edmonton, Alberta, on Nov. 13-14, the organization has announced the 21 riders who will compete for the historic $279,000 prize purse and 2025 PBR Canada Championship inside the state-of-the-art Rogers Place.

The upcoming National Finals will cap yet another record year for PBR Canada. The 2026 season marks the second year that the organization has awarded more than $1 million to competitors across the 36-event season.

The contingent of competitors set to ride this weekend inside Rogers Place will be led by two-time PBR Canada Champion and current Canadian No. 1 Nick Tetz. Tetz holds a 388.83-point lead over No. 2 Gilmar Santana, and 774.17-point lead over No. 3 Dakota Buttar. Santana will not be in competition at the 2026 PBR Canada National Finals as he continues to recover from a broken fibula sustained earlier this season.

Tetz is chasing history this season, attempting to tie Aaron Roy for most national titles won by one rider with three. The Albertan standout won both of his previous titles inside Rogers Place in 2022 and 2024, respectively.

Thus far in 2026, Tetz is having a record campaign. Having won $108,921.42 to date on Canadian soil, he is the first rider in history to eclipse $100,000 in earnings during the regular season.

Tetz leads PBR Canada in events won with eight, including three on the Cup Series and five within the Touring Pro Division, and round wins with 14 across all levels of competition. The 26-year-old etched his name in the record books when he won his second Cup Series event of the year in Lethbridge, Alberta, with the victory marking his sixth consecutive inside VisitLethbridge.com Arena. The phenom competitor also logged the first 90-point ride of the season on home soil, riding Posty for 90 points en route to his Touring Pro Division victory in Coronation, Alberta.

Tetz has gone a torrid 33-for-51 this season, riding 64.71% of his bovine athlete opponents, tallying 2843.80 aggregate points. By way of this accomplishment, Tetz has been crowned the 2026 Wrangler MVP, collecting the associated $30,000 bonus.

Tetz is one of four PBR Canada Champions set to compete at the event. He will be joined by three-time Champion Roy, currently ranked No. 5 in Canada, and two-time Champions Buttar and Cody Coverchuk. Buttar will begin the 2026 PBR Canada National Finals ranked No. 3, while Coverchuk, who is questionable due to continued recovery from injuries sustained in competition earlier this year, is presently No. 15.

The 2026 PBR Canada National Finals will also feature an intense Rookie of the Year battle set to unfurl between teenage standouts Jeremy Maisonneuve and Jayden Roy, currently separated by a mere 41.5 national points.

For Maisonneuve, currently No. 8 in the Canadian standings, his season has included two event wins, including his career-first on the Cup Series in Brandon, Manitoba in early May. Maisonneuve, who was sidelined for nearly three months as he recovered from a broken jaw, has gone 13-for-22 on home soil, registering an impressive 59.09% riding average. The 19-year-old also registered the high-marked ride of the season to date at the late October Cup Series event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, topping Shaboozie for 92.1 points en route to a second-place finish.

Roy, fresh off winning a PBR Teams World Championship with the Nashville Stampede this weekend, will make his PBR Canada National Finals debut ranked No. 10 in the nation. The 19-year-old made his PBR Canada debut in statement fashion, winning Round 1 of the Cup Series event in Brandon before finishing runner-up to Maisonneuve. Roy concluded the season with the first two wins of his PBR career, including his first on the Cup Series in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The Quebec native has gone 11-for-24 on home soil this season, amassing a 45.83% riding average.

The roster for the 2026 PBR Canada National Finals will also include three international invites: 2024 PBR World Champion Cassio Dias, PBR Brazil Champion and eight-time PBR World Finals qualifier Luciano De Castro and three-time PBR World Finals qualifier Cort McFadden. All three are also standouts within the PBR Teams league, with Dias riding for the Kansas City Outlaws, Castro for the Florida Freedom and McFadden the Oklahoma Wildcatters.

The 21 riders who will compete in Edmonton are:

Nick Tetz (Calgary, Alberta)
Dakota Buttar (Eatonia, Saskatchewan)
Tyler Craig (Crossfield, Alberta)
Aaron Roy (Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan)
Francisco Costa (Humaita, Brazil)
Lonnie West (Cadogan, Alberta)
^Jeremy Maisonneuve (Val-des-Monts, Quebec)
Jordan Hansen (Amisk, Alberta)
^Jayden Roy (Mascouche, Quebec)
^Marshall Senger (Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan)
Coy Robbins (Camrose, Alberta)
Tanner Eno (Coronation, Alberta)
^Griffin Koester (Rockyford, Alberta)
*Cody Coverchuk (Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan)
Garrett Green (Meeting Creek, Alberta)
^Grady Young (Leader, Saskatchewan)
*Ashton Sahli (Red Deer, Alberta)
^Trinity Bear (Whitewood, Saskatchewan)
^Cassio Dias (São F. de Sales, Brazil)
^Luciano De Castro (Guzolandia, Brazil)
^Cort McFadden (Novice, Texas)

* Denotes a rider who is questionable due to injury.
^ Denotes a rider making his PBR Canada National Finals debut.

The 2026 PBR Canada National Finals will mark the richest iteration of the year-end event ever held. The two-day event inside the home of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers will pay out $279,000, including a historic $100,000 bonus to the 2026 PBR Canada Champion, and a minimum of $50,000 guaranteed to the event winner.

The 2026 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, will feature four rounds of bull riding. Each rider will get on one bull in Round 1 and Round 2 on Friday and Round 3 on Saturday.

The 12 bull riders with the top combined ride scores will then advance to the championship round on Saturday where they will attempt one final bull in an effort to win the PBR Canada National Finals event and earn crucial points to be crowned the 2026 PBR Canada Champion. During the event Round 2, Round 3 and the championship round will feature a rider drafted draw, while Round 1 will be pre-determined.

PBR also announced the Canadian National Finals bullfighters who will take to the dirt to protect the 21 competing bull riders.

Jesse Byrne, Tanner Byrne, and Logan Kadlec will be vigilant throughout each 8-second ride or wreck throughout the week. Brett Monea will also be on hand inside Rogers Place as an alternate bullfighter.

The 2026 PBR Canada National Finals will be met with added significance for the Byrne brothers. Following the event, both Jesse and Tanner will retire from cowboy protection bullfighting. 

This will mark the second time the Byrne brothers will work the year-end event together, having first done so in 2025. Jesse Byrne has been voted to work the event 11 prior times in his career, while this marks Tanner’s eighth consecutive selection. In 2019, Tanner Byrne earned his first selection to work the PBR Canada National Finals, becoming the first individual to both ride and cowboy protect at the year-end event.

The bull riding action for 2026 Command Tubular PBR Canada National Finals, presented by Edmonton’s Best Hotels, begins at 7:00 p.m. MDT on Friday, Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14 at Rogers Place.

Tickets are still available and can be purchased online at Ticketmaster.ca. 

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