Overview
- The 18-team national championship runs Feb. 27–March 8 with two pools of nine, and the top three from each pool advance to playoffs for the berth to the world championship in Ogden, Utah, March 27–April 4.
- Team Newfoundland and Labrador features Brad Gushue with Brendan Bottcher, Mark Nichols, Geoff Walker and alternate Adam Casey in what Gushue has confirmed is his last Brier.
- Team Canada skipped by Brad Jacobs returns to Mary Brown’s Centre days after capturing Olympic gold in Cortina, continuing a tight post-Games schedule.
- Opening draw matchups include Gushue vs. Quebec’s Jean-Michel Ménard, Jacobs vs. Prince Edward Island’s Tyler Smith, Ontario vs. Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador’s Nathan Young vs. Nunavut.
- Field storylines include Ontario’s Jayden King becoming the first Black skip at the Brier, his third Dylan Niepage competing with cochlear implants, and P.E.I. playing as a three-man team.