Ontario Women's Hockey Association

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| name = Ontario Women's Hockey Association

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| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1975}}

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| founder = Cookie Cartwright

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| type = Sports governing body

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| purpose = Organize and promote women's ice hockey in Ontario, Canada

| headquarters = 225 Watline Avenue
Mississauga, Ontario

| location = Canada

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| field = Ice hockey

| membership = 51,395 registered{{cite web |url=https://cloud.rampinteractive.com/whaontario/files/Executive%20Reports/2019-2020%20Report.pdf |title=OWHA Annual Report 2019-2020 |website=Ontario Women's Hockey Association |access-date=November 20, 2021 |page=7 |format=PDF|via=Ramp Interactive}}

| membership_year = 2020

| language = English

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| website = {{URL|https://www.owha.on.ca/|OWHA.on.ca}}

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The Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) is the governing body of women's ice hockey in the Province of Ontario, Canada. The OWHA is a member of the Ontario Hockey Federation (OHF), the Ontario branch of Hockey Canada. The Association was formed in 1975 by Cookie Cartwright to generate interest in women's ice hockey.{{cn|date=September 2022}} Roughly ten years later, Fran Rider became the association's executive director.

In 1976, Rhonda Leeman Taylor took on a volunteer position with the OWHA and helped the Association grow the number of registered female teams from 101 to 203, within three years.{{cite web |url=https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/newmarket-author-reveals-untold-stories-of-womens-hockey-history-2126317 |title=Newmarket author reveals untold stories of women's hockey history

|author=Julia Galt|website=newmarkettoday.ca|date=2020-02-28|access-date=2021-09-15}} She became the first employee hired by Hockey Ontario to assist in the development of the OWHA, then in 1980 became its first salaried female employee.