martin's first event of the 2011–12 world curling tour was the point optical curling classic, where he finished as a runner-up to mike mcewen. he then won his first event of the season, the westcoast curling classic, against mcewen. he next participated in the cactus pheasant classic as the defending champion, but lost to randy ferbey in the semifinals. at the world cup of curling, martin finished the round robin with a 4–1 win-loss record, but missed a chance to win another grand slam title after he was edged past by john epping, 3–4. he failed to make it into the playoffs at his next event, the sun life classic. he and his team then competed in the canada cup of curling, securing close wins over glenn howard and jeff stoughton in the round robin and finishing the round robin undefeated. he then played howard in the final, and managed to defeat him with a score of 7–4, winning his record 4th canada cup title as skip. he and his team also earned berths into the 2012 canada cup, continental cup, and, most importantly, the 2013 olympic trials.