Sport Facts

Canadian Heritage (Sport Canada) Quick Facts
Annual Program Profile
Apr. 1, 2004- Mar. 31,2005

Canadian Heritage (Sport Canada)’s mission:
“to enhance opportunities for Canadians to participate and excel in sport.”

What we do:
PCH (Sport Canada) supports the achievement of high performance excellence and the development of the Canadian sport system to strengthen the unique contribution that sport makes to Canadian identity, culture and society.

Our 2004-2005 Budget:

• Sport Canada’s three funding programs provided $123.3M in grants and contributions:

• Sport Canada’s overall operating budget: $8.3M
• Number of Sport Canada’s Full-Time Equivalents: 88 

How we deliver:
Sport Support Program

• Organizations funded:
  • 55 National Sport Organizations (NSO),                           
  • 20 Multisport / Service Organizations (MSO) and;
  • 9 Canadian Sport Centres (CSC)           
• Provincial/Territorial Bilateral agreements in place: 13

Hosting Program

• International Single Sport Events (ISSE) funded: 43
  • 37 < $50K
  • 4  $50K<>$250K
  • 2 > $250K
• International Strategic Focus Events (ISFE) funded: 1

Athlete Assistance Program

• Senior cards awarded: 838 athletes, of which 383 are women and 161 are Paralympic athletes
• Development cards awarded: 657 athletes, of which 314 are women and 8 are Paralympic athletes
• Carded athletes receiving tuition: 499
• Former carded athletes receiving deferred tuition: 121

Reaching the goals of the Canadian Sport Policy …by 2012, to have a dynamic and leading-edge sport environment that enables all Canadians to experience and enjoy involvement in sport to the extent of their abilities and interests, and for increasing numbers, to perform consistently and successfully at the highest competitive levels

Enhanced Excellence

•   2004 Summer Olympic Games:
• 264 Canadian athletes competed in 159 of 301 events
• 3 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals (19^th among 202 nations competing)
• 60 finishes between 4^th and 8^th  (14^th among 202 nations competing)
• 55 finishes between 9^th and 16^th
•   2004 Summer Paralympics Games:
• 144 Canadian athletes competed in 167 of 519 events
• 28 gold, 18 silver and 25 bronze medals (3^rd in gold medals and 7^th overall among 136 nations)
• Canadian athletes participated in 16 World Championships during the 2004 calendar year.
  Overall, the performances were the following:
  • 8 gold, 6 silver and 12 bronze medals
  • 27 finishes between 4^th and 8^th 
  • 27 finishes between 9^th and 16^th

Enhanced Interaction

• Participated in development of a Healthy Living and Sport Promotional campaign, including TV spots and creation of related website (not yet launched)
• Collaborated to incorporate sport information messages on Health Canada’s SummerActive campaign
• Collaborating with Council of Ministers of Education of Canada (CMEC) on new Pan-Canadian School Health Action Plan
• Collaborating with the Federal-Provincial and Territorial Sport Committee and the Interprovincial Sport and Recreation Council (ISRC) on programs and policies at the provincial, territorial and national levels
• Consulted on the development of the Policy on Aboriginal Peoples’ Participation in Sport
• Funding allocated through 13 provincial/territorial bilateral agreements to increase interaction among Canadians as well as to increase sport participation: $4.4M

Enhanced Capacity

• Paid coaches on National Teams:  589 (19% were women), an increase of 30% from 2003-04
• Full-time paid coaches on National Teams: 172 (11% women)
• Number of National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Certifications (Levels 1-5): 10,617 (29% women)
• NSO’s engaged in Long Term Athlete Development: 21
• Doping tests conducted by Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) as part of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program: 1,708 (all on Canadian athletes)
• Total doping infractions on Canadian athletes from CCES testing: 25
• Research
  • Conference Board of Canada study: The Socio-economic Benefits of Sport Participation in Canada
  • Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute sport monitor (2004-2009)
  • Institute for Sport Marketing study on corporate investment in sport (2004-2006)
  • Sport Policy Research Initiative (SPRI) partners with federal funding research agencies to support sport participation research

Enhanced Participation

• New participants reached: 153,211
• Sport Participation Development through NSO funding:  $1,884,416
• Participation projects funded: 37
  • 8 were new (6 approved for multi-year funding & 2 for 2004-05 funding only)
• Of the 37 funded projects, 23 had specific goals of working with one or more targeted groups:
  • Youth:  5 projects, with 868 participants in 3 of those projects alone
• Persons with a disability: 4 projects (reaching 350 participants)
• Aboriginals: 6 projects (1500 participants in 3 projects alone)
• Women: 14 projects
• Visible Minorities: 4 projects 
  (total>100% as some projects targeted more than one of these identified areas)
• Total spent on MSO and other organization sport participation projects: $1,349,736

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