Press Release Department: Non-Governmental - ParticipACTION

ParticipACTION released its 2025 Report Card on Physical Activity for Adults, revealing that only 46 per cent of adults in Canada are meeting physical activity guidelines. Physical inactivity is costing our health-care system $3.9 billion a year, and the Report Card finds that only 22 per cent of communities (of at least 1,000 people) in … Read more

Richmond, B.C., has been named Canada’s Most Active Community and awarded the $100,000 grand prize to support local physical activity and sport initiatives as part of the ParticipACTION Community Challenge presented by Novo Nordisk. Now in its sixth year, the national physical activity and sport initiative encourages Canadians to get active throughout the month of June. “Congratulations to Richmond and all of … Read more