Poor Canadians have the least access and lowest participation rates in sport as compared to Canadians from other income groups. It is not surprising, given the cost of registration and equipment and other barriers to participation in organized sport in Canada.

Newcomers to Canada are experiencing a much more difficult time integrating into their communities today than was the case 20 years ago. The research evidence shows that because sport can bring people of different cultural backgrounds together it is very effective at breaking down barriers between newcomers and the existing population in a community.

In Canada, significant disparities exist between the social, economic and cultural opportunities available to Aboriginal peoples and to Canadians on the whole. Sport has been identified by Aboriginal people themselves and by governments as an important means to help reduce these disparities, particularly as they affect Aboriginal youth, the fastest growing segment of Canada’s population.

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