Ontario Helps Athletes Pursue Sport Excellence
April 30, 2009 9:30 AM
McGuinty Government Invests In Ontario Athletes
Ontario is investing in its high-performance athletes and coaches through its Quest for Gold program. The $10 million investment for 2009-2010 brings the province's total investment in the program to over $42 million since 2006.
Benefits from Quest for Gold program include:
Quest for Gold funding benefited 69 per cent of Olympic and 86 per cent of Paralympic athletes from Ontario who participated in the Beijing 2008 Summer Games. Quest for Gold will also provide support to many Ontario athletes who are training to represent Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, and athletes who hope to represent Canada at the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games.
Supporting Ontario athletes is an important part of the government's plan to build sport in Ontario, and improve the performance and number of Ontario athletes competing and succeeding at the national and international level.
Benefits from Quest for Gold program include:
- access to high-performance coaching,
- enhanced competitive opportunities, and
- increased training opportunities.
Quest for Gold funding benefited 69 per cent of Olympic and 86 per cent of Paralympic athletes from Ontario who participated in the Beijing 2008 Summer Games. Quest for Gold will also provide support to many Ontario athletes who are training to represent Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, and athletes who hope to represent Canada at the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games.
Supporting Ontario athletes is an important part of the government's plan to build sport in Ontario, and improve the performance and number of Ontario athletes competing and succeeding at the national and international level.
Quick Facts
- Over 8,000 Ontario athletes have benefited from the Quest for Gold program.
- The Quest for Gold program will have provided over $42 million to support Ontario athletes and coaches by the end of 2009-2010. This includes an additional $2.5 million to Own the Podium, a national program to help Canada’s winter athletes reach the podium at the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver.
- Ontario also invested an additional $701,300 in the Road to Excellence program that helped Canada’s summer athletes finish in the top 14 in total medal standings at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in Beijing.
- The Ontario government is leading the bid to host the 2015 Pan / Parapan American Games in the Greater Golden Horseshoe region.
Learn More
- Find out more about Ontario’s Quest for Gold program.
- Learn more about the 2009 Canada Games.
- Get information about the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Vancouver.
Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport
ontario.ca/health-promotion