Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA)

The CSTA´s mission is to increase capacity and competitiveness of communities across Canada in hosting sporting events. Some of the key objectives include:

• Providing the sport tourism industry with a credible image and profile
• Facilitate networking, educational and communication opportunities between sport and tourism partners
• Facilitate access to national tools like the Business plan template for staging a sporting event, events database, sport tourism economic assessment model and the sport tourism planning template
www.canadiansporttourism.com/

National Association of Sport Commissions (NASC)

The National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC) is the CSTA´s counterpart in the United States. The NASC is the primary network for communication and information sharing on all topics relating to the sports event industry.
www.sportscommissions.org/

Sport Ontario

The Sport Alliance of Ontario (SAO) is a not-for-profit provincial sport management agency. It is our goal to support personal and community development through sport opportunities - from the Playground to the Podium.
http://www.sportalliance.com/content/home.asp

To view a list of sport associations in Ontario, visit:  http://www.sportalliance.com/Content/Sport%20and%20Rec%20Orgs.asp

Sport Canada

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.
www.pch.gc.ca/progs/sc/index_e.cfm

Volunteer Kingston

Volunteer & Information Kingston develops programs and services to foster and develop volunteerism, based on ongoing community consultation. We help to connect volunteers with agencies that have volunteer opportunities. Through our Community Information initiative, we help people in South-Eastern Ontario to find programs and services that can help them improve their quality of life.
http://www.volunteerkingston.ca/