ParticipACTION Community Challenge

Thanks to your participation throughout the month of June, Mississippi Mills is one of the 40 finalists being considered for the Canada's Most Active Community title! Every year, over 1,000 communities compete in the ParticipACTION Community Challenge for the $100,000 grand prize. The top 40 communities with the most logged participants are then invited to argue their case for the title of Canada's Most Active Community, answering the following questions:

1. Tell us about your community and why it deserves to be named Canada’s Most Active Community.  Share some highlights of how community residents got active during the Community Challenge.
2. How did your community’s municipal/local government and organizations help residents get more active where they live, learn, work and/or play? Please provide examples of any new partnerships, events, programs, initiatives and/or promotions that increased community physical activity and engagement.
3. What did your community do to reduce barriers to physical activity and sport participation among members of equity-denied groups (e.g., low-income populations, persons with disabilities, newcomers to Canada, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, Indigenous communities and/or racialized communities)? How did you specifically reach and engage these populations?
4. How will your community continue to create impactful sport and physical activity opportunities for its residents in the long term?
5. Has your community done any of the following to support increasing local physical activity and sport?
   • Developed plans/strategies to promote physical activity, physical literacy and/or sport.
   • Recognized/celebrated National Health and Fitness Day (Saturday, June 7) and/or Québec Sports and Physical Activity Day (Friday, May 2).
   • Ensured that staff and volunteers who ran physical activity and/or sport initiatives, programs, events and initiatives in June were properly qualified (e.g., HIGH FIVE®-certified, DAFA, NCCP, Physical Literacy 101, Safety in Sport, Equity and Inclusion, etc.).
   • Engaged your mayor and/or other elected officials in promoting the Community Challenge and/or physical activity/sport in your community.
   • Had accessible and inclusive policies in place to support equity-denied groups.