NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

  March 2, 2017 (Ottawa, Ont.) The sport tourism industry in Canada surpassed $6.5 billion in spending in 2015, according to custom data tabulations from the Travel Survey of Residents of Canada (TSRC) and the International Travel Survey (ITS).  This...

  Canadian Ball Hockey Association – Kingston, ON, Thursday, February 23, 2017 – The International Street and Ball Hockey Federation (ISBHF) has awarded the 2018 ISBHF Junior World Championships to Canada. The selection was approved during...

  5 to Watch – Canada’s Sports Business Awards event is only a few months away. As this awards show is one of our partners in the sports business industry, we are being invited to recognize five of Canada’s sports business superstars. It...

  Hockey Canada is now in the process of accepting bids for multiple 2019 Events. The attached document is a detailed information package for prospective Host Organizing Committees. The following packages contain information to assist potential host groups in...

  The bid process for Quidditch Canada’s 2017-18 season is now open. To initiate the bid process, interested parties should first download and review our 2017-18 Bid Manual for detailed information on deadlines and requirements...

  Ottawa, Ont. February 1, 2017:  Nominees from right across the country make up the 24 finalists for the 2017 Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) PRESTIGE Awards.  Representing a wide spectrum of the sport tourism industry in Canada, finalists are...

  St. John's, NL - The Summit is being held March 8-10, 2017 at the Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland in conjunction with the Tim Hortons Brier and will have Mayor Dennis O'Keefe serving as Honourary Chair. The Summit is Atlantic Canada's only conference...

January 16, 2017 Canoe Kayak Canada - Third year for Canada Cup, aimed at hosting high-level competition in Canada OTTAWA, ON (January 11, 2017) – Two Canada Cup sprint competitions have been scheduled for the 2017 season. The Rideau Canoe Club will host...

January 16, 2017 Cross Country Canada —World’s best cross-country skiers to do battle on Plains of Abraham, March 17-19— CANMORE, Alta.—The world’s best cross-country skiers are coming back to do battle on Canada’s Plains of...

Bowls Canada - Bowls Canada is excited to announce the venues for the 2017 National Championships.   Dartmouth Lawn Bowling Club will be hosting the 2017 Canadian Junior and Under 25 Champi-onships, from July 31st – August 7th, 2017. After a 12 year absence...

  Monday, December 19, 2016 (Ottawa):  It was a stormy, winter night in Ottawa, but a warm Brazilian evening inside the Brookstreet Hotel on December 8th for Nuit Blanche 2016.  A contingent of almost 200 individuals representing 24 Canadian national...

December 15, 2016 World Triathlon Series Edmonton - December 15, 2016 (Edmonton) – Edmonton will host its third triathlon championship event in 2020. Edmonton will then, along with Lausanne, which is the Olympic city, be the only cities to stage the global...

*Click on each photo to enlarge* Nuit Blanche 2016 was presented by the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance and CBC Sports From the minds of our amazing organizers (Kelly, Lawrence and Krista), a Rio inspired theme.... A party with a beautiful venue (Brookstreet Hotel)......

The Can-Am Police-Fire Games Federation Board of Directors is pleased to announce that bids to host the 2022 Can-Am Police-Fire Games are being accepted.  The Board has elected to provide interested Host Cities this notification for the opportunity to consider...

  Ottawa, December 7, 2016 Notice is hereby given, that the annual general meeting of members of Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance Inc. (hereafter called the ‘Corporation’) will be held on Monday, March 20th, 2017 at the hour of 8:00 am at the Westin...

  Christmas comes early for CSTA members! Our latest tool and resource is a webpage exclusively devoted to listing events that are open for bid. Events Rights Holders who have an active RFP for one of their upcoming events have posted their bid documents on...

December 5, 2016 Canoe Kayak Canada - More than 1200 paddlers from over 40 clubs across Canada are expected to attend   OTTAWA, ON (December 3, 2016) – Today at Canoe Kayak Canada’s Meeting of Members of the Sprint Racing Discipline, member clubs...

  Cycling Canada’s CEO and General Secretary, Greg Mathieu, along with Lia Taha Cheng, Manager, Sport and International Programs for U Sports, are the winners of $250 VIA Rail travel credits courtesy of VIA Rail Canada and Nuit Blanche organizers. This...

With just one month to go until the deadline, don’t delay in preparing your 2017 CSTA PRESTIGE Award nomination. All nominations must be received by December 22nd at 8:00 p.m. ET. Honour your events, large or small, Canadian or international, and your sponsors,...

  OTTAWA, ON: For the fourth straight year Canada has been recognized as one of the leading sport hosting nations in the world. The Global Sports Nations Index 2016 was announced during the Global Sports Tourism Summit in London, England recently. With an...