NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

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...

  This December, Windsor will welcome up to 1,000 of the world’s best swimmers from over 170 countries as they compete for World Championship glory in the 13th edition of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m). Expected to draw more than 35,000...

  As at Nov 1, 2016 Play On! Canada is extending the opportunity for Canadian communities to bid on the rights to host the Play On! 2017 National Street Hockey Championship ( The Redwood Cup). Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2017. The Hockey Night in...

source: Tom Evans Photography Five-time Paralympian and Team Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Rio Paralympic Games Senator Chantal Petitclerc will join Paralympic swimming sensation Aurélie Rivard to celebrate "the year that was" with Canada’s...

Rugby Canada is seeking a host location for the Canadian Rugby Championship (CRC) U19 Men & U20 Women. These tournaments would be organized and executed by Rugby Canada staff, along with the successful host union. The CRC’s are a premier annual event...

  CARHA Hockey is seeking interest from potential host cities for the 2020 CARHA Hockey World Cup (CHWC). Representing 2,500-4,500 participants from approximately 15 countries, the CHWC brings together teams and spectators every four years to celebrate our...

  Volleyball Canada is currently looking for an Accommodations Management Provider (AMP) to co-manage it’s “Stay to Play" policy, which will be in effect for the 2018 Volleyball Canada Championships. This means, all participating teams are...

  The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance, in partnership with Destination Canada and CBC Sports, will once again lead a TEAM Canada delegation to Sportaccord Convention 2017, scheduled for April 2-7 in Aarhus, Denmark. Sportaccord is a 5-day gathering of over 2,000...

  Volleyball Canada hosts Beach National Championships annually, the 2017 & 2018 events will feature athletes from across the country in five age categories (14U, 15U, 16U, 18U, 22U). Beach National Championships occurs over a 4 day period (Thursday-Sunday),...

  Canada’s top Sport Events, Volunteers, Sponsors & Leaders to be honoured October 12, 2016 OTTAWA, ON:  Several more sport tourism events, organizations and leaders will be recognized as the 11th annual PRESTIGE (Program Recognizing Exceptional...

Canada’s top Sport Events, Volunteers, Sponsors & Leaders to be honoured October 12, 2016 OTTAWA, ON:  Several more sport tourism events, organizations and leaders will be recognized as the 11th annual PRESTIGE (Program Recognizing Exceptional Sport...

Synchro Canada is now accepting proposals from Canadian communities interested in hosting the 2017 and 2018 Synchro Canada Espoir Championships. Request for Proposals - 2017 and 2018 Synchro Canada Espoir Championships (PDF) Phase 1 Form - 2017 and 2018 Synchro Canada...

Bid Guidelines-  Rugby Canada 2017 Summer Series Men's International (PDF) Rugby Canada is now accepting bid proposals for hosting an international rugby match featuring Canada’s National Men’s Fifteens Team during its Summer Series of matches in...

  The latest Global Sports Event Index ranks two Canadian-hosted 2015 international events in the top four for overall economic, sporting, media and social impact. The index is produced by Sportcal, a UK-based sport market intelligence agency which analyzed each...

  The Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA)’s newest tool is now available for use by National Sport Organizations (NSO). The NSO Bid Evaluation Model (NBEM), developed with the support of the Canadian Olympic Committee’s NSF Enhancement Initiative,...

Since the City-to-City session at Sportaccord in Lausanne in April, the International Association of Event Hosts (IAEH) has achieved several major milestones. The website is now live at www.eventhosts.org and can provide more background details of this new entity,...

Volleyball Canada (VC) is seeking a potential Host for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix to be held July 20-23, 2017. The 2017 World Grand Prix will run through the month of July in 2017 and is the premier event for women’s volleyball in the world....

Water Polo Canada (WPC) is seeking a host city in the western zone and a host city in the eastern zone for its 2018 NCL “Championship” events, which will take place in the months of April and May. RFP Document - Water Polo Canada National Championship...

  Many of you would have known Andrée Steel, a founding board member of the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance (CSTA) and our President from 2003 – 2004. Sadly, Andrée passed away recently, and CSTA extends sincere condolences to her husband, Don Adams, CEO of...