Canada Invests $19.2 Million in Sport Integrity: Safe Sport, Anti-Doping and Manipulation Prevention
In Ottawa, Canada, Secretary of State (Sport) Adam van Koeverden announced on October 7 that the federal government will invest $19.2 million in 2026-27 to protect integrity across the sport system, covering safe sport, anti-doping and competition-manipulation prevention. The funding is part of Canada's $1-billion generational investment in sport.
For safe sport, Sport Integrity Canada and the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada will receive $7.1 million combined. The dispute centre's share totals $1.94 million, including $440,000 in new modernization funding, alongside free legal aid and safeguarding tribunal services for athletes and coaches.
Anti-doping receives $11.75 million, including $7.2 million for Sport Integrity Canada to run the Canadian Anti-Doping Program and maintain testing and intelligence capacity. About $400,000 goes to a competition-manipulation prevention program that helps sport organizations spot and respond to manipulation.
Van Koeverden, an Olympic champion kayaker, said Canadians should be able to trust the system from the playground to the podium, and that sport must be safe, clean and fair.
Source: Canadian Heritage
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Photo: 加拿大体育国务秘书 Adam van Koeverden 出席公开活动。/ Secretary of State (Sport) Adam van Koeverden at a public event. (Photo: Jay Barlett, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
