REGISTER your school and participate in the fun and informative Walking Tour of Canada!!!Once registered, you will be able to LOG the total kilometers that your students have walked to and from school. These distances will be tracked on the online Walking Tour of Canada map to show the students how far they have walked across Canada.
As the accumulated distances reach each provincial/territorial capital, you will be able to download a provincial/territorial PASSPORT to congratulate the students on their success so far.

Health matters, getting and staying active from youth to older adults with disabilities.

This web site encourages older Canadians to maintain and enhance their well being and independence through a lifestyle that embraces daily physical activity.

The Business Case for Active Living at Work is the third major initiative undertaken by Health Canada to improve the physical activity levels of Canadians since 1998. The first two initiatives were the launch in 1998 of Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy, Active Living followed by Canada's Physical Activity Guide for older adults in 1999.

The Canadian Cancer Society is a national, community-based organization of volunteers whose mission is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer. Provincial links are also available.

Get fit for active living: Exercise and Education Program for Older Adults

The goal of the Canadian Diabetes Association's web site is to become THE online resource for people with, and affected by, diabetes and for healthcare professionals treating those affected by the disease.

The mission of the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute is to enhance the well-being of Canadians through research and communication of information about physically active lifestyles to the public and private sectors.

The Canadian Health Network(CHN)is an excellent site for national information on health issues, including physical activity. The link provided takes you the the Active Living section of the site, but their is also very useful general health information to be found on this site.

The Public Health Agency of Canada's, Canadian Health Network provides a variety of information on health issues that concern Canadians, including nutitional concerns. The Healthy Lunches To Go Tour was created help Canadians make healthy lunches for their whole family.

The Canadian Physiotherapy Association web site has some great tools to assist in becoming or staying physically active. Be sure to check out the "information sheets" that are on this excellent site.

Make sure to visit the Saskatchewan Physiotherapy Association web site for information that can contribute to your health and help you to keep active and "in motion"!

A great site developed by the Canadian Paediatric Society that offers child health and information from Canada's paediatric experts. Great information for parents!

The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has put together a web site specifically focusing on physical activity and children.

Link to this site for access to fun, interactive tools that assess food choices and nutrition knowledge, FAQs and factsheets on current healthy eating topics, and tasty recipes.

Information on nutrition and healthy eating

Good site with a wide variety of game ideas and descriptions. Useful for parents, teachers, guardians, etc.

A resource centre to support active living for people with a disability. Facts on active living, practical resources, and more are avilable for use by individuals with disabilites, family and caregivers, and professionals within the active living field.

Website developed by The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity and Nike Canada that encourages girls in sports.

Information on a variety of topics. Also a link to provincial information

The National Quality Institute is a not-for-profit organization that provides strategic focus and direction for Canadian organizations to achieve excellence, enabling Canada to set the standard for quality and healthy workplace practices throughout the world.

Information on being physically active for adults, older adults, children, youth and the workplace.

The Saskatchewan Physical Activity Council (SPAC) was formed to address the physical inactivity issue in Saskatchewan. The Council brings together organizations representing the areas of: sport, recreation, health, and education. In turn, these organizations work with other groups impacted by this issue to seek out a solution to physical inactivity in Saskatchewan.

"Silken's Active Kids Movement aims to inspire, enable and connect everyday champions in our communities, to use their passion, their creativity and their connection to help ensure our families, our schools and our neighbourhoods are places where kids are physically active."

This site features a list of "street games" that kids have made up over the ages.

Links to a variety of organizations (older adults, Canadians with a disability, etc.)