Canadian Adaptive Sports Programs for People with Disabilities

National Adaptive Sports Programs and Organizations

Many adaptive sports programs and organizations collaborate with a national organization. This partnership aims to provide you with the best possible sporting experience. Below is a list of national organizations. They provide various adaptive, para, or blind sport opportunities on a national Canadian level.

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Alpine Skiing (Para) | Archery (Para) | Athletics (Para) | Badminton (Para) | Basketball (Wheelchair) | Blind Sports (Goalball) | Boccia | Canoe/Kayak (Para) | Climbing (Para) | Curling (Wheelchair) | Cycling (Para) | Deaf Sports | Dwarf Athletics | Equestrian (Para) | Hockey (Para Ice / Sledge) | Judo (Para) | Nordic Skiing (Para) | Power Hockey | Powerlifting (Para) | Rowing (Para) | Shooting (Para) | Soccer (Para) | Snowboard (Para) | Swimming (Para) | Table Tennis (Para) | Taekwondo (Para) | Tennis (Wheelchair) | Triathlon (Para) | Volleyball (Sitting) | Wheelchair Rugby

To look for provincial or local adaptive sports in your area, click on your province. You can find this information in our provincial and territorial directory.

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🏆 Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC)

  • Website: paralympic.ca
  • Description: The national private, non-profit organization that governs Paralympic sport in Canada in partnership with 28 member sport organizations. Its vision is to create an inclusive world through Paralympic sport, focusing on high-performance excellence and promoting inclusive communities.

🏅 Special Olympics Canada

  • Website: www.specialolympics.ca
  • Description: Provides community-based sport programs for individuals with an intellectual disability across the country. It focuses on enriching lives and creating moments of joy, confidence, and connection through the power of sport.

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⛷️ Alpine Skiing Canada (Para)

  • Website: alpinecanada.org/train/para-alpine/carving-the-future
  • Description: The Carving the Future program started as a chance to provide skiers with physical disabilities the opportunity to try ski racing for the first time and have a chance to work directly with National Team Coaches. The program now provides support to programs at all levels along with the Para-Alpine Long Term Athlete Development plan.

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🏹 Archery Canada (Para)

  • Website: archerycanada.ca/?search-type=regular&s=para
  • Description: The aim of our Olympic & Paralympic Programs is to identify and support the development of our top athletes, in all Olympic and Paralympic disciplines  by ensuring the resources and support personnel are in place to support them towards achieving excellence performance at the Olympic Games and Senior World Championships.

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🏃‍♂️ Athletics Canada (Para)

  • Website: athletics.ca
  • Description: The national governing body for track and field, road running, and cross country. Its website features Para athletes in its spotlight, indicating integrated promotion and support.

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🏸 Badminton Canada (Para)

  • Website: corporate.bwfbadminton.com/para-badminton/
  • Description: The national body for badminton. It actively reports on Para badminton events, such as Canadian athlete performances at the Pan Am Para Badminton Championships.

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🏀 Wheelchair Basketball Canada

  • Website: www.wheelchairbasketball.ca
  • Description: The national sport organization dedicated exclusively to wheelchair basketball, from grassroots to the national team.

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👁️ Canadian Blind Sport Association (Goalball)

  • Website: www.canadianblindsports.ca
  • Description: The national sport organization for goalball and a leading body for sports for athletes who are blind or visually impaired. It runs high-performance national team programs and hosts national championships.

🏒 Canadian Blind Hockey

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🎯 Boccia Canada

  • Website: bocciacanada.ca
  • Description: The national sport organization dedicated exclusively to the Paralympic sport of boccia.

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🚣 Canoe/Kayak Canada (Para)

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🧗 Climbing Escalade Canada (Para)

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🥌 Curling Canada (Wheelchair)

  • Website: www.curling.ca/high-performance/about-wheelchair-curling/
  • Description: Wheelchair curling is an inclusive parasport designed for individuals with disabilities who primarily use wheelchairs, offering an accessible and engaging way to participate in curling. It is played at both recreational and elite levels, with adaptations that make the sport welcoming to all, regardless of background or ability. Since gaining official medal status by the International Paralympic Committee in 2002, wheelchair curling has been a mixed-gender event in the Paralympic Winter Games, showcasing the sport’s emphasis on inclusivity and equality. The introduction of mixed doubles in 2022 further expanded access, allowing for greater participation in regions where traditional team opportunities may be limited. Wheelchair curling exemplifies how sport can embrace diversity, fostering connection and competition for all involved.

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🚴 Cycling Canada (Para)

  • Website: cyclingcanada.ca
  • Description: The national governing body for cycling, responsible for Para cycling (road and track).

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🦻🏻 Deaf Sports

Canadian Deaf Sports Association

  • Website: assc-cdsa.com/en/
  • Description: The national organization responsible for promoting, developing, and governing sports for Deaf and hard of hearing athletes in Canada. It facilitates participation in domestic competitions and selects teams for international events like the Deaflympics.

Canadian Deaf Curling Association (CDCA)

  • Website: www.canadiandeafcurling.com/
  • Description: A national organization that promotes, organizes, and governs the sport of curling for Deaf and Hard of Hearing athletes across Canada. Hosts annual national championships.

Canadian Deaf Golf Association (CDGA)

  • Website: assc-cdsa.com/en/sports/sports-committee/golf/
  • Description: Promotes and provides opportunities for Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals to participate in the sport of golf across Canada. Organizes tournaments and selects teams for international events.

Canadian Deaf Hockey Association (CDHA)

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🥇 Dwarf Athletic Association of Canada (DAAC)

  • Website: www.dwarfathletics.ca
  • Description: The national sports organization for athletes with dwarfism in Canada. It promotes participation, development, and competition in various sports, with pathways to national teams for events like the World Dwarf Games.

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🐎 Equestrian Canada (Para)

  • Website: equestrian.ca/compete/development-programs/#para-dressage
  • Description: Para dressage provides athletes with a physical or visual impairment the opportunity to compete against other athletes with similar abilities. Athletes are classified and given a “Grade” based on their functional ability and are then judged on their riding skill against other athletes of the same Grade. There are five (5) Grades of competitions in para-dressage. Grade I represents the more severely impaired athletes. Grade V represents the least severely impaired.

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🏒 Hockey Canada (Para Ice / Sledge)

  • Website: www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/hockey-programs/sledge
  • Description: Para hockey is the Paralympic version of ice hockey and, since its debut on the Paralympic program in 1994, it has become one of the biggest attractions for spectators at the Paralympic Winter Games. It is fast-paced, highly physical and played by athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body.

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🥋 Judo Canada (Para, Blind, Deaf & Kids)

  • Website: judocanada.org/judoka-with-a-disability/
  • Description: Judo programs provide a safe and stimulating environment in which all judokas can develop to their full potential. The practice of judo for deaf or visually impaired athletes includes a competitive component. Parajudo, where visually impaired athletes compete in designated weight categories, is part of the Paralympic Games program. Judo Canada actively promotes inclusive attitudes and encourages clubs to adopt approaches that encourage the full participation of all, so that as many Canadians as possible gain from the benefits of our sport.

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⛷️ Nordic Skiing Canada (Para)

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🏒 Power Hockey Canada

  • Website: www.powerhockeycanada.com/en/
  • Description: The national governing body for power hockey (powerchair hockey), a fast-paced team sport for individuals who use power wheelchairs. Powerhockey is a parasport for individuals with physical disabilities that use a power wheelchair. The sport is inclusive by nature, allowing para-athletes of varying disabilities to participate together, regardless of gender or age. Para-athletes are able to compete to the best of their ability and excel in a competitive sports environment. Off the floor, the sport fosters lifelong friendships and relationships that cross borders, creating a strong, tight-knit community.

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🏋️ Powerlifting Canada (Para)

  • Website: www.powerlifting.ca/para-powerlifting
  • Description: Canada Para Powerlifting is committed to grassroots development and education to build a foundation that supports and promotes para powerlifting programs and services that will encourage and increase athlete participation, fair competition, provide a high-level of technical officiating and classifying, and boost the profile of para powerlifting and its athletes.

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🚣 Rowing Canada (Para)

  • Website: rowingcanada.org/nextgen-team/
  • Description: The national governing body for rowing, overseeing Para rowing (PR1, PR2, PR3 classifications).

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🎯 Shooting Canada (Para)

  • Website: www.sfc-ftc.ca/member-services/diversity-and-inclusion/
  • Description: Shooting Federation of Canada strongly believes that target shooting should be an inclusive activity. We are committed to listening, learning and leading in the fundamental areas of equity, diversity, access and inclusion. From policies to program execution, we recognize our need to grow and are committed to moving forward collaboratively to build a culture of inclusion.

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⚽ Soccer Canada (Para)

⚽ Powerchair Soccer Canada

  • Website: powerchairsoccercanada.com/
  • Description: Power Soccer, where the game transcends beyond the arena and becomes a way of life. A diverse community of coaches, athletes, staff, and volunteers all share the same passion for this thrilling sport, one that fosters lasting bonds and opens doors to compete against top teams globally. If you crave the adrenaline of fierce competition and the chance to test your mettle, then Power Soccer could be your ultimate calling. Embrace the challenge and discover the extraordinary journey that awaits you. Are you ready to take on the power?

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🏂 Snowboard Canada (Para)

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🏊 Swimming Canada (Para)

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🏓 Table Tennis Canada (Para)

  • Website: ttcanada.ca/?s=para
  • Description: The national governing body for table tennis, responsible for Para table tennis.

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🥋 Taekwondo Canada (Para)

  • Website: taekwondo-canada.com/high-performance/para/
  • Description: The national sport governing body for taekwondo, which includes the Para taekwondo discipline (Kyorugi). Taekwondo Canada is working to establish a formal Para Taekwondo Kyorugi program with the aim being to qualify athletes for future World Para Taekwondo Championships and Paralympic Games and are looking for impairment eligible individual that are currently members in a taekwondo club or are interested in joining one. 

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🎾 Tennis Canada (Wheelchair)

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🏊‍♂️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♂️ Triathlon Canada (Para)

  • Website: www.triathloncanada.com/athletes-teams/paratriathlon/
  • Description: Triathlon Canada has developed one of the top para-sport programs in the world over the last decade that has resulted in medal-winning results at the international racing level. One of the newest sports added to the Paralympic Games family, para triathlon debuted at the 2016 Rio Games where Canada’s Stefan Daniel celebrated a silver medal. Since that breakthrough day on Copacabana Beach, the sport has not lost sight of its two major goals: introduce more Canadians with a disability to triathlon; and develop more Canadian medal winners. 

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🏐 Volleyball Canada (Sitting)

  • Website: volleyball.ca/en/sitting-volleyball-teams
  • Description: Sitting Volleyball is perhaps the most widely known form of ParaVolley thanks to its inclusion in the Paralympic Games since Arnhem in 1980. Played by over 10,000 athletes, in more than 55 countries worldwide it is a truly global game that anyone can play.

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🏉 Wheelchair Rugby Canada

  • Website: wheelchairrugby.ca
  • Description: The national sport organization dedicated exclusively to the sport of wheelchair rugby.

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