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Websites for Physical Activity
Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living
Download a copy of Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living to help you make wise choices about physical activity. Choices that will improve your health, help prevent disease, and allow you to get the most out of life.
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/pau-uap/paguide
City Of Hamilton Culture and Recreation
Visit the City Of Hamilton Culture and Recreation website to get the latest copy of Culture and Recreation Guide. Be sure to check out the ads in the Guide to get ideas for new activities to try.
www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/CultureandRecreation/Recreation
YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington
The YMCA of Hamilton/Burlington is a place to get healthy and fit in body, mind, and spirit. Visit this site and you'll understand why 93,331 people in our community are active at the YMCA each year.
http://www.ymcahb.on.ca/
YWCA Hamilton
YWCA Hamilton is a women-led, service organization supporting individuals through health and wellness programs for women, families, seniors and people with special needs.
http://www.ywcahamilton.org/
Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys' and Girls' Club
For over fifty years, the Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys' and Girls' Club has provided recreational and social development programs in Hamilton and has grown into one of the region's most established and effective youth serving organizations.
www.kboysandgirlsclub.com
Hamilton Conservation Authority
There are lots of things to do in your local conservation area; how about ice fishing, hiking, or just a walk to enjoy the sights and sounds of the season. Winter camping, cross-country skiing and winter hiking at local conservation areas makes it easy and fun to be physically active outdoors this winter.
www.conservationhamilton.ca
The Bruce Trail Association
The Bruce Trail Association provides information about Canada’s oldest and longest footpath, the only public access to the over 800 kilometers of hiking trails on the magnificent Niagara Escarpment.
www.brucetrail.org
Active 2010
Active 2010 is a comprehensive strategy to increase participation in sport and physical activity throughout Ontario. This key website contains: tools, including a target heart rate chart and BMI calculator; resources and links for leaders in various settings; and resources for population groups, such as Aboriginal people and people with disabilities.
www.active2010.ca
Silken's ActiveKids Movement
Silken's ActiveKids Movement aims to inspire, enable, and connect everyday champions in our communities, to use their passion and their creativity to help ensure our families, our schools, and our neighbourhoods are places where kids are physically active.
www.silkensactivekids.ca
Pause To Play
The web guide for kids who want to be active! Is there a sport you love or want to know more about? Good chance you'll find it here. Check out how to get into the game.
http://www.pausetoplay.ca/index.asp
Not Going To Kill You
This website geared to kids provides physical activity and nutrition information along with links to provincial sport organizations.
www.notgoingtokillyou.ca
Websites for physical activity advocacy, funding, accessibility, and support:
Children's Fitness Tax Credit
Canada Fitness Tax is an initiative started by the Government of Canada in 2007. A non-refundable tax credit on eligible amounts of up to $500 paid by parents to register a child 16 years of age or younger in an eligible program of physical activity.
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/fitness/
Active Healthy Kids Canada
Active Healthy Kids Canada advocates the importance of quality, accessible, and enjoyable physical activity participation experiences for children and youth. Check out Canada's Report Card on Physical Activity for Children & Youth -- 2007.
www.activehealthykids.ca
Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
Canadian Parks and Recreation Association has launched the Everybody Gets to Play initiative to help make recreation more accessible to children in low-income families.
http://www.cpra.ca/EN/main.php?action=cms.initEgtp
KidSport Hamilton
KidSport Hamilton provides funding for registration and/or equipment costs to under serviced children and youth. Visit the website to find out more information, or to download the application form and instructions.
http://www.kidsportchaptersontario.com/Content/Hamilton/Home.asp
Canadian Tire JumpStart
Canadian Tire JumpStart is a community-based charitable program that helps kids in financial need participate in organized sport and recreation such as hockey, soccer, and swimming.
www.canadiantire.ca/jumpstart
Websites for Healthy Eating:
Eating Well with Canada's Food Guide
Get a copy of Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide and use the Create My Guide, an interactive tool to help you design a personalized guide for each member in your family.
www.canadafoodguide.org
Dietitians of Canada
This award winning website from the Dietitians of Canada provides a wide variety of information and tools to help you make daily healthy eating choices where you live, work, learn, and play. Keep track of your eating and physical activity with the Eatracker tool. It provides personalized feedback on your total intake of calories and essential nutrients and compares this to recommendations for your age, gender, and activity level.
www.dietitians.ca
EatRight Ontario
EatRight Ontario provides trusted information and advice about nutrition and healthy eating. Brought to you by the Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion.
www.eatrightontario.ca
Healthy Eating is in Store for You
The Canadian Diabetes Association and the Dietitians of Canada have designed this website to provide information to help you understand nutrition information on food packages. Visit the Virtual Grocery Store while your there!
www.healthyeatingisinstore.ca
5 to 10 a Day for Better Health
Get information, recipes, tips, and tools to add more vegetables and fruit into your daily meals and snacks.
www.5to10aday.com
Your Healthy Weight
The registered dietitians at the Dairy Farmers of Canada have teamed up with fitness experts to provide information and tools to assess your weight, eating habits, and physical activity levels.
www.yourhealthyweight.ca
Heart and Stroke Foundation
Visit the Heart and Stroke Foundation's website to access information and tools to get healthy and stay healthy. Check out the Recipe File section for great kid-friendly meal ideas.
www.heartandstroke.ca
Public Health Agency of Canada
The Public Health Agency of Canada has information on nutrition and other topics. It includes a “healthy lunches to go’ section.
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/
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