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across Canada. This series will elevate success stories, expose challenges, and create space for collaboration among thought leaders and decision-makers. The goal is to accelerate the cultural shift needed to embed
sustainability across every level of Canadian sport, from the recreational
rink to the international stage.
The time has come to bring these voices together. This writing project will
shine a spotlight on Canada’s most inspiring examples of sustainability in
sports, convening thought leaders across infrastructure, government, national leagues, manufacturing, service vendors, and industry advocacy. The
aim of the e昀昀ort is to build momentum toward a cohesive national framework and feature some amazing sustainability in sports examples from
across Canada.
with energy e昀케ciency, adaptive reuse, and community resilience in mind.
Halifax’s Canada Games Centre and Toronto’s net-zero carbon community
recreation centre, have become models for climate-smart public investment.
From the professional sports world, the National Hockey League has been a
leader, particularly through NHL Green and their Venue Metrics platform to
report on the sustainability metrics for each of the league’s 32 teams, including
the seven arenas in Canada. Another initiative engages fans and brings awareness to their environmental initiatives and the sustainability of their collective
venue operations in North America.
Meanwhile, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) has implemented zero-waste initiatives at Scotiabank Arena while the Montreal Canadiens’ Bell
Centre has achieved LEED Silver and ISO 14001 building certi昀椀cations.
Canada’s green sport trailblazers
We don’t need to start from scratch. Early adopters across the country have
already been championing sustainability in sports, quietly, but consistently.
Municipal infrastructure projects have led the charge, including Vancouver’s
Hillcrest Centre and the Richmond Olympic Oval, originally built for the
2010 Winter Olympics, remain examples of legacy infrastructure designed
The Canadian Football League (CFL) has also stepped up with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Mosaic Stadium, which was built as a LEED gold certi昀椀cation building. Additionally, the stadium was the 昀椀rst to install FieldTurf Revolution 360, the arti昀椀cial turf made from recycled tires.
Following the CFL’s leadership, two academic institutions have followed suit
with this sustainable turf: Queen’s University and Wilfrid Laurier University.
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