Our Mission
Sport Oakville is a partnership of community sport organizations that work cooperatively to promote sport and provide a collective voice for sport in Oakville.
Our Mandate
- Provide leadership and a voice for collective sport initiatives
- Facilitate and develop networking and cooperation in the sport community
- Foster and promote good sportsmanship through training, education and excellence
- Focus on awareness building, citizen engagement and planning
About Us
Founded in 1857, Oakville is a beautiful lakeside town of 172,000 located on the shores of Lake Ontario 30 minutes west of Toronto. Our thriving municipality boasts a great passion for sport and recreation as seen by its vibrant sport community which offers a diverse range of activities.
Most of these groups are volunteer driven, not-for-profit organizations operated by citizens who are committed and dedicated to providing quality sport opportunities to the residents of Oakville. Some of these clubs have grown to become the largest in Ontario and/or Canada. Many have programs that enable athletes to excel at elite levels with the potential to compete at national, international and professional levels.
Re-established in 2000 as the Oakville Sports Council, the council provides a vital link between Oakville’s sport community and the Town of Oakville’s Recreation & Culture. Member-based and volunteer led, the Oakville Sports Council incorporated in 2009 as a not-for-profit organization under its current name, Sport Oakville.
Although changing times and attitudes have added new dimensions to its mandate, Sport Oakville has maintained its primary objective, “to provide a collective voice for sport in Oakville”, while it continues to evolve to meet the needs of the sport community.
Sport Oakville and the sport community recognize that sport has a powerful and positive influence in the community that include the following benefits:
- Developing and maintaining healthy lifestyles – regular physical activity helps prevent child obesity and reduces health issues suffered by our aging population
- Increased social development within a community by encouraging the integration and the feeling of inclusion of minority groups and newcomers
- Increased economic development and renewal within a community through sport tourism, spending and the creation of jobs
- Increased awareness in environmental sustainability with regards to new “greener” standards in for sport and recreation facilities.
While advocating and promoting sport and the continued development of sport, Sport Oakville also encourages all citizens of Oakville to participate in and benefit from sport and recreational activities at the level of their choice.