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Canada Soccer is the official governing body for soccer in Canada. In partnership with its members, Canada Soccer promotes the growth and development of soccer in Canada, from grassroots to high performance, and on a national scale. There are nearly 1,000,000 registered Canada Soccer active participants in Canada within 1,500 clubs that operate in 13 provincial/territorial member associations. Visit canadasoccer.com for more information.

Ontario Soccer was founded in 1901 and is one of the oldest and largest sport organizations in Canada dedicated to providing an opportunity for Ontarians to achieve their sporting goals through soccer. Ontario Soccer provides leadership, consultation and resources to the members within the framework of achieving the overall mission of Ontario Soccer. Ontario Soccer currently has more than 500,000 registered participants and provides development opportunities for players, coaches, referees, and administrators. Ontario Soccer has its headquarters at The Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan. Ontario Soccer has 21 member District Associations (“Districts”). Each of these Districts has many Clubs as member organizations and there are approximately 900 Clubs province-wide. Leagues are also member organizations and can appear at any level of the organizations hierarchy.

BC Soccer is the largest provincial sport organization (PSO) in BC, 3rd largest soccer specific PSO in Canada and is the governing body responsible for the governance, promotion and development of soccer in BC. It is a not-for-profit society which is membership based, has a Board of Directors elected by the membership with 4 standing committees and 5 operational committees. BC Soccer is funded in a number of ways but primarily through participant and member fees as well as Provincial Government Grants. As the PSO body responsible for the promotion and development of youth and adult soccer in BC, BC Soccer delivers many competitive and recreational programs for our members, the participants and the soccer community. These include the implementation of technical standards, the delivery of the Long-Term Player Development (LTPD) model for the Canadian Soccer Association via Elite and Grassroots service plans for member clubs, the Provincial player development program, Coach development and soccer science. BC Soccer also facilitates the running of Provincial Cup competitions, provides annual participant insurance, implements referee development program and offers and delivers all coaching and referee courses. As part of its responsibility in governing the game, BC Soccer implements and upholds rules and regulations, sanctions competitions, oversees disciplinary matters and provides its member groups with good practice and best advice across various areas of the game.