Hosting Program - International Single Sport Events (ISSE)

• Application Form
• Pre-event Economic Impact Assessment
• Four-Year Hosting Strategic Plan
• Business Plan for requests over $250,000

Who is eligible?

• Canadian summer or winter National Sport Organizations (NSOs)

Eligible expenses

• Project-related operating costs, including competition and venue expenses, promotion, and communication
• Travel expenses, including travel, accommodation, and per diem, subject to the rates permitted for employees required to travel on government business
• Capital expenditures, including sport equipment, competition equipment, technology systems, venue enhancements, and other capital assets that support event delivery and lasting community and sport development benefits
• Administration expenses up to a maximum of 15% of the funding request, including salaries, benefits, professional fees for general administration, bank charges, and utilities
• Eligible carbon offset credits for travel-related activities, and expenses related to initiatives advancing reconciliation through the hosting of the event, including Indigenous inclusion and cultural uniqueness training, Indigenous facilitators’ honoraria, partnership development with the Aboriginal Sport Circle, Provincial/Territorial Aboriginal Sport Bodies, and local First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities and organizations, and related travel, meals, accommodation, and facility rental

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Prize monies
• Sanction fees
• Taxes for goods or services for which you are entitled to tax credit or reimbursement
• Other personal accident or medical insurance costs

• Sport excellence
• Sport development
• Impacts and legacies
• Economic impact
• Funding decisions consider the number and quality of applications received, the comparison with other eligible applications, funds available, the organization’s Hosting Plan and annual competition priorities, and whether conditions of a previously funded project were respected

• Read the Application Guidelines in their entirety before completing your application
• Complete, sign and date the Application Form
• Attach all required supporting documents
• Submit the application electronically to intlsinglesportevent-manifestationintlunisport@pch.gc.ca
• Send the email by 4:00 p.m. (ET) on the date of the published application deadline for your application to be considered
• Applications must be sent to Sport Canada via the appropriate NSO only

• Applications are reviewed for eligibility before being evaluated
• Funding decisions are based on the number and quality of applications received
• Eligible applications are evaluated by a Sport Canada Hosting Program Analyst and compared with other applications in relation to the funds available
• Applications for multiple competitions are prioritized based on the organization’s Hosting Plan and annual competition priorities, and receipt of applications is acknowledged within two weeks
• If funding is approved, the funding agreement is signed by your organization and Sport Canada, funding is provided as a contribution, interim reports may be required, and a final report must be submitted at the end of the project