In 2021, MLSE Foundation launched the Change the Game Campaign and its namesake research project, the largest demographic profile of youth sport in Canada. The 2024 report shares key insights alongside a playbook for change following the third and final chapter of a Return to Play trilogy that has engaged over the 25,000 youth over the past three years in the province of Ontario, Canada.
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In collaboration with Dr. Simon Darnell, Director of the University of Toronto Centre for Sport Policy Studies, and an Advisory team of sport industry, research, and community-based experts, an online survey of youth (aged 6-29) and their parents/guardians was conducted. The purpose of the study was to better understand the current state of youth sport and Sport For Development offerings in Ontario and to explore consistent themes of access, engagement, and equity alongside a 2023 sub-focus on safe spaces and environments for the diversity of youth in sport.

Explore the 2023 data dashboard on the MLSE website, which enables users to explore Ontario youth’s responses to the 2023 Change the Game survey.