a) Initiated by the Government of Canada, Participaction started 22 years ago, in September, 1971, as a non-profit organization.
b) This information should be requested directly from Participaction.
c) Participaction is an autonomous non-profit organization. Questions regarding its budget should be requested directly from the organization.
Health Canada contributed $650,000 to Participaction for the 1993-94 fiscal year for its annual public services announcements campaign which comprised its total advertising activities.
Support from Health Canada is for: the production and delivery of physical activity messages to the 3,327 media outlets across Canada; educational products such as videos, newsletters, posters and leader resource packages; the management of participation events such as Canada's Fitweek involving over 5,000 community events and over two million Canadians.
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