We are proud to work with incredible partners to champion inclusive research to understand the landscape of sport and play in Canada.
LATEST RESEARCH
State of Youth Sport in Canada 2025
January 20, 2026
The State of Youth Sport in Canada 2025 report brings together insights from both parents and youth to provide a comprehensive view of the current youth sport landscape. Using the combined analysis of theCost of Sport Survey and the 2025 State of Play Youth Survey, the report highlights the powerful physical, mental, and social benefits of sport, while also examining the growing financial pressures many families face when considering sport participation for their kids.
In addition, the report uncovers key findings that help build a stronger youth sport system—one where all kids, regardless of age, gender, background, skill level or ability, can develop essential life skills that support long-term success.
We encourage you to explore the data and equip yourself with the insights needed to keep youth sport front and centre.
We’ve partnered with the Aspen Institute to develop the Jumpstart State of Play Youth Report, a comprehensive report that represents youth voices and helps provide a better understanding of the challenges today’s youth face when it comes to accessing safe and inclusive sport and play in this country. We hope that the results from this report and the ‘youth voice’ that emerges from the findings will help uncover insights that can drive meaningful and actionable change in youth sport and play experiences.
A Call to Reimagine Canadian Sport So All Girls Can Play
The 2024 Rally Report, produced in partnership with Canadian Women & Sport (CW&S), delves into the latest trends and data on Canadian girls' experience in sport. This new report offers fresh insights and provides recommendations on how sport leaders can create more equitable and inclusive environments.
Our 2023 State of Sport Report reveals that while youth sport is bouncing back across Canada, the costs to play are rising, creating barriers for many families and challenging
sport organizations. Building off what we learned last year, we’ve once again partnered with Ipsos and our Canadian academic advisory panel to assess the post-pandemic impacts on community sports.
Our 2022 State of Sport Report reveals that major barriers to sport remain for Canadian Youth. Building off what we learned last year, we’ve once again partnered with Ipsos and our Canadian academic advisory panel to assess the continued impact of COVID on community sports and understand how we must respond.
Canadian Women and Sport (CW&S), in partnership with Jumpstart, have released the third and final iteration of the Rally Report in 2022. The Rally Report is an in-depth look at how Canadian girls and women, and women sport leaders, experience sport in 2022.
This report highlights the findings of a 2021 research study we undertook in partnership with Ipsos to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on community sports and recreation - and the findings make clear the profound need for support.
Mental health is an essential part of everyone’s overall health and wellbeing. Jumpstart is proud to support the research Canadian Women & Sport have done focusing on the benefits of safe and healthy sport participation for young girls.
1 in 4 girls are not committed to returning to sport once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. Learn about the barriers girls face and the actions you can take to build back better sport in the COVID Alert: Pandemic Impact on Girls in Sport report.
We are proud to work with Canadian Women & Sport to help bring continued attention and actions to drive improvement in gender equality in sport.
The call to play, move, and compete is a rallying cry that excites us, challenges us, and inspires us to come together. The Rally Report, produced in partnership with Canadian Women & Sport and with research completed by IMI International, explores current Canadian trends in sport participation with a specific focus on the target groups of girls ages 6–18.
