About OTP

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Vision

For Canada to be a world leader in high-performance sport.

Mission

To lead the development of Canadian sports to achieve sustainable podium performances at the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Our Goals

1. Podium Performance at Olympic and Paralympic Games
Winter
  • Place first in the total medal count at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games
  • Place in the top three in the gold medal count at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games

Summer
  • Place in the top 12 nations in medal count at the 2012 Olympic Games
  • Place in the top eight in the gold medal count at the 2012 Paralympic Games

2. System Development

Own the Podium with its partners will strengthen national policy, programs, the sport delivery system and commitment to excellence for winter and summer high-performance sport.

Own the Podium's Role

Own the Podium is an innovative and collaborative initiative without precedent in Canadian sport. It was created to bring together the key parties involved in leading and funding excellence in Canadian sport, with specific emphasis on achieving excellence at Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Own the Podium makes recommendations to national funding parties on the amount of resources allocated to targeted winter and summer national sport organizations, Canadian Sport Centres, innovation and research, and other needed programs. Own the Podium also monitors the implementation of the targeted National Sport Organizations’ high-performance programs to ensure maximum performance results and intervenes where necessary.

Background

Originally launched in 2005, Own the Podium 2010 was a national initiative supported by all of Canada's winter sport organizations and major funding partners including Sport Canada, Canadian Olympic Committee, Canadian Paralympic Committee and Vancouver 2010 - designed to help Canada's winter athletes win the most number of medals at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, and to place in the top-three nations in the gold-medal count at the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.

In 2006, this initiative was extended to support the nation's targeted summer-sport federations through the creation of Road to Excellence.. The plan targeted a top-16 placing for Canada at the 2008 Games in Beijing, which Canadian athletes successfully achieved by finishing tied for 13th place in overall medals. The goal for the London 2012 Games is for a top-12 placing, and to finish in the top-eight nations at the 2012 Paralympic Games.

Today, both the winter and summer programs now operate under the name of Own the Podium.