Canadian Parks, Recreation, and Sport Infrastructure Database

 The database centrally collates information about parks, recreation, and sport facilities across Canada, including location, size, amenities and age. This information drives additional insight provided by built-in:

• Dashboard highlighting infrastructure and facility metrics and benchmarks, including flexible and per capita counts at the national, provincial/territorial and local levels. 
• Movement Mapping module illustrating the casual, typically non-measured, use of active environments over time and across periods of the year.
• Community Profile Mapping illustrating populations, health, and wellness demographic profiles at neighbourhood, city, and provincial/territorial geographies across the country.
• Ability to make infrastructure comparisons across provinces, territories, municipalities, and neighbourhoods.  
• Determine the proximity of facility provisions to various equity-deserving populations and demographic groups.

Access the Canadian Parks, Recreation, and Sport Infrastructure Database by signing up for your account by filling out the form on this page.
Once your account has been created (within 5 business days), you can access the Canadian Parks, Recreation, and Sport Infrastructure Database at cpra.activexchange.ca.

The database has been designed specifically for individuals and organizations involved in the parks and recreation sector. Groups that may find value within the database include:

• Municipalities
• Facility operators
• National and provincial/territorial sports organizations
• Not-for-profits serving the sport and recreation sector

If you or your organization are involved in the sports and recreation sector, the database has been built for you.

With thousands of sports and recreation sites and facilities across Canada, it is common to find a specific site with missing, incomplete, or incorrect data in the database. Therefore, we encourage you to add and update the site and facility information owned or operated by your organization and for any site or facility you frequently visit.

The Canadian Parks, Recreation, and Sport Infrastructure Database is a shared database where all users benefit from the shared quantity and quality of infrastructure data contained.

If you need help adding or editing a site or facility in the database, check out our tutorial videos here.

The Canadian Parks, Recreation, and Sport Infrastructure Database contains many different infrastructure types relevant to the Sports and Recreation sector. Example site and facility types include:

• Rec Centers
• Gyms
• Sports Courts
• Ice Rinks
• Community Halls
• Trails (Hiking & other)
• Parks
• Green Spaces
• Other spaces supporting the sports and recreation sector

If you're unsure if your site or facility should be included in the database, please contact ActiveXchange at intelligence@activexchange.ca.

If you require assistance with your account or if you have any questions, please get in touch with ActiveXchange at intelligence@activexchange.ca.

As an open-sourced dataset developed by the community, for the community, the accuracy of the dataset is ensured primarily by the users of the database. ActiveXchange and the CPRA play important roles in facilitating effective and accurate upload and usage of the database and monitoring for any large-scale inaccuracies contained.

 ActiveXchange compiles, aggregates, and otherwise validates both publicly available (free) and paid-for third-party datasets and incorporates these into all of our offerings.  Please contact ActiveXchange at intelligence@activexchange.ca for any specific questions related to the datasets included within the Canadian Parks, Recreation, and Sport Infrastructure Database. 

 The Database is designed as an integrated and consolidated platform.  Depending on an organization’s specific needs, certain datasets and map layers can be made available for integration with external systems.  Please contact ActiveXchange at intelligence@activexchange.ca to learn more about this value-added service. 

Movement data is provided through a global partnership between ActiveXchange and Mapbox.
Visit https://activexchange.ca/movement-data to learn more about the ActiveXchange movement module.